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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Mercury Music Prize nominations
Anyone got any opinions on this?
I rarely agree with the judges on this (M People, anyone?), although this year includes the King Creosote/Jon Hopkins album which I think is a great album (so probably won't win).
I know you are an opinionated lot when it comes to music, so let's have it then.

Alt: What is wrong with music nowadays? Why isn't there a tune you can whistle along to?
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:22, 187 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
Bring back the deleting nonce

(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:23, Reply)
Which one?

(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:24, Reply)
ToryBoy the spastic.
Rather than talk about music I'm going to ask how many emails people have in their inbox's. My Gmail has 2405 read emails.
What's everyone elses inbox size????
(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:26, Reply)
He's down there VV

(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:27, Reply)
ANSWER THE QUESTION

(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:32, Reply)
2,544 17% full Using 1319 MB of your 7605 MB

(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:35, Reply)
Suprisingly close.
William Hill are giving odds of 16/1 that Cameron will quit by midnight Sunday
(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:36, Reply)
I doubt he will quit
But it'd be fun if he did.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:43, Reply)
who'd take his place?
you?

don't be ridiculous
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:06, Reply)
9268, do I win a prize?

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:41, Reply)
10 internet points.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:00, Reply)
Adele to win. Feck everyone else.
Alt- I don't know but I agree with you
(888777555, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:23, Reply)
I wonder if you could be Belladonna?

(I helped save b3ta! SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:26, Reply)

Or not
(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:28, Reply)
still unconvinced. However if it is true it's parents need to be punished.

(I helped save b3ta! SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:33, Reply)
He's Maureen Rees with good photoshop

(I helped save b3ta! Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:37, Reply)
From Driving School?
Haha. Click.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:52, Reply)
He's not Bella for two reasons
1) she'd never pretend to be a Tory, even a feckless one

2) she'd have told me
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:05, Reply)
No.
You don't agree with me.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:27, Reply)
I'm really not into Adele.
in fact, she gets on my nerves
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:34, Reply)
I suggested a number of modern bands you might like the other day
and you didn't even acknowledge it you little shitbag
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:05, Reply)
Why isnt the Mercury Music Prize
Held on Mercury, it would improve it immensely
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:26, Reply)
totally got sucked in last year thinking the xx were good.Now I realise they are a bit shitty.

(I helped save b3ta! SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:27, Reply)
i think you are headwrong here

(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:05, Reply)
No, I couldn't care less.
I don't need a bunch of journalists to tell me who's good.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:32, Reply)
I agree
but it is usually a good starting point for an argument about music.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:33, Reply)
The Mercurys are voted for by music insiders, aren't they?
It's more useful as a gauge of what they think will sell well.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:36, Reply)
Isn't it the other way around?
A Mercury Prize nomination will guarantee you better sales, won't it?
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:42, Reply)
So you take a band you think will sell well and create some more hype around it.
Call me a cynic etc
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:45, Reply)
Nothing cynical here
That is about the size of it.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:47, Reply)
that's why it was created

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:00, Reply)
happy candle day!

(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:06, Reply)
Fuck the lot of them
I'm enjoying listening to varying genres even more than usual at the minute. Last night I had Sylosis, followed by P!nk, followed by Caravan Palace, then Fleshgod Apocalypse, etc etc.
(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:36, Reply)
I don't know anything about these noms. I never pay attention to awards shows.
They're shit.

alt: I realise you lot don't listen to country but I really hate the new country. It's not country. It's all "alternative" or "pop" country, even down to changing some songs to be able to play on the mainstream radio stations, or even having them rapping. It's stupid and I hate it.
Plus it's opened the flood gate to a fuck load of ignorant ass frat boys and college girls that get fucked up and act fucking stupid at the concerts and so you can't enjoy it because there's some prick staring you down and making fun of you behind your back.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:38, Reply)
We do have something similar, though.
There's been pop-folk bands, arguably. I'm thinking of the Levellers and Mumford and Sons.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:39, Reply)
I'm a little iffy on the folk stuff.
I do like some of it, but not a lot.
I'm not a hippy you see.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:43, Reply)
Surely by that logic
by listening to country, you would be a thigh-slappin', hawg-wrasslin' redneck?
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:43, Reply)
More of a dirt poor farm girl.

