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I think I’ve said it here before:
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 12:00 PM PDT reply actions
btw, sorry the thread is late today, i was applying for jobs this morning, and having Nucks Misconduct as a hobby on my resume helped me get a job interview at Urban Planet for this afternoon!
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by Yankee Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
say wha? They knew who we were or what?
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 29, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
not really. he noticed the Nucks Misconduct title, then saw “Vancouver Canucks hockey blog” in the comments, and he jokingly said i was hired after i confirmed i was a Canucks fan.
turns out, he’s also a Canucks fan, and actually spent a few years stranded in Saskatchewan without any canucks games.
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there we go. I hired an Oilers and a Habs fan in the last few months. They get their fair share of ribbing
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 29, 2010 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d say Between the Buried and Me’s White Walls.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 29, 2010 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
this song is pretty good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DfS3ha0VeU
by SteveNux on Jul 29, 2010 12:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Win!
rec’d
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by Twitchy2010 on Jul 29, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Just one song?
Holy crap…
Well, there is the ever-classic “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen. That’s a damn good song.
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This question is not easily answerable
without more context… best song from a musical, a writing, a lyrical, a danceability, a humorous, a mathematical compositional, a change my life, or most fit my personal human condition standpoint? Cuz they’re all different… Although beantown’s choice is pretty good in a bunch of those categories… Not indicating what they’re best at or who they’re by, here are some of mine in no particular order:
Smells like teen spirit
Jambi
Wish you were here
Hurt
Stairway to Heaven
Sonata No.8 (Pathetique)
Bohemian Rhapsody
Paranoid Android
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
46 and 2
Machine Gun
Lateralus
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ooh, the Pathetique is amazing. quite a few really good songs on that list.
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When I was studying piano as a kid, I wanted to get to grade 8 conservatory just to learn the pathetique…and I did. And then quit piano and focused all my energy on guitar.
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by Twitchy2010 on Jul 29, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
i wanted to play Moonlight, but my grandmother (she taught me for my first 8 years) always told me it was too advanced. when i got to a new teacher (my grandmother retired) and i said i wanted to learn it, she told me i had already passed that level.
i completed my grade 10 (including all the theory) back in 2007. i’m on my AR right now, but it hit the backburner when i went off to university.
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Imagine - John Lennon
followed closely by:
Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley
Note that those aren’t my favorite songs of all time.
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My favorite songs
are probably
Ooh La La – The Faces
Over the Hills and Far Away – LZ
Lucky Man – The Verve
Those are the three I would take with me to a deserted island.
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I almost forgot
That’s Entertainment – The Jam
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
Let’s stay together by Al Green
Or
Waiting in Vain by Bob Marley
It's all hot bishes, naps, and dance parties
Looooooove
Al Green.
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oh look, someone made a fanshot about that a few hours ago…
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
oh look, some dutch guy wasn’t paying attention b/c he was too busy at work :)
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 29, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I love
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
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LOL I watched this Between Two Ferns
for the first time not knowing what the hell it was. Pure hilarity. The ones he does with Bradley Cooper, Natalie Portman (drool), and Charlize Theron (also drool) are very funny.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 29, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I love the crap video/text quality
2002, I actually made it into the States
2002…that was 9/11
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The best ep is the Natalie Portman one, imo
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 29, 2010 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Smells like Teen Spirit
…if only because it made Bon Jovi go away…for a few years.
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In terms of influence, perhaps
James Brown – Get On the Good Foot
Wait, is this inspired by this espn article that lists Chelsea Dagger as one of the top 3 hockey songs?
And while I don’t know about the best song of all time, but I can tell you the most played song on my last.fm list is Jacksonville Skyline by Whiskeytown… not that any of you would’ve heard of it.
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
Hard choice.
Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Running – TuPac and Biggie Smalls
Paranoid Android – Radiohead
Let It Be – The Beatles
Plug In Baby – Muse
Cigarettes – Daniel Merriweather
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 29, 2010 4:23 PM PDT reply actions
And
here is a fantastic acoustic version of Cigarettes.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 29, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
And
Dont Think Twice, Its Alright – Bob Dylan.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 29, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
ZOMG Plug In Baby
was amazing live.
They “ended” with it before the encore songs.
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I kinda wish I had gone to Muse
instead of Mayer, now. Mayer was good, but from what Ive heard Muse was extremely good.
Did they play Time Is Running Out and Apocalypse Please?
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 29, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
They played Time Is Running Out
Right before Plug In Baby. No Apocalypse, Please though.
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I'm quite partial
to Time is Running Out. Good tune
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
The National – Slow Show or Runaway
Foo Fighters – Everlong (name another love song that truly rocks)
TV on the Radio – Family Tree
Radiohead – Everything in its Right Place
Or more likely something I’m forgetting.
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The National are playing in NY tonight… my officemate is going.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I am going in Vancouver. In September. I’ve been excited for months.
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First or second show?
I really wanna trade my tickets for the 2nd.
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The second show. I was sort of hoping for Thursday (aside from it being a Thursday) just because it’s near the end of the tour leg and sometimes it’s not the same feel the second time around in a venue, especially back to back. But I can’t imagine that both won’t be awesome.
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Everlong...
Yes, I agree, great song
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
No.
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
by thelastjohnny on Jul 29, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn You!!
I just got Rick Roll’d
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My Top 5
In no particular order
Hard Day’s Night- The Beatles
Million Miles Away- The Plimsouls
Ring Of Fire- Johnny Cash
Baba O’Riley- The Who
Linger- The Cranberries
Also, anybody else hear that Dan Cloutier is now the goalie coach for the Barrie Colts?
A creep from the cradle, but a hero's what I want to be
God help them.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 29, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
These aren't the best of all time, just a very few of the ones I like best...
She’s Not There/Zombies
Satisfaction/Stones
In My Life/Beatles
RocknRoll Music/Berry
All Shook Up/Presley
Born To Be Wild/SteppenWolf
White Rabbit/Jefferson Airplane
For What It’s Worth/Buffalo Springfield
Aqualung/Jethro Tull
Green Onions/Booker T
2000 Miles/Pretenders
Whiter Shade Of Pale/Procul Harem
I Can See For Miles/The Who
Black Magic Woman/Santana
Sounds Of Silence/Simon and Garfunkel
Lean Woman Blues/T Rex
Burning Down The House/Talking Heads
Stay/Jackson Browne
The Joker/Steve Miller
Hallelujah/Leonard Cohen
I Wanna Be Sedated/Ramones
Sharp Dressed Man/ZZTop
Dock Of The Bay/Otis Redding
He likes to keep his fire engine clean
It's a clean machine
Patrick Swayze - She's Like The Wind
…
Not actually my favourite, I have way too many.
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that was decent ballad by Swayze
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 29, 2010 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
How long can this list be?
Wow… It changes by the hour, doesn’t it? Twenty for now:
Johnny Cash “Hurt”;
Sam Cooke “Change is Gonna Come”;
Beach Boy “Good Vibrations”;
AC/DC “Back in Black”;
Stan Rogers “Northwest Passage”;
Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way;
Stevie Wonder “Higher Ground”;
Blue Rodeo “5 Days in May”;
Scott Joplin “Maple Leaf Rag”;
Elton John “Levon”;
Dave Brubeck “Take Five”;
Robbie Robertson “Hell’s Half Acre”;
Talking Heads “Road to Nowhere”;
Muddy Waters “Mannish Boy”;
Ray Charles “What’d I Say”;
Atomic Fireballs “Man With the Hex”;
Nickleback “Burn it to the Ground (Live)”;
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Superstition’;
Buddy Holly “Rave On”;
Great Big Sea "Excursion Around the Bay (Live).
And so many more…
It’s supposed to be one, not a list.
