[quote]Yeah, NEIL wrote:
Neil Perth is a good drummer, but i FUCKING hate everything he plays. have you seen his kit lately? it looks more like a roller coaster than a drumset. i don’t give a fuck if he DOES use all the pieces…
…for everyone knocking on Green Day* and claiming “a twelve year old could write those songs,” get real. Green Day pretty much owns the pop scene right now. fame like that isn’t accidental. they’ve worked their asses off to become a pop/rock icon, and they’ve finally made it. kudos to them, even if i DO want to murder kittens every time i have to sit through the 68 minutes of “Jesus of Suburbia.” credit where credit’s due, kids…
…Dave Matthews is NOT emo. his music is another example of something i won’t listen to, but will give HUGE props to. when you can fill enough seats for an arena tour BY YOURSELF, guys, i’m sorry, but talk all the shit you want - sell some tickets to your shows, and we’ll talk about Mr. Matthews and his shortcomings…
…Fall Out Boy is a band that i consider a guilty pleasure of mine. they’re not a band i’ll carry with me into old age, but they write music that’s fun to listen to, and it’s solid pop music. again, there’s a reason that every fourteen year old girl in the country has a FOB quote as her name on myspace…
…the same goes for My Chemical Romance. they came a long way from their first album, and they wrote an extremely solid second album. i HATE that album now, but i couldn’t stop listening to it when it first came out…
…the point i’m trying to make is this: musical taste often gets skewed by a band’s exposure. for instance, a band that you might have really liked on its own will become a band you hate because EVERYONE is listening to them and you hear that goddamned single every ten seconds on MTV or the radio…
…as far as bands that i wish had never existed, i wish a fiery death on any pop star that got famous for doing NOTHING. britney spears, hilary duff - all the teenyboppers that got famous under the careful direction of a money-making producer and a hit-factory label with a team of song writers and vocal coaches to back them up…
…i also hate bands that have one or two good ideas and then rewrite that same song to stay famous. Staind is one that i hold on that level, personally. Godsmack and Nickelback, too…
…and that’s my novella.
love,
jason
*DISCLAIMER: i don’t like Green Day’s new music. i don’t own anything after Insomniac, nor do i intend to. bear this in mind while reading.[/quote]
Good post.