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remember a while ago when the rock scene was plagued with radiohead wannabies? starsailor, remy zero, muse, coldplay, travis, etc.. the strokes came in and brought along a lot of 'THE' bands wich are actually quite good and refreshing.. there's the darkness, the coral, the yeah yeah yeah's, the thrills, kings of leon mars volta... i dunno.. it just seems like the rock scene right now is in good shape (surrounded by lots of crappy music as usual) and i believe the strokes were responsible for that .. |
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you've got to be fucking kidding me. a bunch of stooges and mc5 wannabe bands (strokes, white stripes, vines, hives..) are "saving" rock 'n' roll? only if you're 14 and don't know music outside of what's on the radio... come on. |
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hmm... you're pretty much an arrogant poser mt. |
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Never express an opinion on music while tits is about :D |
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whatever dude, at least i kept to the topic. cunt? |
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he's just boring. i don't care. |
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fucking hell you had just called him a 14 year old without any musical knowledge...how the fuck did you expect him to react :D |
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all those bands suck. |
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it's not to be taken to heart; anyone on this board obviously has great taste in music. it's just a stimulatory type question, not an insult. some of you people are really delicate. |
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haha you really can be a total twát sometimes you know :P I mean stimulatory actually means shitstirring in this case, and it was a statement you made not a question. |
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OK i'm not 14, and i know much other music other than what's outside the radio. and i like the aforementioned groups. and the radio now comparted to the radio.. lets say.. 1 year ago is a lot better. because of those bands that put the nu-metal phase in the dark. that's my point. now go ahead and call me a cunt again. |
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ok crovax you're telling me kings of leon and the mars volta suck? --- why is almost everyone on this board a nerd, bitter and resented with society. |
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cunt? no i only said that because it's funny how quick people are to reply back just to call someone a name.. as i said, i was just keeping to topic, and in my opinion it's ridiculous to think any band, especially a retro/wannabe band, can "save" rock. i agree that the radio's much more listenable now than it was a year ago (and especially 2 years ago) but there're so many better rock bands out now than those imitators. that's why i was surprised you or anyone else on here would think so highly (whether you enjoy them or not; i enjoy some of it, personally) of them. it all comes down to marketing; next year it'll be some other fad that most people will be listening to. |
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and no I woun't buy an album of the bands i mentioned. (maybe mars volta) |
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OK let me rephrase then... the strokes saved the radio. agree? |
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not really. if clear channel promoters and BBC executives didn't like the strokes they'd still be nobodies playing shitty clubs in NY. first they gained popularity with NYC socialities. basically people most of us can't stand decided they were "fun" and started recommending them to their friends until they became trendy in NY and elite circles nationwide. then they caught on in the UK, i'm sure in no small part due to rags like the NME. they could have picked anyone, but they decided this would be marketable (mostly because it's a "safe" sound--music that rocked as early as FORTY fucking years ago--and because of the strokes' and jack white's good looks. THEN clear channel decided if they're huge in europe they should test them out here. the vaguely familiar (see: stooges, mc5, television, kinks, rolling stones, velvet underground) sound was really easily digested by the masses (like easy listening swing music a few years back, radio friendly ska and punk, big beat techno, etc.) and a TREND emerged. so did the strokes save the radio? fuck no, they're just the current "it" band. it's fine to like what's on the radio; i've made loads of purchases and downloads based on mainstream radio. but to think they came out of nowhere and chased away that godawful nu-metal, which has a very short shelflife anyway (puberty), is naive. this college music has slightly more longetivity to it but it won't last long either. fads die out. go ahead and tell me i'm wrong, people, give me a convincing argument to the contrary. i'm opinionated because i know what i'm talking about. |
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the fucking darkness? fuck off. |
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OK, i don't normally agree with tits cuz he is an opinionated bastard some times, but he knows his shit like no one else here. I follow rock music as much as anyone here, and his explanation was SPOT on. seriously, that is how it works. funky sells and if it sells, the radio whores it out as new and anti-pop. titsworth may not say what you like, but he means what he says, and his analysis was correct. *tits, if you think I'm kissing your ass I'll throw pies.....I will!* |
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Bravo. |
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i'm not saying kings of leon and the mars volta suck. i have not heard them. but radiohead, the strokes, the vines, the white stripes. fuck them. |
