Keep your stupid questions to your stupid self.

[EraPassing]

You could be right, shabbetay.  
I think that emo will eventually be looked back on in the same sense of disgust as we now remember the 80's style, where, while a lot of the music might have been fun, the fashion trends were... ugh.
I still can't believe now that I used that much Aquanet.
I was rather glad when Goth went elegant, myself.  There was this young man I used to work with, oh, he was a sight to behold, unlike his best friend, who had over-processed hair and wore tshirts, blegh...
*wakes up from fond memories and sighs*
Anyways, I seriously appreciated elegant Goth.

You know what would be nice?  If some trendsetters would merge Goth with Eddie Bauer.  That would be so nice.  Then I could be trendy!

[Horab Fibslager]

I like Evanescence.  I don't understand why a lot of people sneer at them.  I mean, if someone doesn't like them, ok, but sneering at them - for what, a principle of the thing?  What principle, that you don't like them and therefore think that no one should like them except stupid people?  I like a lot of that dark, angsty kind of music - not because I give a rat's ass about the feelings of the artists, or whether they have anything to complain about in their own lives; I like it for itself.  To me, it's not about the musicians, it's about the music.  I don't think that makes me sneer-worthy, and I don't think the music itself is inherently sneer-worthy.
I also like Seether, Nickelback, and some Hoobastank and some APC.  So sue me.
Well, ok, the only think I like that Hoobastank did is the Reason, but still...
But I checked out that sight Illusion gave (thanks, Illusion) and I don't think I'm appreciative of the emo fashion trends.  Mostly because I dislike fashion trends; I'm much too conservative in my tastes, even if I do have a habit of wearing solid black.

I think this is like the Goth thing, yeah - even if you like some Goth-type stuff, you're not really Goth unless you're trying to be Goth.  Likewise, I may like some emo type stuff, but that doesn't make me emo.

Works for me.

ed the sock tried to itnerview teh girl fromevanescance once. she acted the stuck up snob and told him she found smoking unatractive.
as a smoekr i;m cool wit that because i find whinign and snobbery unattractive.




i dres liek weezer, because that's the sort of clothes people give me.

abnds liek evanescance korn, limp biskit(which i call teh new metal, whcih is sad) are a big part of the reason i stopped buying cds. i mean i  still buy cd's from bands i like, but i jsut haven't been in a cd store inover a year, becaus eit's all tech-punk(punk that's too technical to be consider true punk imho), rap and new metal/emo. whiny is probaly a better name for teh genre.

[agent compassion]

please die.

Cool
not only are those my friends you're talking about, but they're some of the most talented musicians I have ever known...

To quote Arnold Rimmer, "Already have done."

I'm sure they're wonderful people, Turd, but I am just so sick to death of "Float On." Didn't they write some other songs too? Or perhaps it is just the hype-machine that has shoved MM into my face every time I turn on the TV and radio that has made me reflexively loathe them.

Yeah, it's probably that more than anything else.

It's like, the machine says "YOU WILL LIKE THIS! IT IS POPULAR!"
And I'm like, "Fuck that, I'll like it if I damn well please."
And the louder the machine gets, the more contrary I get - even if there's something good about it, I'll hate it just because I'm being TOLD to like it.

Y'know what I'm sayin'?

Sorry if I offended ya, Turd. I have musician friends too(not nearly as famous as MM) and I know how defensive I get when someone disses their piratey goodness....

[East Coast Hustle]

fo' real though....when did being a whiny little bitch become a prerequisite to releasing an album that gets any notice? it's sad too, because ther are SO MANY good bands out right now, but you've gotta dig really deep to find them...most of them aren't getting any success past the local/regional level...and those that do are quickly co-opted by the dominant paradigm in the music industry, which (except for Hip-Hop, which is thriving artistically) seems to be whining...

