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[M_Rots]

all my nirvana links are dead. Should I re-upload them, or does no one care?

I really wanted at least the mix CD - was gonna mentiion it in my comment on your blurb, but I thought my shit talk about TP was enough negativity for one post.

[velocity]

Not only wasn't the review great it all but pissed on the band; calling Page "a very limited producer and a writer of weak, unimaginative songs, and the Zeppelin album suffers from his having both produced it and written most of it," calls Plant "prissy," "strained and unconvincing ," and all but ignores Jones & Bonzo calling the band "a two- (or, more accurately, one-a-half) man show." I congratulate you for finding any of the band's interesting points from that famous turd of a review.

Ouch! That's way worse than I remembered...I had really liked the Yardbirds and may have just been hoping for more of the same.

[M_Rots]

The next few days passed and I remember finding a new song I'd like most pretty much every day. Some days, I'd have a love affair with 'Beetlebum' (the song, not the shitty Sound Opinions Message Board member...fuck that guy).

Great blurb - hilariously OTM, HD.

[theremin]

all my nirvana links are dead. Should I re-upload them, or does no one care?

I really wanted at least the mix CD - was gonna mentiion it in my comment on your blurb, but I thought my shit talk about TP was enough negativity for one post.

The mix CD, if it didn't come through, is all non-album tracks.

I'll try to reupload it tonight, but it might not be till after the weekend.

[Undercooked Sausage]

"Follow me, set me free, trust me and we will escape from the city," sang Thurston Moore on the band's hit single "City Escape." Sure enough, the band had places to go. They had to follow their rainbow, or else, and what amazing places it's taken them.

holy fuck ahahahha

[Mitchell]

Good blurbs all round from 40 down (I've caught up now) especially Duff. An enjoyable read these past few days (wonder why...)

[Undercooked Sausage]

Undo, your blurb is fucking genius, that is the best thing ever written about Sonic Youth in their entire 25+ years of existence.

[held]

[size=5]Hey Ho
Let's Go
#28. Ramones
blurb by Duff

[Plate]

"Follow me, set me free, trust me and we will escape from the city," sang Thurston Moore on the band's hit single "City Escape." Sure enough, the band had places to go. They had to follow their rainbow, or else, and what amazing places it's taken them.

holy fuck ahahahha

Holy shit

hooking up Dreamcast right now

[Freddie Freelance]

Love this blurb, theremin, apart from the reminder of Trouser Press Music Guide, a book which exists, so far as I can tell, to assure you everything you grew up loving is utter shit and everything you've always ignored the wailing ultimate.

Thanks boo. Do you feel that way about the original Guide (circa 91?) Cause I sort of feel the opposite. They certainly gave a lot of glowing reviews to things I loved, although, there was always some sort of backhanded compliment somewhere I imagine.

I think it pales in the snarkiness levels of a p4k or something.

I think it was '83, I was still in College.

[Mantana]

I Am Human And I Need To Be Loved
Just Like Everybody Else Does


#29.




The Smiths (1455 Points, 26 Votes)

Years Active: 1982-1987

SOMB Says: Though I may listen to other artists more often these days, there are few bands as deeply ingrained in my psyche as the Smiths. Like millions of lonely, disaffected teenagers of the last 25 years, the music of Morrissey and Marr were the soundtrack of those years. When it seemed like everyone in the world just didn’t understand, there was always the Smiths. Morrissey showed a way to cope with the cruel world: sneering disdain and cool detachment.

But the pages of rock history are littered with lesser bands who covered similar territory, so why were the Smiths so different? What made them icons, while the Housemartins, for example, were a cult favorite at best?

Certainly Johnny Marr, who represented a different kind of guitar hero – one whose genius was rooted in melodicism and songcraft rather than solos and preening, played a part in that. Johnny Marr was the coolkid that every loner envisions himself to be inside. A rocker who took the slings and arrows of lesser minds and used them to fuel his outsized talent. Marr represented the hope in straight Smiths fans everywhere that not only could the shy kid get the girl someday, but that he’d get all the girls. Marr was the modern embodiment of Morrissey’s James Dean fixation.

Marr’s role is really secondary when speaking of the Smiths-as-legend though, because the iconic figure in the group was of course, Morrissey. On paper, Morrissey’s influences are about as incongruous as one could think of – glam rock, British soap operas, James Dean, girl groups, punk, Elvis – but somehow, in his hands, this amalgamation not only made perfect sense, but inspired legions of loyal followers. When Morrissey croons about comatose girlfriends, impending bus crashes, lousy DJs, child abuse, etc. the effect is at once hilarious, but also deeply personal. It didn’t matter if you were a lonely suburban kid who stayed in on Saturday night, or a Mexican gang member, Morrissey was speaking to you.

