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It's mean, I know.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 19 January 2003 15:43 (twenty-two years ago)

"It's great workout music!!!"

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 19 January 2003 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Said in a perky Romy and Michelle kind of way.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 19 January 2003 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

"it's a soulful passionate album with a valid political message which stands the test of time, not like all this manufactured shit in the charts today"

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 19 January 2003 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

(romy and michelle rock btw)

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 19 January 2003 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

"Honor the fire".

(OK-sorry Alex, I'll stop now)

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 19 January 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

"I can do little but echo the praise of my fellow ILXer from (x)"

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 19 January 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

"At least they play all their own instruments and write their own songs!"

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 January 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Andrew L once told me of a coworker of his who said "But you've gotta admit, Phil Collins does have a really great voice."

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 January 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

"People who dislike gangsta rap and only listen to 'conscious' black music are closet racists!"

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 19 January 2003 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

nate i tht that wz the ilm hipster orthodoxy!!

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 19 January 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

"People here have good music taste"

― , Sunday, 19 January 2003 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

"Music is just an emotional crutch"

(To be followed by nervous laughter rather than belly laughs)

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 19 January 2003 17:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins is the best dronerock EVER

― Curtis Stephens, Sunday, 19 January 2003 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

''phil collins roxx u r all gay!''

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 19 January 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

"Courtney Love. Like her or love her, you gotta respect the woman."

― maria b (maria b), Sunday, 19 January 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

keep music live

― dave q, Sunday, 19 January 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

let it go, nate

― ron (ron), Sunday, 19 January 2003 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"Kevin Shields sucks cocks in hell"

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Sunday, 19 January 2003 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

laughed

― ron (ron), Sunday, 19 January 2003 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"There hasn't been any good music since the sixties..."

― Prude, Sunday, 19 January 2003 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

"Ok, that's it. I'm really leaving this time! Really!"

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 19 January 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Why is it women artists are always going on feminist rants?

― jm (jtm), Sunday, 19 January 2003 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is awesome

― Millar (Millar), Sunday, 19 January 2003 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

"Pop is a vile, cancerous boil in desperate need lancing!"

Oh wait....I think I actually did say that and got laughed off of ILM.

HONOR THE FIRE, YOU CRETINS!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

i like britney, but only ironically

― keith (keithmcl), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Avril Lavigne makes a valid critique of the high school class system.

― Ian Johnson, Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

"Yeah, I just listen to the indie rock to impress the ladies."

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

RJD2 should sign with Roc-a-fella.

― hstencil, Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I said the dave q thing, and still say it/think it - not literally so much as a sort of limit case to try and figure out what added value I'm actually getting from a CD

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

"I like to think of myself as a compact disc purist. I find vinyl too cold and inorganic."

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

"They should learn to play their instruments."

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

oh and "Songs:Ohia has the best album of 2003."

― hstencil, Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

"Concise, well-worded post, s trife!"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

"I thought Anthony DeCurtis made a good point when..."

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

the knives come out

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

But he IS concise! You ever see him make a post more than three sentences?

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

"Keith, no one really likes Britney. It's either lust, or irony, or they are just pretending. That Ewing guy here, he's certainly only pretending." (Tom will recall our talk in the pub last night about this.)

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 January 2003 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"You say that [band] is shit, but you should at least specify that it's your opinion that they're shit!"

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 19 January 2003 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha ha, Nate that's a good one. Can you get laughed off of ILM for thinking it?

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 19 January 2003 20:11 (twenty-two years ago)

pantera is good!

― chaki (chaki), Sunday, 19 January 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't figure out what Fremme Neppa Venette means.

― Curtis Stephens, Sunday, 19 January 2003 20:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Curtis wins!

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 19 January 2003 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)

"There has never been an important act in the R&B genre".

"Only highly melodic music is good music".

"If "real jazz" means a lot of improvisation, then "real jazz" isn't any good as a genre".

Those three are actually plagiarised from a thread which recently spilled over into rec.music.bluenote. Anyone care to guess the source?

― Andrew Norman, Sunday, 19 January 2003 20:25 (twenty-two years ago)

is it george gosset?

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 19 January 2003 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

DO IT ROCKAPELLA!

― maria b (maria b), Sunday, 19 January 2003 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)

"But he IS concise! You ever see him make a post more than three sentences?"

Good point, Nate.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:23 (twenty-two years ago)

cf. the "microsoft" thread.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

"Honestly, R. Kelly didn't do anything weird in my opinion."

― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

martin-ok. i was just posting something that would make me laughable, i am well aware of the depth of everyone's feelings for pop.

― keith (keithmcl), Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:57 (twenty-two years ago)

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And on that bombshell...

― Alex K (Alex K), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 10:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Is beat mixing really necessary?

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 10:09 (twenty-two years ago)

"'In the Air Tonight' by Phil Collins is the best dronerock EVER"
[quoted from upthread]

hah, that's funny...recently i posted something along these lines in absolute earnestness. i compared this and some other phil songs favorably to spiritualized.

