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BBDBB

Im putting in a bid for Wembley, the plan is to knock it down and build some flats, who wants in?

mfceiling

BBDBB wrote: »

Im putting in a bid for Wembley, the plan is to knock it down and build some flats, who wants in?

Stick me down for a fiver.

swiwi_

BBDBB wrote: »

Im putting in a bid for Wembley, the plan is to knock it down and build some flats, who wants in?

Me. Plannning permission should be a mere formality.

Bridge93

Pretty extraordinary news coming out of Korea this morning

thomond2006

Abba announce first new songs for 35 years

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/27/abba-announce-first-new-songs-for-35-years?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

Quick! Someone tell Jaco!

BBDBB

thomond2006 wrote: »

Abba announce first new songs for 35 years

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/27/abba-announce-first-new-songs-for-35-years?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

Quick! Someone tell Jaco!

finally! his silver sequinned jumpsuit comes back into fashion!

awec

Anyone see the video of the Kiss Guy playing with Foo Fighters?

They got some random guy up from the audience who had a sign asking to play. He played Monkey Wrench and its actually unbelievable. Dave Grohl forgets the lyrics cause he’s so surprised.

Balls of steel. :pac:

dregin

awec wrote: »

Anyone see the video of the Kiss Guy playing with Foo Fighters?

They got some random guy up from the audience who had a sign asking to play. He played Monkey Wrench and its actually unbelievable. Dave Grohl forgets the lyrics cause he’s so surprised.

Balls of steel. :pac:

Kills it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4b6BPaO944

pickarooney

FF are such a dull band.

awec

pickarooney wrote: »

FF are such a dull band.

They're pretty bland for rock alright.

Rock in general is so bland these days. Foo Fighters, Queens of Stone Age, Kings of Leon, Two Door Cinema Club, Muse, etc...

Don't even mention fcuking Oasis.

All as dull as dishwater.

Yeah_Right

awec wrote: »

They're pretty bland for rock alright.

Rock in general is so bland these days. Foo Fighters, Queens of Stone Age, Kings of Leon, Two Door Cinema Club, Muse, etc...

Don't even mention fcuking Oasis.

All as dull as dishwater.

I'm a Foo Fighters fan. Seen them a couple of times and they were brilliant. Kings of Leon were good live and Muse do a spectacular live show.

None of them are as good as Tool or Metallica.

I 100% agree with you about Oasis. An overrated pile of ****e.

Buer

Oasis are the Darren Cave of the music world.

awec

Yeah_Right wrote: »

I'm a Foo Fighters fan. Seen them a couple of times and they were brilliant. Kings of Leon were good live and Muse do a spectacular live show.

None of them are as good as Tool or Metallica.

I 100% agree with you about Oasis. An overrated pile of ****e.

I've seen Foo Fighters and Kings of Leon live too and while they are enjoyable to listen to at times they are still fairly boring.

Foo Fighers have a couple of very good songs among a pile of rubbish.

Yeah_Right

awec wrote: »

I've seen Foo Fighters and Kings of Leon live too and while they are enjoyable to listen to at times they are still fairly boring.

Foo Fighers have a couple of very good songs among a pile of rubbish.

I'd put them in the category of bands I like who's music I can play at a bbq and other people (the missus and her friends) will like as well. Generally I'm not allowed to play my music when we have guests around.

sydthebeat

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Generally I'm not allowed to play my music when we have guests around.

I wouldnt allow you play that aqua ****e either!!

mfceiling

Buer wrote: »

Oasis are the Darren Cave of the music world.

Right Buer....you awec and Yeah right outside now.

mfceiling

On the music has anyone heard of Lafayette Rock Band? My mate sent me a link last week....they are very good.

Yeah_Right

sydthebeat wrote: »

I wouldnt allow you play that aqua ****e either!!

Aqua! I'm all about the Venga Bus.

stephen_n

awec wrote: »

They're pretty bland for rock alright.

Rock in general is so bland these days. Foo Fighters, Queens of Stone Age, Kings of Leon, Two Door Cinema Club, Muse, etc...

Don't even mention fcuking Oasis.

All as dull as dishwater.

If you think two door cinema club are rock, you really need to have a word with yourself.

awec

stephen_n wrote: »

If you think two door cinema club are rock, you really need to have a word with yourself.

Some people do though, that’s my point.

