Shane
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Post by Shane on Apr 4, 2009 22:03:14 GMT
Considering the last music thread was such an abject failure, as no one posted any of their lists, I don't high hopes for this one:
Top five overlooked (but fairly well known) bands
Death from above
Echo and the Bunnymen
Comsat Angels
Magazine
The Fall
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Post by Diarmuid on Apr 5, 2009 8:00:32 GMT
Well so far out of a poll of several people no-one's heard of any of them. "Fairly-well-known" by what metric, exactly?
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Post by Aonghus on Apr 5, 2009 10:37:20 GMT
Whether or not Shane's gay for them...
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Post by Rob on Apr 5, 2009 11:30:32 GMT
Again, people just don't really seem to understand how a message board works. If you're going to call a thread 'The Music Thread', you can't get annoyed when people just post random music-related thoughts as opposed to the strict guidelines you set in the first post. It would have been a lot easier for your discussion if you'd called it 'The Top 5 overlooked (but fairly well known) bands'.
In fact...
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Post by Tom on Apr 5, 2009 12:28:20 GMT
Well I haven't heard of any of those bands, Shane. Sorry.
As for posting my own Top-5, I don't think that any of the music I listen to is overlooked or by fairly well-known bands. It's all underlooked (if that's even a term) and by very well-known (if not always liked) bands. Feckit anyway, Imma gonna do it anyway:
5. Anything Classical, Romantic, Opera or Baroque - There's nothing, I repeat NOTHING, more relaxing, inspiring, thought-provoking or emotive than most pieces from any of the styles above. You've all heard their names, now it's time to actually go out and listen to them!
4. The Upper Crust - Brilliant in the way that AC/DC are brilliant. 'nuf said.
3. Grand Funk Railroad - Listen to them and you'll see. Pure, unadulterated, iconic and accessible rock 'n' roll.
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Popular with the Generation Xers and with the recently spawned Generations Zers, the Smashing Pumpkins seem to have leapfrogged most of the Generation Yers. This has got to stop. I implore everyone of you to go and listen to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness before casting them off as another pre-emo, apathetic, pseudo-punk Generation X product
1. My Chemical Romance - Largely seen as being emo, MCR fervently deny this tag, saying that they themselves and their music are not emo, and that they can't help whether their fans are emo or not. Give 'em a listen and you'll see, as opposed to just brushing them off as emo and, therefore, as bad.
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Shane
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Post by Shane on Apr 5, 2009 14:10:26 GMT
By fairly well known I mean that they are not reatardedly obscure, as in they're probably going to be recognized by one person on the forum. Tom got the point though, good job Tom.
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Post by Diarmuid on Apr 5, 2009 15:44:20 GMT
Okay, let's see so:
The Decemberists - I've kinda forgotten about them of late, but they have a cool off the wall kinda sound that I really like. I'd say that if anyone here has heard of them it's only because they heard me listening to them.
Fionn Regan - Kind of a standard singer songwriter with his guitar, but nevertheless I like his finger picking style which makes him unique(-ish)
Robbie Schaefer - Discovered him on deezer looking for freebird, of which he does a pretty amazing acoustic version. I've only listened to his live stuff so far, but I fully intend to track down his studio album once I have some bunts.
Badly Drawn Boy - I wouldn't say that they're overlooked, although maybe they are - I dunno really. Anyway, all sorts of cool songs that I toss on playlists are by them, notably The Shining.
Jesse Malin - Well he's not well known at all, to be fair, but I really like his stuff. Kinda like Fionn Regan with a band, if you like. Well, ish.
Happy now? Well?
EDIT: Yes I gave a big Smeg Off to the "fairly well known" part of the thread. So what?
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Post by Caoimhe on Apr 5, 2009 21:06:27 GMT
The Decembrists have a song called the Tain. That amused me quite a bit...
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Post by Tom on Apr 10, 2009 15:24:24 GMT
Why does the name 'The Decemberists' remind me of the 'treachurous' November Criminals from shortly after the foundation of the Weimar Republic?
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Post by Donncha on Apr 27, 2009 22:14:36 GMT
I know it's a bit late now, but I do recognize Death from above and The Fall. So you Shane isn't completely wrong.
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Post by Kweeva Velva on May 2, 2009 19:24:43 GMT
I knew all of them but Comsat Angels. I know The Fall and Echo and the Bunnymen very well.
I'd say that the Beach Boys would have to be my number one, because all people ever hear is their pop-tastic surf ditties, and there's so much more to them than that.
Also: The Violent Femmes. Or 'O hay that band from Sabrina'
Depeche Mode: As wonderful as their ultra-cool goth stuff is, you really have to hear the mega-camp, mega-synthy 'Speak and Spell' album. 'Boys say go' is the gayest thing I have ever heard.
The Breeders, the lesser known, much lesser appreciated sister band of The Pixies. (Kim Deal's other band.) Two thumbs up.
Cyndi Lauper: So much more to her than 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'. She's such a character. What an absolute heroine.
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