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
by thelastjohnny on Jul 29, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but there isn’t just one Best song of all time, is there Missy?
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by Joe Hockey Fan on Jul 29, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, and I don’t agree with anyone here, whether they’ve chosen one or have a list. I guess she could have made it more personal at least?
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
by thelastjohnny on Jul 29, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
well, i just threw the question up in a hurry, didn’t really pay attention to how hard it would be for us all to choose one. it is an impossible task, i must say.
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by Joe Hockey Fan on Jul 30, 2010 6:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait…if it’s the best song of all time, if you’re going to put hurt in wouldn’t it have to be nine inch nails? Much as I like Cash’s version, Nails wrote it… and I gotta say I prefer Nail’s version…wanna see the best version ever though? Go here. (trust me on this, u won’t be disappointed…)
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Well, I’ll never be able to listen to that song again.
A creep from the cradle, but a hero's what I want to be
Lol…rolf the dog has the funniest/saddest part.
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You’re a poker guy, right, twitchy? What’s up with Laak? First he did that whole Unabomber shtick, then he almost became manic, then I was flipping channels recently, stopped on some poker show and there he was , almost reverted to his former self. What’s up with him?
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I think Laak’s always been a bit manic. Maybe sometimes he shows it more than other times, but I don’t think his personality fundamentally changes, although his mood might. I used to love his schtick, but it’s really gotten tired for me. Also, anytime u see him on PAD or HSP, he is SOOOO out-classed by everyone else at the table it’s almost funny to watch. He gets the shows cuz he’s entertaining, and also his girlfriend has really taught him how to create a public image well. I don’t know that he’s changed much over the years, just maybe the saturation is allowing you to see all sides of him?
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Oh, dear.
You are a bad, bad man, Twitchy.
But I’m going with the Man in Black on versions, even over the Frog in Green. I think he brings a real richness to the song that I don’t find in Reznor’s version. I love the bare bones sound, too: he’s alone, and it’s all through the song that it’s a man who is not only going over his own history but is warning others who may want to be close to him to stay away. Marvellous stuff.
My opinion, of course.
what?? NIN’s version kills Cash’s version hands down. Just my opinion.Cash’s version doesn’t have the heavy ending which to me defines the song
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 30, 2010 3:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Cash’s version doesn’t have the heavy ending which to me defines the song
<<<<this
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True enough
I like that version more when it ends, too! (Yes, I kid.)
Really, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of people who prefer Reznor’s track to Cash. I think there’s a real sense of time served with Cash that NIN doesn’t provide. So I guess we’re looking for different things from the song.
Fair enough!
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by Yankee Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Uh huh ;)
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by Joe Hockey Fan on Jul 30, 2010 6:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Definitely not the best of all time but I just stumbled across this and it was hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOUsbtUrXHk&feature=player_embedded
For those not in the know:
"The Portsmouth Sinfonia was a real orchestra founded by a group of students at Portsmouth School of Art in Portsmouth, England, in 1970 — however, the Sinfonia had an unusual entrance requirement. Players had to be either non-musicians, or if a musician, play an instrument that was entirely new to them.
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
by thelastjohnny on Jul 30, 2010 1:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Mah earrrrssss
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On topic… I got it a month ago. Got it the first day at the flagship Apple Store on Fifth Avenue. And it’s the best toy I’ve ever had.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Lucky guy, could you reproduce the antenna issue? I’m debating whether I want to wait in line tomorrow or wait for the next shipment in a few weeks.
I haven’t had a single problem with the antenna. The other lesser reported issue — the undersensitivity of the proximity sensor — i’ve noticed. But you get used to it, and supposedly they are working on fixing that. Totally worth it overall.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Lucky. Yeah the software fix for the proximity sensor is included in iOS 4.1 which is due out very soon. Maybe I will go wait in line early tomorrow morning then.
Yeah I love the thing. Totally vouch for it.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Trying to order mine online right now…fido web site is sllloooowwwwwwwwwww
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AAAAAAAAANDDROOOOOOOOOOOID.