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:44, Reply)
Who wrassles hawgs?

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:45, Reply)
No. The sort that will strap you to the back of her tractor and drag you around the field for talkin' trash.

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:48, Reply)
Aw :(

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:49, Reply)
Oi!
not that I'm saying you have to like them, but there is quite a difference between The Levellers (at least when I last paid attention to them) and mumford and fucking sons.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:47, Reply)
I'm saying they're in a similar genre
Not the same band.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:48, Reply)
I would argue even this
Unless you think Slayer and Led Zep are in similar Genres, which from a broad enough perspective they are I suppose, but it's pretty fucking broad.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:51, Reply)
Actually, fuck you Kroney.
I'm just made myself listen to Mumford and fucking sons just to confirm I wasn't mis-remembering and dear god, what ever you might say about the levellers and I'm far from their biggest fan, it's not the same musical genre by a mile, quite aside from how really ballessly aweful that mumford cunt is.
/Monty

OK, I shall shut up now.

probably
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:58, Reply)
I know the sister of the bass player from Mumford and Sons
and I'm going to pass your comments on directly.

I think they are kind of boring, nothing more. I saw then at the Eden Project supporting the Doves (who were fucking shit). It was worse than expected.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:03, Reply)
you may do that
you may tell him I think they are (and by inclusion he is) fucking bent, and give him my address and I'll say it to his face.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:07, Reply)
Steady on mate, don't have an internet wobble.
They're both folky and poppy. That's all I meant.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:37, Reply)
True there is quite a difference
But the one thing they have in common is they are both shite
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:49, Reply)
*stops respecting your music taste*

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:52, Reply)
I don't need the respect of a Levellers fan
Perhaps backing up Kroney's point, if you had been 15 now instead of when the Levellers were around, then maybe you would be listening to Mumford & Sons instead? *shudders*
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:59, Reply)
I'm not a fan
well, not seriously, there are bands like Motorhead or New Model Army I would defend to the death as being awesome, Levellers were just something I liked when younger (although not 15) but I still think they had some objectively good and fun points, not dissimilar to Gogol Bordello who I like now.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:05, Reply)
if it helps
the Levellers have got steadily worse live as the years have gone on. There's a festival local to here that they headline every year, and I've stopped going partly because the levellers stopped being fun to watch.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:08, Reply)
I did wonder if this might be the case
I stopped around about Zeitgeist as they had gotten to soft and poppy for me, but surely they can't be that bad, not RHCP bad?
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:14, Reply)
they still play all the old numbers
but they just seem to have lost something.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:14, Reply)
Makes sense
if they were sliding *googles* 17 years ago, then I can only imagine where they are now. OK, I will withdraw my support for anything other than *googles again* the 1st 3 Levellers studio albums.

I still maintain that even if they are equally shit (and I do not propose to research this point) now at least they have the excuse of age, unlike that other dross.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:19, Reply)
Letter from the Underground is a brilliant album, though.
And that's later than Zeitgeist. Much harder sound.
(I helped save b3ta! Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:22, Reply)
I will take your recomendation
and *ahem* acquire it later on.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:24, Reply)
I've seen them a lot over the last few years
and have generally thought they've been pretty good. They did a slimmed down acoustic gig at the Tan Hill Inn last year as Drunk in Public, and it was an excellent set. 200 people in a converted barn, nice and intimate, then a few pints with them after the show.
(I helped save b3ta! Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:16, Reply)
I've seen them a lot at festivals
which was when they were at their best, and the last few times there was a definite and large drop in quality.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:17, Reply)
The only time I've seen them and thought 'hmmm'
was a gig at the Carling Academy in Newcastle, but then again the acoustics in that place are chronic. Barrowlands earlier this year was very entertaining.
(I helped save b3ta! Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:20, Reply)
The Levellers are still around though.

