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John Lydon was into Van Der Graaf Generator I hear!

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:34 (twenty-three years ago)

tom, i kiss you

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:38 (twenty-three years ago)

You know, Elvis really loved his ma.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:42 (twenty-three years ago)

You know what else I hear about Elvis? He was just ripping off the music of lesser known black folks.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Eminem is kind of the new Elvis in that regard.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Elvis ate too many deep fried burgers

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:46 (twenty-three years ago)

That's just sick.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Nu-metal has very little to do with metal or "heavy metal" as previous practiced.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Ska isn't real ska. Punk isn't real punk. R'n'B isn't real R & B and what's with those two "Garage" things?

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:48 (twenty-three years ago)

(actually we're getting into opinions not fakts here)

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Elvis' favorite food was fried peanut butter and 'nanner sammiches.

'nanner = banana, btw

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:49 (twenty-three years ago)

The "disco beat" in songs like Kraftwerk's "Metal on Metal" is superfluous when contrasted with superior versions of similar "abstract sonority explorations" by the likes of Einsturzende Neubauten or Merzbow.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Nu-metal has very little to do with metal or "heavy metal" as previous practiced.

But it has everything to do with nu. Woo.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:51 (twenty-three years ago)

real music is dead!

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Those Detroit techno folks liked Kraftwerk AND Parliament

― Nathan Webb (Nathan Webb), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:52 (twenty-three years ago)

(ah! I knew it was fried something!)

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Detroit techno pioneers were into Depeche Mode and synth-pop too!

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:53 (twenty-three years ago)

I can count the amount of good bands since 1972 on one hand.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:53 (twenty-three years ago)

"Rock'n'roll" was originally a euphemism for SEX!

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:54 (twenty-three years ago)

(Dream Theater, Gov't Issue, Ratdog, the Only Ones and Pearl Jam)

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Rock and roll died around 1958, when everyone important joined the army/got arrested/quit music/married a teenager/jumped in a lake, and it wasn't heard from again until 1964.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:55 (twenty-three years ago)

(i accidentally mentioned a good band: only ones = the other ones)

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:56 (twenty-three years ago)

A Beach Boys concert can be a very sad thing.

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:56 (twenty-three years ago)

"You're So Vain" was about Warren Beatty, allegedly

― Nathan Webb (Nathan Webb), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:56 (twenty-three years ago)

1960s music was revolutionary.

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Hip-hop and country are the most popular music in the world. (But that doesn't mean they're any good!)

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Michael Nesmith's mother invented white-out!

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:57 (twenty-three years ago)

The Beatles elevated every music they attempted to incorporate into rock'n'roll, while Zeppelin debased them.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:58 (twenty-three years ago)

old skool hip hop was less commercial.
old skool hip hop was less about drugs.

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Hip-hop is, like, the new rock and roll!

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Those Detroit techno folks liked Kraftwerk AND Parliament
Detroit techno pioneers were into Depeche Mode and synth-pop too!

Yes, but were they influenced by them? :)

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:00 (twenty-three years ago)

You might like the Rolling Stones, they didn't come up with that style on their own. Bo Diddley is rock n roll.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Only pretentious people like Jandek! (Note: not pop.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:02 (twenty-three years ago)

The Beatles were a boy band.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:02 (twenty-three years ago)

it's great to hear a hip hop album which isn't all about bitches and gangstas.

― pete b. (pete b.), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Those Detroit techno folks liked Kraftwerk AND Parliament
Detroit techno pioneers were into Depeche Mode and synth-pop too!

Yes, but were they influenced by them? :)

What does it matter? Techno all sounds the same! ;-)

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Miles Davis changed his style not once, but several times.
(BTW, On The Corner was inspired by Sly Stone)

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:04 (twenty-three years ago)

and stockhausen! in fact, its just like listening to sly and stockhausen at the same time!

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:05 (twenty-three years ago)

haha Jess!

― Nathan Webb (Nathan Webb), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Miles Davis was a pimp and heroin addict apparently

― Nathan Webb (Nathan Webb), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:07 (twenty-three years ago)

DISCO SUCKS!

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Oppressed black peoples of the world tend to invent whole new languages made of slang, that are indecipherable to the Man/Babylon, and incorporate it into their music.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Alice Coltrane butchered her late husband's work by adding overdubbed strings

― Nathan Webb (Nathan Webb), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Hip hop renders all rock and roll completely obsolete!

