Oh Lord, there's more
Emos: Most emo bands are terrible, especially when they are just pop groups who play guitars and whine about stuff. Stop trying to kid yourselves! Oh, and all of that 'we're so in touch with our emotions' shite, if you want real genuine emotion in music go listen to Jeff Buckley, Peter Green or John Frusciante. People who've grasped the fundamental elements of sensitivity: as Jeff Buckley said, being sensitive isn't about being wimpy, it's about being so painfully aware that a flea landing is like a sonic boom. i.e. you can't shop at Hot Topic and cry about your daddy.

Radio One: why must they play the same ten songs over and over again? Can they not branch out a little bit? There must be so many artists that are overlooked because they don't fit into the generic indie-shitepool of 'real' singer-songwriters or amelodic garage bands.

Speaking of that, the Brit School: when people say it's 'prestigious', what they really mean is, 'requires loaded parents to win at place at'. I hated the way they all sat in their little clique at the Brit Awards, and all last year's graduates won pointless awards. Here's how it is: they all look the same, all sound the same, and will all end up fading into mediocrity in five years time. The Beatles, Radiohead, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin didn't need a Brit school to write good music.

Artists who pretend to be from the 'ghetto' to achieve popularity: You're not from East London, you're not from a council estate, you're from Surrey, you went to a top boarding school, your parents owned four ponies and set up a trust fund for you. So why are you writing songs about growing up penniless? And anyway, I hate the word 'ghetto'. Try using that around a Holocaust survivor and you'll realise how insensitive that word really is.

I could go on, I really could. I probably will.
(pacman_40 Pocket Kleenex: for the wanker on the go, Mon 5 May 2008, 17:35, 3 replies)

the brit school...
Isn't a fee paying school.

It's state funded. My lord, our taxes have paid to start the careers of kate nash, the kooks, dane bowers, adele and the feeling. I feel slightly sick.
(Bunbury, Mon 5 May 2008, 19:44, closed)

please...
...go on.
I thought that was something I'd written for a moment.
clicko from me
( Adolf Jitler is editor of Practical Shoelace Collector, Mon 5 May 2008, 19:49, closed)

Ah
I stand corrected. I can't remember where I read it (could have been a newspaper, could have been t'interweb) but I was misinformed that it was a fee-paying system. Ah well.
That does make me feel rather angry knowing that the reason I'm not quite on the road to riches is so useless lumps of smegma can write shit songs about mouthwash, and rhyme 'b-b-b-b-b-baby' with 'c-c-c-c-c-crazy'. Seriously, who listens to that shit?

And don't even get me started on the Kooks. Why didn't Radiohead get a mention at the Brits? Wasn't their album critically acclaimed enough? It was also the most listened to on last.fm, by a mile. It's time we stopped buying Mika records and started doing the world a favour.
(pacman_40 Pocket Kleenex: for the wanker on the go, Mon 5 May 2008, 22:52, closed)