(I helped save b3ta! Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:09, Reply)
I'm aware of that
I meant 'around' as in releasing music that is being taken notice of.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:15, Reply)
I listen to some country
Mostly Johny Cash. I made the mistake of trying a New Country station a couple of weeks back on some internet radio app on my phone it was well shit. to make it worse from then on when ever I turned on the app it would default to that station and start playing before I could tell it to go somewhere else. I had to uninstall in the end.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:46, Reply)
I like, as my granny says, "country western"

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:47, Reply)
What's the distinction?
Genuine curiosity, it's not a genre I've explored much, but some I like and some I hate, maybe knowing the sub-genres better would help me work out which in advance as it were.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:49, Reply)
More steel guitar and less twang. The sort that would have you feel like you're in the west, cowboys and indians.

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:53, Reply)
that's not how it's seen over here
country and western is the awful twee shite.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:01, Reply)
yeah but you probably listen to metal so....

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:08, Reply)
I listen to all sorts.
I was just saying that it doesn't sound like the country western you are talking about is what it's known as here.

I'm talking things like Billy Ray Cyrus
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:10, Reply)
Billy Ray Cyrus hasn't really had a music career since achey brakey heart
To be fair, I'm sure it all sounds like that to people that don't listen to country. But there's a fuck load of variety to it. But it's unlikely you'll find a cd full of songs you like, but that's with any genre.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:15, Reply)
that was just an example of the sort of twee thing I mean
I often find CDs full of songs I like, in many genres.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:16, Reply)
You're lucky then. It's very rare that I ever do.
In fact, I'm fairly certain that the first time I bought a cd where I enjoyed all of the music, was N-Dubz.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:19, Reply)
I have been very lucky recently
and have discovered (or been directed towards) a few new bands who I really love.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:20, Reply)
He was awesome in Hannah Montana The Movie
Just saying.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:15, Reply)
I LOVE HANNAH MONTANA

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:16, Reply)
I was forced to take my son to see the film by my ex
Don't tell anyone but I was pleasantly surprised by rather liking it, and some of the music in it too.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:21, Reply)
I used to watch Hannah Montana all the time, because it was genuinely funny.
Very goofy, but still funny. And some of the "hannah" songs are really good, especially for younger girls, I realise they probably don't listen to the words and try to find a meaning, but they're really good, inspirational even.
I mean, not stupid ones singing about ice cream or whatever.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:25, Reply)
it's surprising where you can find inspiration when you're in the right state of mind.
The one time I visited the states, I fell in love with Mr Rogers, his being the old nice thing in the middle of LA/jetlag may have been a factor.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:28, Reply)
And you questioned my musical taste?
I've never heard Hannah Montana, is she good then?
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:28, Reply)
It's Miley Cyrus, she played Hannah Montana on TV, it's how she got her start.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3nI52pC7iA
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:32, Reply)
Fuck no, awful teenaged rubbish
My musical taste is 90% awesome and 10% objectively questionable diversions it to some very odd/shit stuff. My liking of the first 3 Levellers albums however is in the 90%, not the 10.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:32, Reply)
oh here you go, two different songs by the same group
more of a western feel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oouFE51HcqM

more of a southern feel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tthIHXUsPs&feature=relmfu
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:56, Reply)
OK, thanks, both a bit slow for me, but I think I hear the difference
I quite like this, but it probably doesn't even register as country for you:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEOkwwRzwy8
nice guitar though.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:02, Reply)
Yeah, that's definitely country.
Never heard of them though.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:08, Reply)
I don't think they are very big and thy are New York based I think which probably doesn't help
Their drummer used to be a regular guest on a podcast I used to listen to.
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:12, Reply)
The video was pretty cool, what with the City background and all.

