HELP! New office mate likes Deep Purple

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My former office mate ruled. He could listen to anything. As of Tuesday, I'm getting a new office mate who is a middle aged Russian who loved Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy and Led Zepplin (and drinking vodka). I realize this isn't all that terrible except THIS IS ALL HE LIKES. What can I play to gradualy open him to the range of stuff that gets discussed here?

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 25 June 2004 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I think you are the problem, not him.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

be thankful he doesnt like van halen.....not to mention who complains about having to listen to led zeppelin and thin lizzy and expects sympathy?

― greg, Friday, 25 June 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah! Zep and Thin Lizzy rock! Deep Purple are at worst bearable. Try and get him to play some Sabbath perhaps?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 25 June 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Play him The Rapture "Echoes" and tell him its Led Zeppelin practicing "The Crunge"

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 25 June 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

and since when were Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy and Led Zeppelin not in the range of stuff that gets discussed here?

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Or play him 'house of jealous lovers' sped up by a factor of 15% and tell him it's Led Zeppelin.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 25 June 2004 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Check for me on the sister thread: "HELP! New ofice mate doesn't like Deep Purple."

― briania (briania), Friday, 25 June 2004 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Would you only want to listen to these three all the time? Literally? Only. These. Three.

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 25 June 2004 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I think you are the problem, not him.

-- hstencil (hstenc!...) (webmail), June 25th, 2004 10:34 AM. (hstencil) (later) (link)

― People love Gravity and Ebullition! (ex machina), Friday, 25 June 2004 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)

thats where sabbath, cactus, dio, mountain, etc. come in.

― greg, Friday, 25 June 2004 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

FrankE you have my sympathy, it could be worse though, might be Zep, Purple and Bad Company,

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 25 June 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"The entire spectrum human emotion and musical nuance may be found and expressed in the extensive catalogs of Zep, Purple & Lizzy." Discuss.

― briania (briania), Friday, 25 June 2004 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

not much to discuss since it's entirely true.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, bad co were pretty horrible.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 25 June 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Feeling wistful? "Cowboy Song." Expansive? "Concerto for Group & Orchestra." Whimsical? "Carouselambra." What more does one need? I say hats off to this single-minded fellow!

― briania (briania), Friday, 25 June 2004 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

definitely, you need to bring in some leaf hound, cactus, buffalo, etc., and school the man.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Friday, 25 June 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Go fuck yourself, you elitist motherfucker. Oh, your so pissed off because your mate likes Deep Purple? WELL, BOO FUCKING HOO!!!

― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 25 June 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

And hstencil OTM!

― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 25 June 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

uh, i'm fine listening to these things once in a while. i'm just not gonna listen to them all the fucking time. and fuck you. you fuck.

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, yeah, and fuck you. cocksuck.

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

did you not read the part where i say "I realize this isn't all that terrible". Dumb fuck. Fuck.

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

FUCK!!!

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

guys, please, let's not fight.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Go fuck yourself, you elitist motherfucker. Oh, your so pissed off because your mate likes Deep Purple? WELL, BOO FUCKING HOO!!!

FUCK.

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

FUCK!!

Best thread ever.

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― People love Gravity and Ebullition! (ex machina), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:09 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah really, cry me a river.

― 57 7th (calstars), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

All it takes is one person to turn the usual meaningless ILX thread into posturing. THANKS H-NAZI-STENCIL

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

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― People love Gravity and Ebullition! (ex machina), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)

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― People love Gravity and Ebullition! (ex machina), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:17 (twenty-one years ago)

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― People love Gravity and Ebullition! (ex machina), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:17 (twenty-one years ago)

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― People love Gravity and Ebullition! (ex machina), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:18 (twenty-one years ago)

dean hate me.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

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― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

what, dude, are you racist, too?