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like them or not it's a little unfair to place radiohead in the same category as those other bands.. they sound nothing alike and came out much earlier. |
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muse's new album is fucking amazing. strokes and white stripes bore me to tears. |
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the strokes want to be the stooges. the white stripes are boring. the vines just suck period. i think the only good rock bands still around are queens of the stone age, sloan, foo fighters, zwan, black rebel motorcycle club, tool, beck, brian jonestown massacre, radiohead and the dandy warhols...with the addition of all the underground bands that have never and will never change. if you want a real rock record get "take them on, on your own" by BRMC. |
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titsworth: spot on with the strokes OK: wasnt the mars volta formed before the strokes even were thought of |
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oh and the thing about the 'the' bands is crap its a fukin term used for introdution like the aphex twin |
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no the mars volta is an off-shoot of the now defunked band at the Drive-in... 2001 at the earliest... whereas the Strokes were formed in 1998... not that it matters at all because the strokes didn't save anything... nor did the mars volta... |
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wait til you lot hear MY band! we're hard as fuck and ugly as sin so theres very little chance we'll ever get on the radio! WOOOO! we're in it for the music man not the fame. *cough* |
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Rock never died, it just subverted. All the bands mentioned on here are marketed towards kids, try looking deeper into the market |
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the strokes are shit but that's just my opinion |
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"radiohead, the strokes, the vines, the white stripes. fuck them. " what a lot of shit that was, how can you grroup Radiohead with them otherr bands? and oh yeah Radiohead arre deprressing rright? and Thom Yorke wants to kill himself? |
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i'll totally stick up for you. i fucking love the strokes and the white stripes and a lot of these so called "stooges and mc5 wannabes". i wouldnt say they saved rock 'n' roll, but they definetely brought something new and exciting, albeit derived from other music.....but all music is. people go on and on about being "original" and to be honest.....everythings been done before....so why get all uptight if someone uses the influence of another artist to create something different? |
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coz its done badly. If they were really rockin it it would be cool, but to me it just seems a weak copy. Just my opinion. |
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it cant be that bad if their touring the world to packed audiences and selling millions of albums. i wouldnt say the strokes are a carbon copy of anyone anyway...i cant think of another band that they totally sound like. people said to me they sound like velvet underground and television and stuff, but personally, i cant hear the similarities. they dont sound like the stooges or the mc5 either... |
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I like the Strokes, they didn't set out to ''save'' anything... trendy rags heaped that praise on them. I think they're just a good old fashioned no-frills rock band, derivative, but who isn't? I give them two mild thumbs up. |
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i thought the strokes were kind of boring i like the white stripes, not really the new stuff (poser/elitist/blahblahblah).i do definately want to bang the hell out of meg white |
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Yeah, she's ''bulldog cute''. Kind of weird looking, but I'd probably hit it if given the chance too. |
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the strokes = the suck |
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E didnt work :( |
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when i saw them live, she had saggy-ass boobs and a frumpy ass. i still would bang her tho. |
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Check out "Fun House" (1969!!!) and "Raw Power" by Iggy & the Stooges, you'll see why I can't really get excited by these new bands that really don't push it in any way. But whatever, each to their own and all that. |
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i've got em.....they are good albums...but its two different things. that you are trying to compare. |
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i would bang her till we need wheel chairs |
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because they're borrowing a lot more than just influence, they're aping the entire sound. you and even i may enjoy some of the music but it's silly to think that some style from 30 to 40 years ago is "saving" rock & roll now. it's a huge step back instead of a step forward. way too safe to be some kind of savior. |
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Anyone like The Black Keys. They're doing what The White Stripes meant to do |
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confield wasn't done before the album came out! |
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mars volta is saving it!!! |
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Yeah, none of them have done a superior work to "CONFIELD", so they are all wankers ;) |
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the strokes DID save real rock 'n roll |
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I'll back you up also. Mars Volta are fucking amazing.....truly mind-blowing space rock!! |
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