MUSIC: the official thread.

Paul Gilbert is the man, I agree. CDogg would hate him though, he plays too fast, he's just showing off.

 

I just can't agree with this.

 

another NASA engineer masquerading as a guitarist

 

I guarantee you he can play jazz better than your favorite jazz guitarist.

 

:goodnews: that's the ticket

music is a video game for these people... "Can I beat level 12???"

 

:mut:

 

Tonight's cider has apparently been manufactured on site sine 1728.

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Heaven forbid people push the limits of guitar playing, they should all sit around and practice jazz.

 

they should maybe learn what things like beauty, joy, pain, bittersweet nostalgia, irony, humor are first... then they can learn what memorable melodies sound like and then work from there, I suppose

who knew jazz was such simplistic, limited music? Thanks, Z... I'll let the people running through "Giant Steps" know

 

Everything there is to do in jazz has been done, it's like the blues, it's all done. There is nothing to discover. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate good guitar playing no matter the genre but it's stale.

 

:laugh11: you've got to be joking

 

Damn it, I was trying to get you to go off on a mile long rant. I have failed.

 

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we will never be of like-minds when it comes to heavy metal... I will continue to slag off metal and shredding while simultaneously being glad that it makes you happy, because at the end of the day, that is what matters, and it is still better than listening to Coldplay or Katy Perry

 

For sure, I know we don't agree on music much, but I feel the same way. Music is very personal, not everyone will agree on what sounds good. At least we can agree that pop and most modern music in general is rubbish!

 

Since I've been most active in this thread I'm going to throw this in here. I'm about to leave work and I am on vacation until Jan 2nd so I will likely not be posting until then. I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, hope you all have a happy and safe holiday.

 

And you man, have a pukka Christmas

 

Have a good yin, Z. :Thumbs:

 

Have a glorious english breakfast with extra beans for me.

 

Merry Kwanzaa Hut.

 

exactly:hammert:

 

Enjoy your holiday,Z

 

I wouldnt kick her in the cunt, even just for a laugh.

 

she's the devil... her existence (at least as a popular "artist") sickens me

 

Coldplay, on the other hand, I would quite happily kick to death with my hobnail boots on...

 

both are horrible

 

Can't really understand getting pissed off at pop music. It's always been shit....it's like getting angry about the weather.

 

no, that's the problem. It hasn't.

The Beatles were pop, The Stones, Zepellin, etc., etc. and so forth

YOUR Beloved Talking Heads were pop, numerous top 40 albums and singles

The idea of any of those artists having a top 40 album/single if they were to come out now is preposterous

 

'My beloved Talking heads'. ::

If somebody brought out 'burning down the house' today it'd chart just as high as it did in 83. The point is, if somebody as creative as David Byrne was about now he'd be making more niche stuff than Talking Heads. MGMT's first album is pretty much the only recent thing which bridged accessible pop and experimental indie music (and that charted) whereas there was more overlap 30 years ago. I think that's the difference.

 

Hey, lets all listen to Burning Down the House! :mj:

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