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't hate you. I'm not even mad at you. Mostly ... I'm just disappointed. I thought that we had taught you better.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:20 (twenty-one years ago)

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― People love Gravity and Ebullition! (ex machina), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:23 (twenty-one years ago)

what, dude, are you racist, too?
-- hstencil (hstenc!...), June 25th, 2004.

Why, does that make us friends? :) Actually, he has the same name as you. That's all. Nothing special.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

argh! that was an accident

― People love Gravity and Ebullition! (ex machina), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

dude that IS me. In my fantasies.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Your fantasy head looks severely foreshortened.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

are you a eugenicist?

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

No, but I suggest that you see one.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

d'oh.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

fortunately there is a Planned Parenthood office in my borough.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Dig up one of those Seigbran threads and play him death metal until he cries uncle.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Did I spell Siegbran wrong?

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Friday, 25 June 2004 19:49 (twenty-one years ago)

SO late to this, and Stence summed it up so perfectly in his first post that my entry here is (more) needless (than usual). What, pray tell, is precisely wrong with Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy and Led Zep? What were you going to do, duct tape him to his desk and make him listen to Dizze Rascal, Clinic and Ashlee Simpson?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 25 June 2004 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex in NYC, we have more in common than you think!

― People love Gravity and Ebullition! (ex machina), Friday, 25 June 2004 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Baby steps. Start with the Stones.

― Lukas (lukas), Friday, 25 June 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, but only if that damn leather jacket didn't separate us, eh?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 25 June 2004 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

A natural progression from 70's hard rock/heavy metal would be moving from that towards things like Motorhead, Helmet, a bit of punk perhaps, and finally culminating in Air Supply.

― Davlo (Davlo), Friday, 25 June 2004 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)

anything replayed over and over is hell.

But it could be worse. Much Worse.

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Saturday, 26 June 2004 01:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Take turns for chrissakes. Play him your stuff every other day. Share the vodka, offer some JD. Try the Yardbirds. Tell him that Clapton and Jeff Beck and Sonny Boy Williamson also spent time here and show him a few of the variants that came from that point. The guy ought to appreciate the blues if he's into these bands. He's probably an ok dude and could possibly have the same inhibitions about you. I'd relish an opportunity like this.

― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 26 June 2004 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.racerrecords.com/Styx/gifs/HighEnoughTommyJack.gif
(best thread ever [x-post] hstencil and jwill play their roles nicely, frenkee continues to baffle, etc)

― artdamages (artdamages), Saturday, 26 June 2004 04:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Frank E is right. I wouldnt even want to listen to my mom tell me she baked a pie over and over all day, and I love hearing that.

― David Allen (David Allen), Saturday, 26 June 2004 05:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I would thank my lucky stars for getting to listen to music at work. I didn't know this was allowed.

― artdamages (artdamages), Saturday, 26 June 2004 05:30 (twenty-one years ago)

i could listen to "child in time" forever

― juiceboxxx (juiceboxxx), Saturday, 26 June 2004 05:49 (twenty-one years ago)

It doesn't matter how good something is. If you've heard it 10 times or more in a row, you do get sick of it. Threads like these are not a comment on how good an artist is, they're a comment on an excruciating lack of variety. There is a difference. I love Led Zeppelin. But would I want to listen to them all day every day the same songs/album? Hell no.

As an afterthought...tonight in the local grocery store I was subjected to Whitney Houston's "Didn't We Almost Have It All"...words simply fail to describe how inconvenient it was that I literally could not stand to be in there any longer and yet really did need to buy some things. After suffering through the torture of that song for an agonizing minute or so, I just had to leave. Moral: It could be worse, Frank. It really could. But the key is communication.

The lady I complained about at my work that plays the same oldies station with the same songs over and over actually had it on a different station last time I was there. It was great. Fleetwood Mac's "Sara" came on and I've never had such a case of goosepimples. That's what happens when I haven't heard that song for a few years.

― Bimble (bimble), Saturday, 26 June 2004 06:07 (twenty-one years ago)

anything replayed over and over is hell.