― Dallas Yertle (Dallas Yertle), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 10:12 (twenty-two years ago)

For once Geir, I completely agree with you.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 01:32 (twenty-two years ago)

2003, the year that ELECTROCLASH ruled the world.

― Roman (Roman), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 03:08 (twenty-two years ago)

ahahahahahaha!!!!

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil Collins _does_ have a good voice, the new Ohia is
awful, and that Shaggs album is the worst, unredeemable pile
of shite this side of Sonic Youth.
Squirrel out.

― squirl plise, Wednesday, 7 May 2003 08:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I really enjoy the leningrad cowboys version os Z Z Top's "Gimme all you Lovin'"

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 08:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Roman's is pretty good

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 09:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Will ye please just leave me alone.

― Sinead O Connor, Wednesday, 7 May 2003 10:31 (twenty-two years ago)

"Spiller's 'Groovejet' is a really boring record, and the only reason people bought it is because they would rather appear cool and buy a boring record than admit that Posh Spice actually did a decent record for once!!!! (And they fancy rhombus-faced Sophie Ellis Bextor)"

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 10:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Pete Townshend was framed!

― Roman (Roman), Thursday, 8 May 2003 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Dream Theater are better musicians than any of that crap you listen to.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 8 May 2003 04:49 (twenty-two years ago)

why does black people never rock?

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 8 May 2003 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

"White Light/White Heat would be a GOOD album if it hadn't been for all that NOISE!"

― rexJr., Thursday, 8 May 2003 06:04 (twenty-two years ago)

"Oasis; one of the better bands to come from manchester"

― rexJr., Thursday, 8 May 2003 06:19 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry Mark
[ I lazily barked
& jumped the quick{ brown/ shark[

― george gosset (gegoss), Thursday, 8 May 2003 09:24 (twenty-two years ago)

New Found Glory, THE SAVIOURS OF ROCK MUSIC!

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 11 May 2003 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

haha

― My Dinner With Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 17:38 (twenty years ago)

That was a hearty year-and-a-half wait for a laugh.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 17:44 (twenty years ago)

But oh, it was worth it.

― My Dinner With Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 17:49 (twenty years ago)

i roffled twice

― Professor Challenger (ex machina), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 17:53 (twenty years ago)

http://chicago.craigslist.org/muc/44495748.html

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 18:11 (twenty years ago)

Garden State has the best soundtrack ever.

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 20:19 (twenty years ago)

"Hi, my name is Ryan Adams."

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 20:23 (twenty years ago)

"Hi, I'm the drummer from Gay Dad"

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Kompakt has never released one good record.

― hector (hector), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 20:28 (twenty years ago)

"I can't listen to that, it doesn't have a real drummer."

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 20:31 (twenty years ago)

"I heard that Rex the Dog is actually Louise Wener"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 20:50 (twenty years ago)

File sharing is destroying the music industry.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 20:51 (twenty years ago)

I am a music critic, so listen to what I have to say.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 21:11 (twenty years ago)

"I get all the music info I need from Pitchfork"

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 21:16 (twenty years ago)

Writing *The* Wire when talking about Wire.

I tested it!!!

― Diego Valladolid (dvalladt), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Saying "vox" instead of "vocals". I just think it's silly.

― Nowell, Wednesday, 6 October 2004 21:59 (twenty years ago)

I love Bono Vox!

― hector (hector), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:00 (twenty years ago)

Oh crap, I never realized they were just "Wire." I suck.

― billstevejim, Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:21 (twenty years ago)

"What's the point of having rhythm is you have melody?"

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:24 (twenty years ago)

"But don't you guys realise how SEMINAL that album is?"

― piers (piers), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:55 (twenty years ago)

"I like it because it's INFLUENTIAL!"

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 23:00 (twenty years ago)

"I've heard Dizzee Rascal, The Streets and Daft Punk, and I didn't think they were that great."

― peepee (peepee), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 23:15 (twenty years ago)

"Yes, I guess I am a child of True".

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 23:38 (twenty years ago)

"I like all types of music, except for country, electronica, and most rap"

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 7 October 2004 00:00 (twenty years ago)

"I like the new Gomez album."

OH SNAP IT'S TRUE

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 7 October 2004 00:28 (twenty years ago)

" I take great pleasure in reading the UK music press every month, whether it's Q or The Wire, i like them all."

― In Need Of A Life, Thursday, 14 October 2004 00:43 (twenty years ago)

"I like all types of music, except for country, electronica, and most rap"

Please note that the person would arbitrarily substitute the term "techno" for "electronica."

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Thursday, 14 October 2004 04:53 (twenty years ago)

"TS: Johnny Cash or Mandy Moore?"

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 October 2004 05:05 (twenty years ago)

WHERE CAN I SUBSCRIBE TO VICE MAGAZINE

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 14 October 2004 05:11 (twenty years ago)

"I'm a rockist and proud of it."

― A Rockist?, Thursday, 14 October 2004 06:22 (twenty years ago)

there's a search function?

― harshaw (jube), Thursday, 14 October 2004 06:24 (twenty years ago)

you guys are sooo mean! you don't love music at all - you hate it! [sniff]

― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:43 (twenty years ago)

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