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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Apr 1, 2010 1:31:53 GMT -5
sometimes there are no words to express just how much f**k this chart. Looks like somebody else should take over as grammar police. *shifty eyes* That was the running Punknews gag for awhile, though: somebody would say something like "There are no words to express just how much f**k this band." The implication being they were too pissed off and frustrated to bother coherently finishing the sentence with "I hate," that they just ended it with "f**k this band," instead. Just sayin'.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 30, 2010 1:34:58 GMT -5
5 3 RISE AGAINST Savior 1400 1375 25 25.0 Seriously...? I know, right?! This made want to spit nails when I saw it. The fucking song already spent three weeks at #3 at the beginning of November!!! November!!! That was FIVE MONTHS AGO!!And after the record setting 19-week run of "Uprising" at #1 (which is still #4 and another issue altogether), now "Resistance" is just gonna go limp after 3 weeks and let "Mountain Man," of all songs, steamroll its way to #1. Tipping my cap to Punknews, sometimes there are no words to express just how much fuck this chart.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 30, 2010 1:21:17 GMT -5
I'm not trying to be nitpicky about what he's saying. I just wanna know what he meant. This reminds me of the movie Pootie Tang, which I'm sure nobody else has seen, or at least, nobody else enjoys as much as I do: "We didn't always know what Pootie was saying [over half of what he says is in his own made up language], but we always knew what he meant."
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 30, 2010 1:16:59 GMT -5
What irritates me about hype (and V-Dub's hype in particular) is that it prevented me from enjoying their performance when they came through town, so I mostly took it for granted.
I actually ended up really enjoying their first album, once everyone was mostly "over" it.
It's assuring to learn that, while they did all meet at Columbia, the preppy, trust-fund, yacht club crap is all irony. Irony so subtle it flew over everyone's heads 2 years ago.
"Cousins" was so-so, but I'm betting there's some great stuff elsewhere on Contra.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 29, 2010 2:09:40 GMT -5
Well, why would I know how to spell Leprechaun? It's not exactly a word I use. That's probably the first time I've used it ha. Well why would you type a word you have no clue how to spell? I never type a word unless I know spell it. True, but being able to spell Leprechaun isn't something you're going to ride home about is it? Not an important word, that's what I'm getting at. If it's important enough to use, it's important enough to know how to spell it correctly. You keep capitalizing "leprechaun," for some reason, too. It's not a proper noun. Perhaps you're only capitalizing it to isolate it from the rest of the sentence, the way I put quotation marks around it. Finally, to elaborate on what Andrew was saying, the expression is "write home about," as in, important enough to write about to a family member or loved one back home. Carry on. [/Grammar police]
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 28, 2010 2:16:36 GMT -5
In happy news, and to get back on subject, my band (for the time being) and I played my school's talent show a couple weeks ago...covered Downfall Of Us All. Nice! Keep it up.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 28, 2010 1:48:52 GMT -5
I decide to play dumb about lockebox's butchered spelling of "leprechaun" and look what happens in my wake.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 27, 2010 13:47:04 GMT -5
I'm willing to greet new Christina music with an open mind, but in the "Not Myself Tonight" cover photo, she looks like a complete rip-off of Madonna circa 20 years ago.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 27, 2010 0:43:25 GMT -5
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 26, 2010 2:22:24 GMT -5
Just a low-budget video diary, but since it was filmed in Japan(?), it was really neat to see, for as big a fan of theirs as I am. Thanks, duder.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 26, 2010 2:05:55 GMT -5
Am I crazy? I don't remember Eric Kretz drumming during the 2008 reunion tour, though when I tried to find out why just now, not only couldn't I find anything, but I couldn't find any mention of him being absent in the first place.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 26, 2010 2:00:33 GMT -5
I wasn't blown away by the first listen, but I'm still going to buy the record the week it comes out.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 26, 2010 1:58:08 GMT -5
That's my favorite album cover of theirs since the first record.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 26, 2010 1:57:10 GMT -5
I just assumed the tour coming to town was still in support of the first record.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 24, 2010 3:16:55 GMT -5
album cover Not only is that album cover badass (as are both single covers), but now that I think about it, their album covers have generally gotten better and better as their career has gone on.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 24, 2010 2:36:15 GMT -5
look for the music video to premiere this Thursday I will. Thanks.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 24, 2010 2:34:44 GMT -5
First single and title track off their new album (due June 15) was uploaded to their MySpace page earlier today.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 23, 2010 2:22:30 GMT -5
Nothing phenomenal, but a solid entry into their catalog, nevertheless. I don't remember being instantly smitten with "Down" or "Days of the Week," but those grew on me.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 22, 2010 2:38:50 GMT -5
There's that Facebook page that's called "Can this pickle get more fans than Nickelback?" And it's just like, "Jesus, people, isn't there a more constructive use of your time?" And when the pickle does (did?) get more fans than Nickelback, what does that even prove? That there are a bunch of idiots mentally high-fiving each other over the internet while Nickelback plays a sold-out arena show across town.
It's like that episode of The Simpsons when Mr. Smithers attacks Principal Skinner on Mr. Burns' behalf for denying him a share of the school's new oil money. The only weapon Smithers could find was a stapler and after firing three or four off that helplessly fall to the floor, Skinner calmly tells him, "Please don't waste those."