Dubinusa

There hasn't been any good rock in a donkey's age. U2 are playing in Boston in June and tickets are still available. They went on sale weeks ago.
Rock is dying... unfortunately.

stephen_n

awec wrote: »

Some people do though, that’s my point.

Some people think the worlds flat too. Just because a band uses guitars doesn’t make it rock music. Foo Fighters, QTOS etc are rock, Metallica are metal and two door cinema club are pop, oasis are just crap.

dregin

Dubinusa wrote: »

There hasn't been any good rock in a donkey's age. U2 are playing in Boston in June and tickets are still available. They went on sale weeks ago.
Rock is dying... unfortunately.

See the post above regarding two door cinema club and apply it to U2.

Heavy music isn't dying.People are just sick of being gouged by big business.

Swan Curry

there'd probably be better rock music if middle aged dads didn't listen solely to the same few bands for the last 30something years, bands aren't going to innovate if all their fans want to hear are the same albums from when they were younger.

sydthebeat

Swan Curry wrote: »

there'd probably be better rock music if middle aged dads didn't listen solely to the same few bands for the last 30something years, bands aren't going to innovate if all their fans want to hear are the same albums from when they were younger.

The music industry doesn't let them innovate.
Its actually only the really established bands that are able to experiment and innovate as they already have that core fan base that you are denigrating.
New bands coming through have to be a hit immediately in today's music industry or they do not survive. The financial contacts simply aren't worth it anymore as the big labels know they aren't getting the same return for produced music, due to the devaluation of music on streaming sites, the collapse of hard copy sales etc.
Live gigs are the main way for bands now to make money, with the established bands commanding the big purses obviously.

That's the problem with modern rock, not the fact the dads are still listening to their RHCP albums....

Buer

Buer wrote: »

Oasis are the Darren Cave of the music world.

I find this offensive #notmybuer

dregin

sydthebeat wrote: »

The music industry doesn't let them innovate.
Its actually only the really established bands that are able to experiment and innovate as they already have that core fan base that you are denigrating.
New bands coming through have to be a hit immediately in today's music industry or they do not survive. The financial contacts simply aren't worth it anymore as the big labels know they aren't getting the same return for produced music, due to the devaluation of music on streaming sites, the collapse of hard copy sales etc.
Live gigs are the main way for bands now to make money, with the established bands commanding the big purses obviously.

That's the problem with modern rock, not the fact the dads are still listening to their RHCP albums....

Or you can skip the industry altogether and do what you want. Dublin has vibrant DIY music scenes for all genres filled with artists not giving a **** about the big business end of the deal. Fair enough, they won't make much of a living right now, but I really believe that the music industry will be drastically changed in the next few years. Spotify, pandora etc. are far from the solution but they're a step in the right direction.

Take a look at services along the lines of https://d.tube for options that pay the artists properly. Blockchain! YEOW!

molloyjh

When the Foo Fighters are good, they are really good. The problem is that most of the time they aren't.

Oasis were proper garbage though. 3 chord wonders with crap song writing, no vocal ability and a massive lack of originality.

Rock is in a trough at the moment with the likes of a lot of blues and soul making a big comeback in places. Which is great, because like rock, when that stuff is good it is really good. Acts like Gary Clarke Jr or St Paul and the Broken Bones are class. Rag'n'Bone Man is heavily blues influenced too. Did a great blues EP a few years back.

The way we consume music now is just so totally different too. Things like Spotify have opened up doors for people that wouldn't have been available 10-20 years ago.

molloyjh

molloyjh wrote: »

When the Foo Fighters are good, they are really good. The problem is that most of the time they aren't.

Oasis were proper garbage though. 3 chord wonders with crap song writing, no vocal ability and a massive lack of originality.

Rock is in a trough at the moment with the likes of a lot of blues and soul making a big comeback in places. Which is great, because like rock, when that stuff is good it is really good. Acts like Gary Clarke Jr or St Paul and the Broken Bones are class. Rag'n'Bone Man is heavily blues influenced too. Did a great blues EP a few years back.

The way we consume music now is just so totally different too. Things like Spotify have opened up doors for people that wouldn't have been available 10-20 years ago.

Molloy moments before he typed this post:

molloyjh

Deleted User wrote: »

Molloy moments before he typed this post:

Best not mention the Australian jazz act I've been listening to lately then....