I mean, if you’re stuck on Bell or Virgin, because Rogers and Telus have poor Android phones. But Android IS superior.
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Really not true though. As an owner of an iPhone 3, user of an iPhone 4, and user of Android. From a techie perspective, Android is the superior operating system.
If you’re going for look, if you’re going for that indefinable “feel”, that’s Apple. They are kings of UI. But functionality, adaptability, usefulness… that’s open source. Every time.
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But as I said, Rogers and Telus, the top providers in the Vancouver area, have awful Android phones. You basically have to shell out for and accept Bell or VIrgin Mobile for what they are. Which if tough if you’ve got an existing contract.
With Android, much of the time you’re waiting for firmware upgrades that may or may not come. As a user of an HTC Dream, that update will never come from Rogers. But I’m in a position to “upgrade” to an HTC Magic (actually a downgrade) just to get 2.0. Realistically, you benefit much more from Android in the US of A.
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Ive never used an Android so I cant really comment as to which is better from personal experience, but over the past month I’ve been following reviews and in most cases, the iPhone came in slightly better than Android. Most of these comparisons came against the HTC Evo, which is considered the top phone for Android with the worst battery.
And your absolutely right, both phones are amazing, and better than the other at certain aspects. It simply comes down to what the customer is looking for.
Yeah I can tweak my phone pretty well, and in the usefulness department (ie. what normal folk can develop and install on android phones) Android definitely comes out on top.
If you’re looking for a no-issue phone that looks good while doing it (and has no reception at other times) then the iPhone is the go-to.
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Yeah but Android also has security issues with apps, just recently over a million users had their personal data compromised. Plus, once you jailbreak the iPhone, you can get some pretty useful stuff as well from Cydia.
When you root iPhones you open yourself up to similar problems. Security issues pop up from faulty apps either way. With Android, you’re (somewhat) open to start with and with iOS you’re basically boned until you do. There’s no real security issues if you know what you’re doing with either OS.
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I’ve yet to have any problems with reception… and I live in NYC where supposedly the reception issues are hightened
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's see here
Late to the party again, and I don’t know if you can these “the best song(s) ever”, but they’re the best for me
Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
Live – Lightning Crashes
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
Queen – Radio Ga Ga
Velvet Revolver – Slither
I would never turn down listening to those. Slither may seem out of place, but hot damn it’s the only workout song that never gets old. I burn through so many songs while working out that I can’t listen to again, but Slither will always get me going, and I never hate to hear it come on the random playlist.
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
That’s a tough question, missy. Influential for me at different times in life would be
-Beat It, Michael Jackson
-Blackened, Metallica
-Since I’ve Been Loving You, Led Zeppelin
-Hey Jude, Beatles
Great seeing everyone’s musical tastes on here.
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ooh, the Four Seasons. i’ve only really heard Spring, still need to hear the others.
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check out “Summer”. It’s so fast and aggressive. I love Paganini’s 24 caprices too. Insane stuff. The guy was so good at violin back then they thought he was possessed by the Devil.
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 29, 2010 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, God...
“Four Seasons” – the bane of restaurant employees everywhere! You work in a tea house, cafe, or “brunch” place anywhere on the West Coast, you’ll have heard that set dozens and dozens of times. I tried to get Bach in there, or Handel, or anyone else, but no joy.
No offence, but I still have twitching daymares about paninis and brioche when Vivaldi plays…
haha! How unfortunate!
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 30, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I think
That a good topic for one of these would be a “best music video” one…
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
Do The Evolution. Obviously.
And I don’t like Pearl Jam.
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holy hell, finally somebody else who doesn’t like Pearl Jam
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 29, 2010 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
lead singer sounds like a billy goat
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 29, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Because we agree I’m conflicted to say that I also don’t like Nirvana.
I mean, I know their cultural impacts, they just aren’t that good.