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:16, Reply)
Like I say kind of a city country band if that makes sense.
also this is nice:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hLgwpJMnaU&feature=related
(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:23, Reply)
I like that.
It's funny there were using Cooks champagne in that video, it's like $6 a bottle. lol.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:30, Reply)
Who doesn't listen to country?
Ok, so we have never heard of many of the huge mainstream country stars in the US. But yes, we do prefer it to be repackaged as Alt-Country or Americana.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:46, Reply)
A lot of people here. I mean, they listen to some like Cash, Jones, Haggard
but not what I listen to, Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson, George Strait, Reba, etc

I mean, really, like Reba did Kelly Clarksons song, it really makes me vom. Or that Blake Shelton did Home by Michael Buble and completely slaughtered it and all of these people around here are all OMFG I LOVE THIS SONG BY BLAKE SHELTON and I want to punch them all
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:51, Reply)
Alan Jackson
An American friend of mine showed me some of his videos. Hilarious.
The other names you mention mean nothing.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:55, Reply)
hahahaha okay, I actually am not a huge fan of Jackson, just thinking of people that were popular when I was younger

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:58, Reply)
I think Bubbles is hugely overrated.

(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:02, Reply)
SO'S YOUR MUM

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:05, Reply)
No, she's under, grating.

(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:12, Reply)
*kicks herself*
I'm sorry, I always do that :(
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:15, Reply)
Haha, don't worry about it!

(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:19, Reply)
Best of all the pet monkeys

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:06, Reply)
it was created to boost slow summer record sales.
it's mostly shit.

There is a lot of good music around nowadays. It's just not popular because people are idiots.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:59, Reply)
Maybe that is why it means little to me
I spend all my spare cash on music all year round. I don't need any encouragement.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:01, Reply)
they occasionally have someone good on it
like Seth Lakeman when he won. Also fits in with the folk discussion further up.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:04, Reply)
I know plenty of tunes I can whistle along to.
But I've mentioned the artist in particular a few too many times on here.

I am in no way his social media consultant. Would be nice if I was though.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:59, Reply)
I don't know what I like anymore so I always end up playing the stuff I grew up with.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:00, Reply)
Greensleeves?

(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:02, Reply)
Go back to sleep, it's not September yet.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:02, Reply)
In my defence, that's the first time I've been cruel in weeks!

(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:03, Reply)
In my defence I did titter a little.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:04, Reply)
Woo!
How are you anyway, you lovely lovely lady?
(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:05, Reply)
I'm feeling lovely all over.
Thank you for asking : )
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:06, Reply)
Always glad to hear it!

(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:10, Reply)
I really don't see why people argue about music when it's so subjective.
It's like saying red is better than blue.
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:06, Reply)
don't be stupid, blue is much better

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:07, Reply)
No it isn't
Forest wear red
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:09, Reply)
Purple FTW.

(I helped save b3ta! CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:10, Reply)
fence-sitter!

(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:10, Reply)

fence bed
+ h
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:29, Reply)
Bed sitt (sic) her?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:31, Reply)
Sorry, you're right, it should have been capitalised.
Edit: At least read the reply before editing. Now my reply makes no sense.

And no, it was supposed to read "Bed-shitter," you cranially-challenged cock-mule.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:31, Reply)
We must maintain standards, you know.

(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:32, Reply)
I fucked that right up

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:33, Reply)
even I managed to work that one out
what's going on?
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:35, Reply)
My post originally read "B"
on account of crappy keyboard skills. Crow was good enough to go with it.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:41, Reply)
Yes, yes you did.
What do you have to say for yourself?
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:35, Reply)
Three things
1) I know what it was meant to say, I'm not as dumb as I look

2) I didn't see your edit in time, apologies

3) *adopts Father Jack voice* I'm sooooooooooo, sooooooooooo sorry!
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:37, Reply)
red is DEFINITELY better and anyone who says otherwise is an idiot

(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:08, Reply)
I don't even know who's nominated
I have very little time for British music nowadays, with the honourable exceptions of Muse, Hadouken! and VNV Nation, and the last one is a stretch as they're mainly based in Hamburg now.

Alt: I actually happened to catch the top 40 in the car on Sunday and was struck by how much of it sounds exactly the same. Which basically means I'm getting old.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:08, Reply)
last year I owned 3 of the albums that were up for it
this year, I don't know the nominations, although I've got radio 6 on so I'm sure I will soon
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:09, Reply)
You quite like loud agressive music, don't you?
Probably heavier than what you usually listen to, but worth a listen!
(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:11, Reply)
Fucking hell
That's my wedding dance sorted then
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:15, Reply)
Like it?

