music discussion and the "the" bands.

[timepiececlock]

There's a lot of bands coming out right now that seem to have this mock-70s classic style. Only, overloaded with production.

The Strokes. By far the worst. Also The Shins, and the....the.... hell. The "the" bands. I can't remember them or tell them apart. You've got to know what I'm talking about.

Only ones that I can tell apart are The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, even though I don't like their single "Maps" it doesn't quite fall into the category above. And The White Stripes, which I like quite a bit and also don't fall into the category above at all.

Anyway, the "the" bands. I hate them. It's so... retro. I mean, jesus, if I wanted to listen to bad rip-offs of classic rock style, I'd dig out my parents CDs of Wings, The Eagles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, and so on and listen to the real thing. But you'll notice I don't. Because that music is old and it's my parents and I really have to be a certain mood for it. I DON'T need to hear it on the radio every day. I'll take even emo over that any day, because at least it's original. Metallica. NIN. A Perfect Circle. The Foo Fighters. The Offspring. Audioslave. Chevelle. Seether. Even frickin' Nickelback, which has annoyed me ever since "Hero" is more tolerable than this.

And The Darkness. Oh lord, do I hate The Darkness. Really, really can't stand it. Makes me want to claw at my radio to get it to stop, please stop. The only other thing that can get a reaction like that out me is Eminem butchering Aerosmith music.

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[spikespeigel.livejournal.com]

The Strokes. By far the worst. Also The Shins, and the....the.... hell. The "the" bands.

Aw hell naw. She dissing the Shins? Yo, we gotta throw down now, woman! Where you at? I'll be there in a year or two to rumble.

Only ones that I can tell apart are The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, even though I don't like their single "Maps"

Blasphemy!!! That's like the only good track on that piece of garbage CD in the fact that Karen O isn't screaming off key.

Anyway, the "the" bands. I hate them.

Listen to the Wrens and the Rapture's latest, and then come back and tell me you still hate the 'the' bands. And I'll call you a bald faced liar if you do ^_^

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Do you have them for me to download for listening? I'll tell you then. :)

That's like the only good track on that piece of garbage CD in the fact that Karen O isn't screaming off key.

Thanks for the warning.

[spikespeigel.livejournal.com]

It's pretty easy for me to make them into mp3s, but I don't have a place to host them. So, if you have a good option, I'm more than willing to share.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Can't really. I could host them, but you'd have to get them to me first. And I am being hosted by someone else so I can't give you all the passwords and stuff to post them on "my" space. However... do you have MSN messenger? Maybe we could do a file transfer.

[evemac.livejournal.com]

::hugs:: I'm glad you agree that the stripes are different. I mean, hello! They play the blues and freaking folk songs.

Anyway. The only reason I like the Darkness in theory is because I read an article a long time ago in the brit music mag Mojo and they were compared to Spinal Tap [except...in a real way] -- which I LOVE. But I haven't actually heard any of their songs. So I have no idea.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I don't know Spinal Tap, but I've heard only one song by The Darkness and I loathe it. Really. One of he most annoying choruses and singer voices I've heard on the radio in a while.

And yep, I like the White Stripes. Their is good. I even stole some lyrics for my icon, because that's one of my favorite lines in a song. It's absurd yet very descriptive and easy to picture.

[evemac.livejournal.com]

Ack, you don't know Spinal Tap? You must rent the film, This is Spinal Tap. It's a classic, and so, so funny.