[cometogether]

Lou Reed is a miserable c unt and his music is dire

[Chloris]

Well, I hate most of what is deemed "popular" music. Rihanna, Beyonce, Maroon 5, Flo Rida, Kris Brown, Carley May Jepson and all the other talentless swine out there make me hate the invention of auto tuning and electronic music. That's not to say that I don't think computers have a place in music-making today, I just think that we should be using technology as a means to an end instead of an end in itself which we use to churn out crappy "pop" hits.

On a more specific note, I think Shane McGowan is virtually unlistenable. A lot of people would find that strange. I also cannot understand how a person can go through their entire life without getting intimate with the genre of metal. If I hadn't loved Dimmu Borgir and Arcturus for a while, I don't think my life would be the same. It's all a matter of taste, I suppose, but sometimes it's really good to just cut loose and listen to something unbearably heavy! Especially when you're a teenager and the rest of the world is so difficult to come to terms with.

[SilverScreen]

Originally Posted by cometogether

Lou Reed is a miserable c unt and his music is dire

Including The Velvet Underground?

[cometogether]

Originally Posted by Zero1986

Including The Velvet Underground?

Yarp

[SilverScreen]

Originally Posted by cometogether

Yarp

Well for such a dire band they have somehow managed to be one of, if not the most, influential bands on alternative music over the past 45 years or so.

No Velvet Underground no Modern Lovers, My Bloody Valentine, Galaxie 500, Yo La Tengo, R.E.M., Pixies, Television, Patti Smith, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Sonic Youth, Jesus and Mary Chain, Pavement, Talking Heads... and so forth. Probably even no punk rock.

I don't care as much for Lou Reed's solo stuff but The Velvet Underground were amazing.

[P4DDY2K11]

Bob Dylan is a cretin.

[smokedeels]

Originally Posted by jill_valentine

Don't get me wrong, I don't think Tyler's for real either, and I do actually like Odd Future overall, but how can Beyonce's track be considered seriously misandrist if, on the other side of the fence, Tyler's much more extreme persona gets a pass as a creative mechanism?

People are more familiar with the attitude Tyler displays. We don't always notice misogyny, whether it's real or not, because it's so commonplace, and when we do it's probably easier to excuse for the same reason.

On a similar note, homophobia gets the green light too much in music because of its prevalence in rap and reggae.

MF Doom gets excused for making this track because it's in character..



On record he's said that he's not being serious and isn't homophobic, but I have some reservations about it.

I think a lot of people try to ignore that song and the fact that rap can be legitimately homophobic makes it easier to do so

[Da Shins Kelly]

Originally Posted by P4DDY2K11

Bob Dylan is a cretin.

Bob Dylan was rapping before it was cool!

[old hippy]

Originally Posted by P4DDY2K11

Bob Dylan is a cretin.

Maybe but his output in the 60s and 70s is essential

[CecilBlunt]

Dire Straits' Sultans of swing is a blatant copy of a Rory Gallagher tune.

[Suas11]

Originally Posted by CecilBlunt

Dire Straits' Sultans of swing is a blatant copy of a Rory Gallagher tune.

Which one?

[doomed]

Hear one Van Morrison song and you heard them all. Should be available on prescription for insomniacs.

[old hippy]

Patti Smith is just average...

[flyswatter]

In Rainbows is better than OK Computer.

In 20 years time, no one will remember who The Rapture were.

[Suas11]

Originally Posted by flyswatter

In Rainbows is better than OK Computer.

I'd agree with that. It's definitely one of the very best albums of the last decade