(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:25, Reply)
A bit excessive for my tastes mate
That said, better than anything else of that nature I've heard for a while. Incidentally I was totally expecting you to back me up on the red/blue argument above.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:27, Reply)
I'm now a fan of both, due to our new away kit!

(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:33, Reply)
You can't be a fan of blue. You're genetically forbidden.

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:40, Reply)
My sister is a Blue

(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:49, Reply)
Christmas at yours must be a hoot

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:52, Reply)
Of course you are getting old
But isn't the top 40 something of an anachronism these days?
Once it was the main source of music for a lot of this country, now not so significant.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:12, Reply)
Absolutely agree
Even incorporating download sales hasn't made it any more relevant
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:17, Reply)
I think it's probably relevant for a certain
section of the music-consuming public, but not for very much longer, especially when things like Itunes and amazon can update their lists by the minute
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:18, Reply)
Fancy you might be right there
Bets on who posts a strikethrough of "might be right there"?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:25, Reply)
Alt: Part of the problem is that so many promoters are grasping, bone-idle dickheads more interested in lining their own pockets than actually promoting amateur bands.
/sweeping generalisation is sweeping and maybe just a little bit motivated by a slightly arsey phonecall from one of them.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:17, Reply)
Hasn't that always been the case?

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:25, Reply)
Perhaps I have a slightly rose-tinted view of what might have gone on in the past
But it seems that promoters expect the band to do all the promoting these days. Granted, it's only fair the bands share the load and bring their friends, but I'd like to think they didn't always make passive-aggressive remarks like "It's not really worth it unless we've got 20 people through the door, and we would like to work with you again in future..."
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:27, Reply)
Being in an unsigned band sucks
and it always has.
The rose-tinted view of the past was the inspiration for the alt q - people have always complained about the lack of whistleability* of current output compared with what they grew up with.

*What? That is a perfectly valid word.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:33, Reply)
Originality is all but gone from popular music
and you know whose fault it is? Steps. Or "ABBA v2.0", as they should rightly be known.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:34, Reply)
it's the publics fault
same as everything.

the festival we played at over the weekend was a case in point. Most of the public loved the boring droning dub/reggae, where every song was exactly the same, or they loved the covers bands, but when a band doing something a bit different or interesting (and I'm not just talking about my band) came on they just stared, or left. You get a few people who are well into it, but most just lap up the same old shit.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:41, Reply)
I agree with the initial sentiment wholeheartedly
but have no "I'm in a band" anecdote to back it up with
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:48, Reply)
But that has always been the case
Most people don't want to hear challenging or new music, they want something safe and familiar. Most older music that is considered great today was not that popular when it was released. Sure, some of it may have charted but that is more down to the fact that there were far fewer records released in 1965 than there are today.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:48, Reply)
I agree entirely

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:51, Reply)
Yep, I can't argue with any facet of that
Monty will, though. Whether he believes it or not.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:54, Reply)
I don't think he has reason to
The stuff he is into is as rare as rocking horse poo on vinyl. The reason he has to pay so much for original vinyl is that they did not press many copies as few people bought them.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:02, Reply)
That's a good point
How old are you, just out of interest. I'm 32
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:09, Reply)
34
For one more month.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:13, Reply)
Ha
That wasn't meant to sound like a kid rounding their age up by including fractions of a year
"I'm 8"
"Yeah? Well I'm 8 and a half"
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:14, Reply)
Hahaha!
We're almost a year apart then, I'm 6 weeks shy of my 33rd

Not helping the playground pedantry pageant image here
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:16, Reply)
Ahem
*2 years
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:20, Reply)
Fuck me that's embarrassing

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:22, Reply)
Uh-oh showing your age there...
Or are you being ironic?
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:41, Reply)
I'm not even sure
I do blame Steps for basically covering Abba's music and somehow getting away with it, effectively allowing everyone else to do the same. But then you could just blame Oasis, but that's too easy.

