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Departments => Music => Topic started by: dinodynamo on November 17, 2004, 05:26:44 PM
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Have you ever noticed that when someone says, "Hey dude, you've got to check out this band, they roxx0r my s0xx0rz!!!1" and they put whomever their current favorite is in, and you think to yourself..."Meh, they're alright."
I can only think of one time that someone said, "Listen to these guys. You WILL like them." and I did. Okay, two times, but it was the same person. Modest Mouse and Cake.
It seems like it's more difficult to appreciate a band when someone has told me about them, as compared to if I have done some searching and perhaps stumbled across a band name in an article and decided to give them a listen for myself.
Granted, I once spent over $4000 in a summer on a cd collection that got ripped off a month later...I still have some urge to just pick up a cd of some band I've heard of once or twice somewhere, perhaps, and just buy it. I'd say about 2 out of every 5 cds I buy is a good cd (and yes I say buy cds...I do not support the downloading of songs).
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nah, i can accept suggestions, as long as the come from someone who has a reason other than "they're cool"
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You're taking suggestions off the wrong people.
I know a guy who can pick peoples musical tastes. He has so far systematically introduced me to Krafwterk ( My favourite group), Hawkwind, King Crimson, and a bunch of other stuff.
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You know who I'd take musical suggestions from any day of the week? The guy who makes the iPod commercials. You know who I'd never take a musical suggestion from, ever? House of Mustard.
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I must admit, the AD exec handling the Ipod account likes some good music.
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You're taking suggestions off the wrong people.
I know a guy who can pick peoples musical tastes. He has so far systematically introduced me to Krafwterk ( My favourite group), Hawkwind, King Crimson, and a bunch of other stuff.
I thought *I* sent you your first King Crimson mp3. And I certainly didn't introduce you to Kraftwerk or Hawkwind.
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Ok, you sent me one track. This guy gave me their album, and that's when I really got interested.
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so I introduced you. And he set you up on a date.
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Umm...I'd prefer not to be set up on a date with a man, especially when the man is four guys doing progressive rock.
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even when they play like King Crimson?
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Well, ok, if I have to go out with four men, then King Crimson would be better than, say, four fat guys from down the street.
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Woot, I am changing name to King Crimson and asking JP out on a date.
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Sure, so long as you don't mind me asking your Goth girlfriend out on a date.
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Ohhh, totally ram-fizzled!
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You know who I'd never take a musical suggestion from, ever? House of Mustard.
I would be offended, except that I've heard the kind of crap that Fell likes.
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Yeah, non-gay music.
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Excellent point, seeing how my CD collection is primarily made up of Village People, Queen, and Elton John.
It's not nearly as masculine as the "John Lithgow Sings About Bathtime" CD you own.
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I'm going have to vote for John Lithgow being less gay than The Village people or Elton John.
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Besides, Mustard, if you're resorting to mocking my children's CDs then you've already lost. Pathetic.
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Alright, Mr. Smartypants, what about my musical choices makes them "gay"?
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I think they're self evident. Sort of like the truth that all men are created equal.
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You're assuming I was serious about the Village People, Queen, and Elton John.
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I prefer the term "Jovial"
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Not that there's anything wrong with that....
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Gay bands rock straight bands behinds. And thats a fact.
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It's a strange phenomenon that does not seem limited to music. I have a friend who is the same way about books. If he discovers a new writer himself, he tells everybody he can find about said writer. But if I suggest something he SHOULD like based on his taste, he never does. EVER.