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Sure. They just aren’t very good.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad they changed pop music. I reference the Bon Jovi comment. I just didn’t listen to pop then and I rarely do now. It’s a peripheral brilliance for what they brought to the music scene. Not what they created, which is pretty average.
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Sorry, gotta disagree with you. I really like their music and find it coarse and intimate and very interestingly assembled.
Why not listen to pop music? Is there a specific aspect you avoid, or instruments, or what? I listen to pretty much whatever doesn’t bore me or make me itch, but there are few performers that I’ll knock family members aside to change the station when they come on. Bryan Adams is certainly one, but to each their own.
I don’t avoid it, I just rarely find anything I like on the radio. Although radio is getting lot better around here. And when I say pop I do mean just popular music, not any particular genre or King Of.
I think with Nirvana my problem is that anyone could write it. The reason I still appreciate them is that only one band did write it, and they were figureheads of a movement toward better music even if I didn’t love theirs. They also kickstarted the career of one of the best rock drummers of our time, who went on to create 3 much better albums before giving into his Dad phase.
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I think with Nirvana my problem is that anyone could write it.
Are you on crack? ANYONE could write it???? There’s been maybe 5 people in rock history with that kind of gift for a hook, relevance and timelessness combined… and I don’t know that I could personally even think of 5. Cobain, Lennon those are the obvious two… maybe Mick Jagger (who by the way had is 893rd birthday yesterday)? Who else? I wanna say Elvis Costello, but then I don’t think he ever got the hook like Lennon and Cobain did.
The ability to throw together a song the way Nirvana did comes along once in a generation if we’re lucky.
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by Twitchy2010 on Jul 30, 2010 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
CAMPGROUND FULL. Fuck.
But is it not true that the music is simplistic? I don’t think you can argue that what is essentially a four chord song is brilliant. The next sentence was the most important one to quote: “The reason I still appreciate them is that only one band did write it”.
You’re right in that the masses wanted what Cobain created, but I think you’re kind of kidding yourself if you think that that is indicative of unique, one-of-a-kind music. Yes, Teen Spirit hit on that deep-set, youthful need to listen to something that parents didn’t like. But it was as much Nirvana’s image as it was the music. Remember how many women found his dirty golden locks to be attractive and how many moms didn’t? Remember how huge the music video was?
The hook and relevance, of course they had those. They had a generation who wanted different and they packaged different flawlessly for the time. I’d give more credit to Cobain than to say that he tried to create something popular, obviously. It just happened to be.
As for timelessness, I can’t understand that at all. It simply isn’t good enough for that. I think Nirvana will always be remembered for a) what they did to change music (note: not for great music), b) what youth remember doing when they listened to Nirvana and c) the shock of Cobain’s death. And I think in 50 years people will remember the Beatles and the Stones for the quality of their music, which will still floating around movie trailers, as well as other things.
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Well I think we differ on a few things here. First off, let me say that Nirvana does not fall into my list of all time favorite bands, I’m not a nutbag fanatic because Cobain died, although his death was probably the only celebrity death that ever made me pause…but that’s a whole other story and more symbolic than associative. No, they never grabbed me on a musically intellectual level. But… just because something is easy to play doesn’t make it bad. Nirvana’s song skills weren’t in writing finely crafted songs a la sting or mathematically intense songs like tool or operatic genius like queen or symphonic masterpieces like Frank Zappa. What Nirvana did, and the beatles before them and I guess elvis too (although he didn’t actually write alot of his songs, he just performed them incredibly well) is that they speak to us in a very visceral sense; the base emotion is touched and that string is plucked, and this is not a skill that can be taught or a result of a formula.
No, I don’t believe Nirvana was big because of their image; exactly the opposite actually, I believe their image became a standard because they were big. And I think if you speak to any songwriter they’ll tell you that yes, Cobain is among the special elite of songsmiths who captured something no one else could. There is no obvious explanation for why some writers can touch this. The other thing he did that was groundbreaking is brought songwriting back from this mathematical formula to this primitive emotional free association. It wasn’t just the music or the lyrics or the melody or the phrasing, it was the sum total of those things. It equaled more than it’s parts. It’s a very intangible thing, but it’s there in a very few artists.