This incongruity means that The Smiths legacy is one that is just as conflicting as their music was. On the one hand the most obvious antecedents come in the twee-pop of groups like Belle & Sebastian, but their shadow also looms large over hardcore as well – not to mention the fact that emo would probably not exist without the Smiths. So, a mixed blessing, shall we say?

What will be interesting is to see how the Smiths influence continues to be interpreted by succeeding generations of fans, because as long as there are outcasts, there will be Smiths fans. – 54cermak

Album Pick: The Queen is Dead, I'd also recommend getting Louder Than Bombs or one of the other compilations as the Smiths released many classic tracks as b-sides and non-album singles.

Track Picks: “Ask”
“There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”
“The Boy With The Thorn In His Side”

Ranked Highest By: falling and laughing (#2)

Also Ranked By: mike2511, Mitchell (#3), suckeredyou (#4), Huckle, Diesel (#5)

Proof this poll is a joke.

Top 5 band OAT.

[Pavement Ist Rad]

bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce

This video should have been the Springsteen blurb.

[Undercooked Sausage]

mods plz ban red lobster

[maxexactly]

I Am Human And I Need To Be Loved
Just Like Everybody Else Does


#29.




The Smiths (1455 Points, 26 Votes)

Years Active: 1982-1987

SOMB Says: Though I may listen to other artists more often these days, there are few bands as deeply ingrained in my psyche as the Smiths. Like millions of lonely, disaffected teenagers of the last 25 years, the music of Morrissey and Marr were the soundtrack of those years. When it seemed like everyone in the world just didn’t understand, there was always the Smiths. Morrissey showed a way to cope with the cruel world: sneering disdain and cool detachment.

But the pages of rock history are littered with lesser bands who covered similar territory, so why were the Smiths so different? What made them icons, while the Housemartins, for example, were a cult favorite at best?

Certainly Johnny Marr, who represented a different kind of guitar hero – one whose genius was rooted in melodicism and songcraft rather than solos and preening, played a part in that. Johnny Marr was the coolkid that every loner envisions himself to be inside. A rocker who took the slings and arrows of lesser minds and used them to fuel his outsized talent. Marr represented the hope in straight Smiths fans everywhere that not only could the shy kid get the girl someday, but that he’d get all the girls. Marr was the modern embodiment of Morrissey’s James Dean fixation.

Marr’s role is really secondary when speaking of the Smiths-as-legend though, because the iconic figure in the group was of course, Morrissey. On paper, Morrissey’s influences are about as incongruous as one could think of – glam rock, British soap operas, James Dean, girl groups, punk, Elvis – but somehow, in his hands, this amalgamation not only made perfect sense, but inspired legions of loyal followers. When Morrissey croons about comatose girlfriends, impending bus crashes, lousy DJs, child abuse, etc. the effect is at once hilarious, but also deeply personal. It didn’t matter if you were a lonely suburban kid who stayed in on Saturday night, or a Mexican gang member, Morrissey was speaking to you.

This incongruity means that The Smiths legacy is one that is just as conflicting as their music was. On the one hand the most obvious antecedents come in the twee-pop of groups like Belle & Sebastian, but their shadow also looms large over hardcore as well – not to mention the fact that emo would probably not exist without the Smiths. So, a mixed blessing, shall we say?

What will be interesting is to see how the Smiths influence continues to be interpreted by succeeding generations of fans, because as long as there are outcasts, there will be Smiths fans. – 54cermak

Album Pick: The Queen is Dead, I'd also recommend getting Louder Than Bombs or one of the other compilations as the Smiths released many classic tracks as b-sides and non-album singles.

Track Picks: “Ask”
“There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”
“The Boy With The Thorn In His Side”

Ranked Highest By: falling and laughing (#2)

Also Ranked By: mike2511, Mitchell (#3), suckeredyou (#4), Huckle, Diesel (#5)

Proof this poll is a joke.

Top 5 band OAT.

Best post ever. Tell me you mean it...

[Mitchell]

Hi Red Lobster.

[Mantana]

My friend used to board here and would always tell me how great this place was. I applied for an account several times over the past year but never got a response. I asked him about it the other day to see if he could email a mod but he shook his head and told me he wasn't posting here anymore. Fortunately he offered me his account. Is that not allowed? I'll probably just be lurking most of the time. I try to be respectful of everyone online and will only post when I have something important to say. Until then, on with the countdown!

[Saskadelphia]

Today's run of bands would be flawless if it weren't for Nirvana. Still, mighty impressive. Great, great blurbin' by Duff and velocity!

[Pavement Ist Rad]

Today's run of bands would be flawless if it weren't for Nirvana.

I cannot say that I am a fan of this comment.

[Undercooked Sausage]

Yeah that is a pretty baffling post.

[Undercooked Sausage]

my brother and i talked about music today and somehow No age came up and he said they were today's nirvana so I can guess I can see why people would feel apprehensive towards supporting Kurt and company. The difference of course is that, well, there really aren't any that many better songwriters than Kurt Cobain