Aren't we about the same age?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:47, Reply)
I would guess we are about the same age
What I meant was you were falling into the trap of thinking there was a golden period for pop music, which has now passed, even trying to pinpoint where it went wrong. In 20 years time maybe people will be nostalgic for the classic era of Steps (or perhaps not).
I don't think Oas*s should be acknowledged at all.
But from what I can see you are more a metal fan than a pop fan. Now if you wanted to have a debate about when metal stopped being good...
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:56, Reply)
That I could get into!
Depends how you define "metal" though. I personally was a big fan, at the time, of the likes of KoRn and Limp Bizkit, although I can now see how limited they were. But they're not metal in the strictest sense. Depends how wide you want to cast the net.

Alternatively, the answer is "when Dimebag Darrell was killed"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:00, Reply)
I realise this thread is dead
but I am warming to my theme here.
For me the classic era of metal is of course the Maiden/Metallica/Anthrax/etc years. I certainly would never have counted Korn or Limp Bizkit, and only recently discovered how good the likes of Pantera were.
The correct answer is that it didn't - sure it ebbs and flows like all music genres, but there is still new and interesting stuff being released (off the top of my head the last Sunn o))) album was great)
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:19, Reply)
I don't think I've really been in to what you'd call a real metal band since Pantera
Gave up on Metallica a long time ago, circa Reload I think, and definitely after the abortion of St Anger. On the other hand I'm a huge Slipknot fan, and Corey Taylor's original band Stone Sour are bloody great - they're pretty much straight-up metal.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:24, Reply)
You did well to stay with Metallica as long as that
Turning point for me was the Black Album.
Mind you, I quite enjoyed the last one.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:32, Reply)
Didn't bother with it
I heard one single - once - and concluded after two minutes of it that they'd learned nothing since St Anger. This was probably highly premature of me but my decision was reinforced by the discovery of a track on the album called Unforgiven III. F. F. S.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:37, Reply)
They learned to get rid of Bob Rock
Who had been with them since the Black Album (and Unforgiven#1), but you really haven't missed much.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:43, Reply)
Even if Death Magnetic is as good as Vippers says it is
I really doubt I'll appreciate it as much as I would have 20 years ago anyway. I'm more about the bleepy bleepy nowadays. I know, I know.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:45, Reply)
I used to love steps
I occasionally flash back to "The Way You Make Me Feel"
gosh I love that song
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:42, Reply)
That's a Michael Jackson song
NEVER get the two confused
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:47, Reply)
I fucking hate michael jackson's music

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:50, Reply)
Then you are an idiot

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:52, Reply)
And why is that? Because my opinion is different from yours?
Or because I've offended you?
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:56, Reply)
The former
MJ is the King
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:58, Reply)
he may have been popular with the masses but I've never liked him
never.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:59, Reply)
Popularity with the masses is of no concern to me, you know that
Each to their own
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:01, Reply)
And as such, I don't like him, I hate his music. I'm not calling you an idiot because you like him.
So why feel the need to call me an idiot because I don't?
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:03, Reply)
What is it people keep saying to me...
"This is B3ta. Stop taking it so seriously."

I'd have said the same to anyone in the same circumstance, don't take it personally. Vippers and I call each other idiots all the time and we agree on 90% of music.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:10, Reply)
while we are here
can anyone hit me up with an orange wednesday code?

I'd be most appreciative
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:41, Reply)
Fuck me the Murdochs are actually nervous.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:43, Reply)
link?

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:44, Reply)

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_news24/watchlive
(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:44, Reply)
stupid foreign company
with it's stupid foreign network. Can't access bbc live content
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:46, Reply)
Heh, I have that problem, too.
Our company routes its internet traffic through the firewall in the US. As a result the Beeb thinks I'm a Yankee.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:49, Reply)
it thinks I'm Dutch

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:52, Reply)
Computers can detect heavy marijuana usage

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:53, Reply)
Fuck me tom Watson is kicking arse.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:50, Reply)
He's swine.

(888777555, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 16:30, Reply)

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