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 22, 2010 2:20:16 GMT -5
For the record, I think it's bullshit that this song is now a stone's throw away from #1. "Resistance" better quit fooling around and ramp up a ton more airplay these next couple weeks.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 21, 2010 13:02:33 GMT -5
I want this band to stop existing. It that too much to ask? I want you to stop existing, but we don't always get what we want in life. Took the words right out of my mouth. Perfect.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 18, 2010 3:33:36 GMT -5
Sorry, this song is g@y as f*** Yes, this song likes other men. If you're gonna call it gay, call it gay and stand behind it.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 18, 2010 3:32:01 GMT -5
^ That's...unusual. ??? I'd never guess that to be an STP album cover in a million years.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 18, 2010 3:25:32 GMT -5
The new Evanescence is another example, albeit with a much smaller back-catalogue; but Amy Lee is basically doing their new stuff on her own from what I've heard. Evanescence is a little different because, yes, there's hardly any catalog yet, but also they really just seemed to be Amy and Ben on the first record, so when Ben left, it hardly mattered, especially once I learned he was the one keeping them tethered to the strict pop song structures on the first record and not the other way around. That said, I easily prefer Fallen over The Open Door.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 17, 2010 3:59:25 GMT -5
I also thought that "Hexagram" (the follow-up to "Minerva") was a very good single. "Change" was great (my #18 of 2000), but I do like "Digital Bath" better. "Change" was probably, at least partially, the beneficiary of its time and place, rather than being their deserving biggest single to the detriment of everything since. See, I thought "Hexagram" was shooting the album in the foot. The song goes along pretty well until the chorus comes in and kills it. When I first put the CD on, I was super-stoked, but then after "Hexagram," I had a Krusty the Clown "What the hell was that?" reaction. And it's only inched its way up from there. "Battle-axe" would've been my choice for 2nd single. Apparently my Alt station agreed (though I didn't live in town at the time), as it made their year-end countdown, whereas they never touched "Hexagram" to my knowledge. Might as well: 01. Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) 02. My Own Summer (Shove It) 03. Digital Bath 04. Change (In the House of Flies) 05. 7 Words 06. Bored 07. Around the Fur 08. Minerva 09. Hole in the Earth 10. Back to School (Mini-Maggit) 11. Mein 12. Hexagram Too new to be honestly placed within such a highly revered list:Rocket Skates Diamond Eyes
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 17, 2010 3:34:42 GMT -5
I think Adult Alternative now is essentially what Alternative (or Modern Rock) was during the mid-to-late nineties. It's indeed telling, for instance, that multiple acts that are usually categorized as Alternative that previously had limited success on Triple A Radio have, within the past year, gotten their biggest hits yet. Foo Fighters' "Wheels", Weezer's "I Want You To" and Pearl Jam's "Just Breathe" are just several. In addition, many acts that emerged during the nineties on the Alternative format but have since been ostracized from the format for being too middle-of-the-road, including Train, matchbox twenty and the Dave Matthews Band, have since thrived on Triple A radio. Just like Country radio now is basically what Rock radio was in the eighties, I think "Alternative" music is still thriving in some respects..................just on a format of a different name. I don't follow AAA all that closely, though I do skim the chart once a week, but it baffles me that a lot of lighter, indie-leaning acts/songs that I think would get eaten right up and shoot to the top of the chart do only mildly well if they chart at all. And let's not kid ourselves, here. I'm not thinking of anything off the wall, I'm talking about commercially viable, radio-friendly stuff. I wish I could think of examples to throw out, but it just seems like a lot of the safer, more AC-leaning AAA stuff still does the best.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 17, 2010 3:20:35 GMT -5
Hey Nick, given you're somewhat of a metal head, you might actually dig "Because Of You". I would assume it'd be in the top half of your rankings anyway. I just listened to it again, and there's kind of a reason I didn't remember it. To me, the song is kind of forgettable, despite the more "authentic" hard rock stylings. I think I'd actually put it somewhere between "Animals" (#16) and "Shakin' Hands" (#19). The metal fan in me does really enjoy the double bass drum in "Follow You Home." That's a fascinating little treat in a Nickelback song. (Their only album I've bothered to listen to straight through was All the Right Reasons. I liked the singles enough to check out the other 4 songs and I liked the album as a whole to burn it to disc.)
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 17, 2010 3:02:08 GMT -5
There's a meaty riff in 5/4 (This time I'm right, Nick!). :)
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 17, 2010 2:57:03 GMT -5
I agree...but its definitely going to be worth more to Courtney to release under the Hole name and why shouldn't she. It's going to sell way more just because of that and that's only good marketing. In the end most people(ie. radio listeners not on this board)could care less who's playing the instruments as long as it sounds like Hole. I can guarantee you most people would hear the song on the radio, find out its by Hole and wouldn't take two seconds to find out or even care that its basically Courtney herself. I'm actually in that boat. For example if Smashing Pumpkins new album sounds like SP, I honestly don't care if Jimmy or anyone else is there. I know I'm minority in here on this issue but many musicians can re-create the music. Now if it comes out and sounds nothing like SP, then I will be annoyed the legacy is tarnished by Billy making his solo sound under the SP name. Make sense? Only in my head! Agree with everything you've said, only, using the Smashing Pumpkins example, the further away from 2000 they get, the less "gravitational pull" the music will generally have to my heart, if that makes sense. Though I guess the real test of that will be this stuff he's doing without Jimmy now.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 16, 2010 15:05:35 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I came to the epiphany within the last year that I tune into my Alt station less for the exposure to the music they play and more for the on-air personalities (a couple of which I'd consider buddies at this point) and to keep on top of the promotions and events going on in my community. Plus, the occasional episode of Loveline.
When I realized this last year, I thought, "Crap! How the hell did this happen?!"
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