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Realness is back, as evidenced by Norah Jones's Grammy wins.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:25 (twenty-three years ago)

The White Stripes aren't brother and sister right, they're actually ex-husband and wife. No, wait a minute...

― Nathan Webb (Nathan Webb), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Michael Jackson was great in the 80's but got weird in the 90's.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Lennon was the smart one, McCartney was the cute one.

Bob Marley WAS reggae.

The Beastie Boys were responsible for bringing rap music to the suburbs.

― Neudonym, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Realness is back, as evidenced by Norah Jones's Grammy wins

I read this as 'realness is black'. Hilarity ensued

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:48 (twenty-three years ago)

That one works too so here it is, again:

Realness is black.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Rap music is CNN for black folks.

― scott m (mcd), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Race doesn't matter.

― Neudonym, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:50 (twenty-three years ago)

White people, when "keeping it real" = hilarious.

White people, when NOT "keeping it real" by trying to "keep it real" in the streets/ghetto sense rather than the "true to how you actually are sense" = ridiculous.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:53 (twenty-three years ago)

radiohead listened to a lot of aphex twin and warp records before they made kid A

― JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:54 (twenty-three years ago)

the liars like gang of four

interpol like joy division

― JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:55 (twenty-three years ago)

[Insert Chart Act Name Here] keeps it real.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:57 (twenty-three years ago)

white people affecting whiteness = whonkeys

― Aaron A., Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Cornelius is a huge star in his native Japan, regularly selling out stadiums

― Nathan Webb (Nathan Webb), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:03 (twenty-three years ago)

The advent of the phonograph greatly altered the course of music.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Madonna and Belinda Carlisle started out as drummers.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Both King Tubby and Tom Moulton have claims to the title "Inventor of the Remix"

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:08 (twenty-three years ago)

As does P-Diddy.

― Nathan Webb (Nathan Webb), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Some members of the Village People were actually straight. (Oh no!)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Indie rock is GREBT because so many indie musicians are so ideologically pure! Especially Fugazi!

― j.lu (j.lu), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Pop music is great 'cause it's all about fun.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Facts people facts! Sterling had a perfectly good thread on opinions which I urge you to revive!

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:39 (twenty-three years ago)

The guitar-bass-drums combo is widespread among rock bands

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Him out of OutKast used to date Badu. They have a kid they both talk about a lot.

Her name's not really Badu.

She's dating Common now.

[music criticism=Entertainment Tonight...and I've done this, too!]

― Neudonym, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Without Brian Eno's production, James' Laid would have been as limp and wanky as most of their other stuff.

According to Frank Zappa, the Shaggs were better than the Beatles.

― Aaron A., Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Joey Ramone liked the Ronettes.

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 23:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Courtney Love has slept with a number of men!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 23:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Kurt Cobain took a shotgun to his own face. He did a damn good job, removing the nose, a great deal of the chin and burning a great deal of what was left of his swede in the process. His last thought was about Kris Novoselic's wrists.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 01:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Bill Cosby thinks Ozzy Osbourne is a bad Parent.

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 02:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Ozzy Osbourne isn't sure if he can remember who Bill Cosby is.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 02:54 (twenty-three years ago)

this thread is like an ultra-Rockist compilation of all those AMG Facts

― Dave M. (rotten03), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 03:29 (twenty-three years ago)

The Rolling Stones are very,very,VERY old now, but once they were young and went to Morocco, y'kno

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 04:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Steely Dan was named after a dildo.

Trugoy is "yogurt" backwards.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 04:13 (twenty-three years ago)

in the mid-70's William Shatner made a pass on Ron Asheton in a seedy LA bar.

― jack cole (jackcole), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 04:16 (twenty-three years ago)

None of those people who saw Jim Morrison's dead body (allegedly, ha!) are alive no mo'.

Aphex Twin 'dreams lucid'!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 04:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Ha, I just happen to have an issue of Spin lying right here (the shame!) lets see....okay:

-Jewel had bad teeth
-That guy from A Flock of Seagulls had weird hair
-The Velvet Underground were very, very influential
-People thought Black Flag were fascists because of the Damaged cover
-Run D.M.C. revived Aerosmith's careers
-That Shane MacGowan sure likes to drink!
-Oasis and Blur don't seem to like each other very much...
-you know that guy from Everclear used to have a drug problem, and he got divorced too
-Ben and Jennifer Lopez are probably going to get divorced pretty quickly
-a lot of white people listen to Phish
-Perry Farrell started the Lollapalooza
-Puff Daddy/Puffy/P.Diddy is egotistical
-There's just something effeminate about emo music...
-...and you know, the kids that listen to it like to pretend the genre doesn't exist for some reason
-Rappers like video games

Hey, I knew this magazine was good for something!

