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Worst and most unlistenable genres/eras ever:

1. 12 tone music (1920-1940)
2. Hip-Hop (1979-present)
3. Funk/disco (late 60s-around 1980)
4. "Contemporary R&B" (Early 90s - present)
5. Bop (1940s)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 24 April 2003 08:09 (twenty-two years ago)

6. Geir's rap on ILM ;-)

― nathalie (nathalie), Thursday, 24 April 2003 08:10 (twenty-two years ago)

what???????

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 24 April 2003 08:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Can we just accept that Geir is wrong and get on with doing something more productive please?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 24 April 2003 08:22 (twenty-two years ago)

heir heir

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 24 April 2003 08:23 (twenty-two years ago)

someone should compile all of Geir's best posts and make them into a spoken-word/hip-hop novelty single.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 24 April 2003 08:48 (twenty-two years ago)

geir, this is quite an about-turn from the opinions you usually post on ilm.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 24 April 2003 08:51 (twenty-two years ago)

It's rather ironic what Geir says , about funk/James Brown etc , that James Brown ,Sly Stone , George Clinton amongst others all claim Geir's beloved Beatles as a huge influence. For some reason they all love Sgt Peppers(the most overrated album evah!) If you read Rickey Vincent's book on FUNK you will see many black funk artists all proclaiming The Beatles as an influence. And many soul/funk acts covered the beatles as the songs were rhythmic and you could groove to them. The 1st huge pop white band they claimed to do so.
Geir, what are your opinions on Sly Stone, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic?

― Winston, Thursday, 24 April 2003 09:26 (twenty-two years ago)

come on Geir...why?

ie sound theories to back this up.

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 24 April 2003 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Why? What's the point? What on earth makes you think Geir isn't just going to say exactly the same thing he's said five hundred other fucking times on this board?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 24 April 2003 09:45 (twenty-two years ago)

But Geir listed the top 5, but didn't explain the reasons.
And i'd like a reply on what i asked too out of curiosity.

― Winston, Thursday, 24 April 2003 09:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Sgt Pepper isn't the most overrated album ever anymore, Winston, you'll be hard pressed to find anyone who even likes it!

(I do but that's beside the point)

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 24 April 2003 10:24 (twenty-two years ago)

i think Geir is getting more and more riled and snapping back at ILM for continually calling his opinions into question. this thread just smacks of an emotionally charged 'up yours' to ILM basically.

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 24 April 2003 10:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Geir in preferring death metal to funk shockah!

― man, Thursday, 24 April 2003 10:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Geir, what are your opinions on Sly Stone, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic?

They have all had their great moments (Aretha's was a late as 1986's "Who's Zoomin' Who", but were usually crap. I am not at all denying that "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" will always remain a beautiful song though. And "One Nation Under a Groove" (the song) is kind of cool too.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 24 April 2003 12:25 (twenty-two years ago)

But Geir listed the top 5, but didn't explain the reasons.

Same reason for all 5. Key words are "melody" and "harmony"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 24 April 2003 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Sly Stone's work has rooted in harmony.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 24 April 2003 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

What AMG says:
Sly & the Family Stone harnessed all of the disparate musical and social trends of the late '60s, creating a wild, brilliant fusion of soul, rock, R&B, psychedelia, and funk that broke boundaries down without a second thought. Led by Sly Stone, the Family Stone was comprised of men and women, and blacks and whites, making the band the first fully integrated group in rock's history. That integration shone through the music, as well as the group's message. Before Stone, very few soul and R&B groups delved into political and social commentary; after him, it became a tradition in soul, funk, and hip-hop. And, along with James Brown, Stone brought hard funk into the mainstream. The Family Stone's arrangements were ingenious, filled with unexpected group vocals, syncopated rhythms, punchy horns, and pop melodies.
'Pop melodies' Cant argue with that. So what Sly Stone albums have you actually heard Geir, out of interest?

― Big Adam, Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

But Geir listed the top 5, but didn't explain the reasons.
Same reason for all 5. Key words are "melody" and "harmony"

but those aren't reasons...they're attributes.

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 24 April 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

five years pass...

updates plz

― velko, Monday, 20 October 2008 04:28 (seventeen years ago)

I guess the only update here is that, while I still absolutely despise James Brown, I see the value in some other funk as long as it builds on Sly Stone/George Clinton more than it builds on James Brown.

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 20 October 2008 05:03 (seventeen years ago)

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