I don’t know what makes a particular song great, other than by my own emotional reaction, and if I did i’d be a millionaire. I do know that even though there are tons of artists who can write good songs, a bunch that can write great ones, but very very few who can transcend genres like that. To me the proof was when Unplugged came out and all of a sudden parents and popsters were talking about how much they liked it. I heard many years ago that the acid test for how good a song is as a song is whether it can be as attractive and enjoyable stripped down to an acoustic guitar or piano and singer. Like Hurt, for example. Johnny Cash could not have made Closer work the way Hurt did, because Hurt is a more visceral and instinctual song.
Again, as I said, I wasn’t even a huge Nirvana fan…my favorite Seattle bands were Soundgarden by far, with Alice in Chains a distant second.
Of course this is all subjective in the end…it is after all, art. Some people like coldplay, some don’t. Neither is wrong. (except the coldplay fans…)
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by Twitchy2010 on Jul 30, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Some people like coldplay, some don’t. Neither is wrong. (except the coldplay fans…)
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 30, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Um, I was just commenting on the quality of the songwriting. If we agree that it’s nothing special and that the music captured the minds of youth… wait what’s going on?
I also don’t consider early Beatles “good music”, because it was just catchy music that appealed to young girls. But there is genius in their later works, which admittedly we never got the chance to see from Cobain, but is largely absent from Nirvana’s small catalog. Beatles songs are appealing on a different level because they actually do transcend genres and they are, obviously, on a different level artistically than Nirvana. Complexity and variety are important to me.
Although the Unplugged story is a good story, it’s also not really relevant unless we’re talking about social impact. And I wasn’t. Unplugged stripped down simple music even further and became even more about the image of a rock star “letting his emotions out”. Look how many followed suit. He truly was a trailblazer in many regards.
I think you’re wrong about the image. I think it went very clearly hand in hand with the music; from his personality, to his look, to the band’s attitude, to the video. I didn’t mention how the style was later copied; that absolutely happened and you’re right. What I was saying was that the image was a massive part of why Nirvana was successful, because just like the music, it was something different for the masses. It existed beforehand but he brought it to the mainstream. That’s a big part of why we’re even talking about Nirvana.
I think if you really talked to great songwriters (Elliott Smith [alive], Cohen, Waits) you’d basically get the opinion that I’ve tried to share, and that is that yes, he created strong and unique (to pop) music and he is an icon. But what he created wasn’t stunning in any way. It was timely and it was needed. But neither of us will really know. We can only read public quotes.
Good talk bro. I think we’ve made ourselves understood. :)
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I find your comparison between the beetles and nirvana interesting, but here’s what I don’t understand. You say the beetles created poppy catchy tunes and then developed into musicians later. Then you say Nirvana ended before they were able to develop. However; Nirvana was never put together to write poppy songs and then learned to write music later so I don’t see your logic there.
I think you’re making the same mistake a lot of people do when they try to critique Nirvana. That band should not be compared to any pop bands out there. They didn’t try to get famous in the mainstream at all. They were more influential in the way that Black Flag or The Sex Pistols were.
I don’t see your connection to Elliot Smith, Cohen, Waits at all. These artists are related in no way to Nirvana.
Everyone has a different taste in music and it seems like 80s hardcore punk rock isn’t your favorite type so I can see where you are coming from.
I’m also not too sure what you mean about “image”. Grungy punk rockers always have and will dress like that. The fact that the media tried to label it and package it doesn’t make what they did “pop music”.
The Beatles comparison was not mine to begin with. And I don’t quite understand yours. And as I explained when I say pop, I mean popular. That’s all. I didn’t say they were trying to become rock stars. And you really missed the point of the songwriters. And their image was, again, not a problem, simply one of a few reasons they became famous. I’m not saying they were fakes.