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 05:09 (twenty-three years ago)

The Beatles were a happy boyband and then they smoked some pot with Bob Dylan and they went all experimental and shit.

The Doors didn't change any words when they were supposed to on the Ed Sullivan show.

The first video on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star."

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 07:54 (twenty-three years ago)

everybody's going to get tired of "bling bling" real soon now, it all goes in cycles

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 07:55 (twenty-three years ago)

The Beatles were a happy boyband

The Sex Pistols were a boyband too!! I mean like when you think about it.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 07:56 (twenty-three years ago)

the angry ferment of the opressive [right-wing politician's last name] period ironically created some of the edgiest and best pop music since the 60s

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 07:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Jody I raise a 3am toast to you!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 07:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Paula Abdul used to date Emilio Estevez! That's actually a pretty good one!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Right back atcha, TRACER HAND.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:01 (twenty-three years ago)

grunge finally brought an end to the synth-happy eighties

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:02 (twenty-three years ago)

and the synth-happy eighties finally brought an end to angry punk nihilism

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:02 (twenty-three years ago)

I mean, I would actually pay to go without hearing that crap ever again in my life

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Nirvana's Nevermind knocked Michael Jackson's Dangerous out of the number one spot.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:03 (twenty-three years ago)

...ushering in a new era.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:04 (twenty-three years ago)

angry punk nihilism was a reaction to the bloated excess of supergroup stadium acts like led zeppelin and rush, just as nirvana was a reaction to the bloated excess of supergroup stadium acts like michael jackson and the black crowes and white lion and er fugazi?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:06 (twenty-three years ago)

really we could just set up a java applet to stream VH1 into this thread and no one else would ever have to post anything ever

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:08 (twenty-three years ago)

"rock stars are always doing outrageous things"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Can we please have a moratorium on the phrase "bloated excess"?

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:08 (twenty-three years ago)

but how else would we bloviate about boorish behavior we basically bless and becovet behind our beady little brainboxes?

"the things some rock stars ask for backstage are ludicrous"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:14 (twenty-three years ago)

"the grammys suck"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:16 (twenty-three years ago)

"there is something inherently interesting about musicians trying to become famous"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Sean "Puffy" Combs is very wealthy.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:17 (twenty-three years ago)

"mtv doesn't play any videos any more"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Jennifer Lopez is very wealthy.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Michael Jackson sure is nutty.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:19 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah it's so obvious he's a child molestor! heheh "child molestor", i just love throwing that phrase around!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Michael Jackson is very wealthy.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:22 (twenty-three years ago)

All the money in the music indistry is in publishing.

― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:23 (twenty-three years ago)

The Edge is actually a shitty guitarist.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Ringo wasn't the best drummer in the world. Nor was Ringo the best drummer in the Beatles.

― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:27 (twenty-three years ago)

There are a lot of hipsters in Williamsburg.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 08:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Syd Barrett was an acid casualty.

― weatheringdaleson (weatheringdaleson), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 09:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Tool, amongst other bands, took inspiration from the work of Bill Hicks, who was a comedian.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 10:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Bands such as Jurassic 5, People Under The Stairs, and Black Eyed Peas have a large following amongst white college students. No other rappers are listened to by white people.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 10:14 (twenty-three years ago)

The genre name "emo" comes from "emocore", and it was all a joke! Everything you need to know is at fourfa.com!

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:08 (twenty-three years ago)

The Beastie Boys have a lyric that goes "Everybody's rapping like its a commercial/Acting like life is a big commercial", which isn't a very good lyric.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Dance music is in the doldrums.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Larry LaLonde of Possessed is now in Primus!

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:13 (twenty-three years ago)

The NME regularly invents music scenes in order to boost its flagging sales.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Readers of Q magazine are in their 30s.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:15 (twenty-three years ago)

bumper 70s punk edition: the stranglers were misogynists

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:21 (twenty-three years ago)

the jam were tories