[EraPassing]

I dunno, liking or disliking something just to be contrary seems to me to be cutting off your nose to spite your face, and is still permitting yourself to be manipulated, donchathink?  I can't stand Britney Spears usually, but I liked the song "Every time".

I don't listen to interviews, or read articles, concerning a certain artist.  First, because all artists have feet of clay, and I never lose sight of the fact that they are humans, too, and generally cranky ones.  Second, because I don't give a damn about them personally, their thoughts and feelings and attitudes.  So long as they produce music I like, that's all I really care about.

[Horab Fibslager]

do what what you will
and will what you do.

it fucks up teh anti-conformists when you yes/no em into submission.

[agent compassion]

I never said it made sense. It's a reflex. I get pushed hard enough one way, I start pushing back the other way.

But here's the thing - if I ever really liked something, I get back to it eventually, after the hype dies down and it's been forgotten.

[Horab Fibslager]

there's always strafe(sidestep) and the ol hoppity hop.

not jsut for video games anymore, these powerful tehniques are applciable in everything from wars of words, to flippin burgas.

[East Coast Hustle]

please die.

Cool
not only are those my friends you're talking about, but they're some of the most talented musicians I have ever known...

To quote Arnold Rimmer, "Already have done."

I'm sure they're wonderful people, Turd, but I am just so sick to death of "Float On." Didn't they write some other songs too? Or perhaps it is just the hype-machine that has shoved MM into my face every time I turn on the TV and radio that has made me reflexively loathe them.

Yeah, it's probably that more than anything else.

It's like, the machine says "YOU WILL LIKE THIS! IT IS POPULAR!"
And I'm like, "Fuck that, I'll like it if I damn well please."
And the louder the machine gets, the more contrary I get - even if there's something good about it, I'll hate it just because I'm being TOLD to like it.

Y'know what I'm sayin'?

Sorry if I offended ya, Turd. I have musician friends too(not nearly as famous as MM) and I know how defensive I get when someone disses their piratey goodness....

yeah, I hear that...and to be honest, I moved out of civilization about 2 months before they started getting hyped by the industry...I knew Dann way before MM even existed, and I've known Isaac since he lived in a trailer in Issaquah,  writing prototype MM songs at 4am drunk on a broken acoustic guitar....imagine my surprise when after having been in Maine for a yaer and a half, I opened a copy of Rolling Stone to a full page pic of Isaac....but you know hwat? if they are over-hyped and shoved down the throats of popular music consumers, it's only because they're SO DAMN GOOD!!!! They deserve every speck of success that they can get their grubby hands on....and believe me, theose kids have gone through more shit than most to get to where they are now....so just check out the old stuff and don't be a reflexive hater...start with "the lonesome crowded west"....after that, I'd reccomend "the moon and antarctica" or "everywhere and his nasty parlour tricks"....and to be honest, I think the new album is really good too, but if you're sick of it, you really oughtta check out the older material...

[Bob the Mediocre]

Float On is overplayed. But the whole album is some of the most consistantly good stuff I've heard. It's not all the same, either. It's like they have a few different styles, and they all work.

::Wearing his shiny new captain's hat::

[Horab Fibslager]

wtf is MM?

i keep thinking it's the studio band for eminem...

[East Coast Hustle]

Modest Mouse.

[chaosgraves:agentoferis]

You know what would be nice?  If some trendsetters would merge Goth with Eddie Bauer.  That would be so nice.  Then I could be trendy!

it called hot topic.

[EraPassing]

You know what would be nice?  If some trendsetters would merge Goth with Eddie Bauer.  That would be so nice.  Then I could be trendy!

it called hot topic.

Not quite what I meant.
Decent tailoring in the clothing, not so many cheap and ugly materials.

[chaosgraves:agentoferis]

CHumbahwumbah is sneer worthy
not Evenscence

I listened to chumba wumbah when they were negativelands sister band.

I guess if all you ever heard was tubthumper you can consider them sneer worthy but I would consider you sneer worthy if thats all you've heard and consider them sneer worthy.