This conversation would probably reach the point where all the text is crammed to the right side of the screen, lol. So lets avoid it. :)
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Yeah although I disagree with Shifty’s stance, I don’t disagree with his logic, steve. The whole premise of my argument was from a songwriter standpoint, which by nature will lend itself to comparisons to the Beatles, waits, Cohen, Dylan etc. Although I haven’t mentioned it in any of my posts, I think that Dylan is as good a comparison to Cobain as Lennon, but in a slightly different way. Lennon and cobain were hooky ditty writers, Dylan and Cobain were raw emotion writers. I find it difficult to compare any of those three with Waits or Cohen because those two are story tellers, the other three are emotion writers. Dunno if that makes sense, but as a kind of parallel comparison I’d say Lennon, Cobain, Dylan are writing two act plays vs Cohen and Waits who are writing 4 act theatrical productions. I mean this as a metaphor..heh.
I do disagree with Shifty about how the beatles progressed…their songwriting skill was there at the start. They may have gotten more complex as people do when they age, but the shift in the beatles writing wasn’t about that. The proof of this is in the Let It Be album, which was really a straight up return to their rock and roll of the mid 60’s, just slicker and by older guys, and Lennon’s Shaved Fish LP which was brilliant yet raw. What changed around Sgt. Pepper/Magical Mystery (actually probably before that, at happiness is a warm gun era) is the production went from straight ahead rock n roll to this crazy, groundbreaking science. That has nothing to do with the songwriting, which stayed good throughout. A good hook is a good hook, whether it’s a 2 track mono recording like hard days night or a 16 track, speed altered, mix of instruments like strawberry fields, or loud punk like the bleach album or 64 tracks of soundscape like NiN’s hurt.
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by Twitchy2010 on Jul 31, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
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Even early Beatles had some fascinating and influential compositions. I, like you, prefer their older music; but writing off the early stuff as “just catchy music that appealed to young girls” is a mistake, I think.
“Early stuff” meaning “early albums” rather than “first two albums”, that is. 8)
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I don’t avoid it, I just rarely find anything I like on the radio.
This is always the case. I don’t care what year you choose, there were a lot of shit songs on the top of the charts. One of the joys of living now is tat we really can tailor our music to ourselves: there are dozens of stations available even without streaming or satellite, and that many options makes for happy niche fans! 8)
Have you heard the Dave Grohl, Lemmy Kilmister, and Billy Gibbons version of Chuck Berry’s “”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAaEnEntYII" target="new">Run Rudolph"? A Christmas song I actually like!
Nirvana is an underground punk band that was so good, they made it to the big time without compromising their sound or creativity.
Similar bands are Mudhoney and Melvins. Those bands never became as famous, but are much more like Nirvana than the pop bands that Nirvana get pigeon-holed in with due to their commercial success (like Pearl Jam who Cobain called cock-rock sell outs).
Some bands are lucky enough to do that. Like Soundgarden. And as we all know, Soundgarden is the best band out of the Seattle movement. :D
I just think Nirvana’s music is far more meaningful to some as an indicator of change than it is on its own. Which isn’t a bad thing, but will it hold up over time? I don’t think so. Not like Soundgarden.
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By the way I’m outta here for the weekend. Lay it on me yoata style.
:)
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Yeah. And I remember when stand-up comics joked that Rap was the “style of the weekend”, too…
Frankly, I couldn’t name you any Soundgarden songs. I’d recognize some when they’re played, but that’s about it.
Nirvana was a punk band the Nine Inch Nails is an industrial band…which is to say, I guess they came from that genre, but really kind of transcended it by bringing a new factor into it. Sure, other bands were doing Nirvana’s thing before Nevermind became such a game-changer…but the melvins, the buzzcocks, mudhoney…these guys never hit the public nerve like Nirvana did…why? Because they didn’t have that songwriting gift; that ability to speak to a mass population, from metal heads to pop fans to punk fans, we ALL got Nirvana. We didn’t all get the Melvins.
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Things Zan is wrong about:
-The Toronto Maple Leafs
-Calgary Flames
-Pearl Jam
Watch this performance all the way through and tell me they are not awesome.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
-Dan Hamhuis.
Zan has the credibility of the North Korean press secretary.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
All this coming from a lawyer. How hypocritical
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 29, 2010 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
As for Hamhuis, there are things that I knew that I would never say. And never will.
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 29, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Lawyers have a reputation for lacking credibility? Is that part of the stereotype? I thought we were just bloodsuckers, but at least credible bloodsuckers.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Things Zan is wrong about:
-The Toronto Maple Leafs
-Calgary Flames
2/3 are correct.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 29, 2010 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions
you don’t like Pearl Jam either, chuck?
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope.
And the Leafs and Flames aren’t making the playoffs.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 29, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I try to like pearl jam, cuz I feel like I should. I try every album. I play it once, then go ‘meh’. They’ll never catch the fire they had on ten…
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vs
also good.
but you’re right they haven’t released anything really worth much in over a decade. but i still love their golden era.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 29, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
hey Beantown, I can’t tell when you are sarcastic or not. If you are being serious, then yeah, I stand by what I said. All I get from you is a “numbskull” shot when I predict the other team to win during the season or a credibility hack over the Hammer saga. If you are just buggin I understand and laugh with you but if you aren’t…well fuck you. So which one is it? I’m tired of this.
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 30, 2010 3:51 AM PDT up reply actions
zomfg
SO SAY WE ALL
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 29, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I wasn’t going to bring up any BSG songs…but now that the gates are open I’d like to say that Something Dark is Coming is one of the most fantastic songs. Subtle, yet powerful. If you close your eyes and listen to it, you can really imagine something bad brewing.
Bear McCreary is a great composer
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
I remember watching that episode and just being in absolute awe…that version of that song was jaw dropping good, and the way that whole bit was directed and the music mixed into it was a piece of television beauty…that was why battlestar was the best show on tv in years. By the way Sean, it’s a dylan song, hendrix covered it.
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Although I never could quite figured out how being a dylan fan was a cylon identifier…
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That episode was amazing.
I had been disappointed with what had happened to Starbuck, but when Apollo finished his speech and got in that Viper, and Tigh, Tyrol, Sam, and Tory all came together, and that music started playing…..I knew something was up. Great show from start to finish, was my favourite show when it was on.
I actually met Doral #5 (Matthew Bennett) twice and got his autograph. Really cool guy. And I saw Gaeta (Alessandro Juliani) at the Radiohead concert here in Vancouver in 2008.
I think Im going to watch the Hand of God episode again. The one where Apollo bombs the Cylon fuel base.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 30, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
All Along The Watchtower..Hendrix…..beauty!!!
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 30, 2010 3:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually a Bob Dylan song. But Hendrix cover is clearly the most famous version.
Bob Dylan should get more love here… the man is a poet.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 30, 2010 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I put
Don’t Think Twice, Its Alright as one of the best songs ever.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 30, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree, I do like that version.
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
Bob Dylan stands virtually alone and his “Like A Rolling Stone” is continually voted the “best rock song ever,” but there are so many songs that any of us could pick from any genre of music, so let me choose 2 entire albums: Get Happy by Elvis Costello and Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis.
by Bobby Canuck on Jul 30, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
ah yes I always forget it was a Dylan song
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by Sean Zandberg on Jul 30, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't it awesome?
So say we all.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jul 30, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Worst Soldier in the World, reporting, Sir!
I’m not as convinced, but I didn’t see it in the series, either, which could certainly colour my opinion! On its own, it’s not really to my taste, I’m afraid.
I like ‘life is highway’ actually, primarily because it name-drops vancouver.
by Beantown Canuck on Jul 31, 2010 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
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