Andrzej B and Bimble otm, poor FrankE, all you guys going 'duh, what's wrong with Purple or Zep or Lizzy' Read it again. I'm sure you'd be thrilled to hear Stormbringer or even worse Purpendicular for the 20th time that week. Or put it another way, some guy only listens to 3 artists you can take or leave, I bet you'd be a little pissed.

Fwiw 80% of Purple is dud, 90% of Zepellin is Dud and about 60% of Lizzy is dud.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 26 June 2004 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Fwiw 80% of Purple is dud, 90% of Zepellin is Dud and about 60% of Lizzy is dud.

Ridiculously dubious calculations ahoy!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 26 June 2004 08:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Billy Billy Billy - 90% of Zeppelin is non-dud, I actually can't think of any Thin Lizzy song that sucks, and I have no opinion about Deep Purple.

― Davlo (Davlo), Saturday, 26 June 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

*waves at frankE from adjacent cubicle

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Saturday, 26 June 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Thin Lizzy were good from "Fighting" (1975) to "Black Rose" (1979). The stuff before and after was not good. "60% dud" may be slightly high but not wildly so.

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Saturday, 26 June 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Zeppelin 90% dud. Kids today....

regards,

REB

― Rik E Boy (Rik E Boy), Sunday, 27 June 2004 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

An update:

I left my desk while my office mate was at lunch and ended up being away longer than I had anticipated. WinAmp was rolling along and the speakers were blaring. When I came back I realized my error and apologized to my (Thin Lizzy / Led Zep loving) office mate. He said, "It's okay, as long as it's not rap."

Little did he realize, It Takes a Nation of Millions... was currently spinning the hard drive.

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 5 August 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Perfect punchline! I totally heart your office mate.

― briania (briania), Thursday, 5 August 2004 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I enjoy it when racist tools out themselves unsolicitedly. It saves time.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 5 August 2004 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)

not liking rap = racist?

― dean? (deangulberry), Thursday, 5 August 2004 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Ridiculous logic (or lack thereof).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 5 August 2004 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

You don't think "I hate all rap" is an idiot statement with racist undertones?

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 5 August 2004 21:45 (twenty-one years ago)

white self righteous rap fans = crypto fascist

― Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Thursday, 5 August 2004 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

err rascist

― Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Thursday, 5 August 2004 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry. I didn't realise it was possible to discount entire genres based on omniscience.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 5 August 2004 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

but people completely discount all kinds of genres all the time though...country (probably more commonly than rap or at least just as often), classical, jazz, techno etc etc...i'm sure it's just as true for lots of kids today with rock music....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 5 August 2004 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"I LIKE EVERYTHING BUT COUNTRY AND TECHNO"

― Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Thursday, 5 August 2004 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

You don't think "I hate all rap" is an idiot statement with racist undertones?
-- noodle vague (noodle_vagu...) (webmail), August 5th, 2004 3:45 PM. (noodle vague) (link)

Idiotic overstatement, yeah. Racist undertones? Possibly but not certainly. Maybe a bit of projection there..

― dean? (deangulberry), Thursday, 5 August 2004 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"You don't like Polka? You must hate POLISH PEOPLE!!!!"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 5 August 2004 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

well, that's actually true, but the point remains...

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 5 August 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe he just doesn't like people talking in rhymes?

― Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Thursday, 5 August 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm just compensating for the guilt I still feel for buying all those Smiths albums as a teenager.

I'm glad we're all agreed that musical taste exists in a political vacuum.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 5 August 2004 22:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Saying that this might not ALWAYS be true:

You don't think "I hate all rap" is an idiot statement with racist undertones?

does not mean that I believe this statement either:

I'm glad we're all agreed that musical taste exists in a political vacuum

I'm not saying that there aren't often (and dean said the same thing) racial undertones to when people say this, but I think it is POSSIBLE that someone could just dislike rap without being racist....

That said, I think the important thing here is to remember that we all hate the Polish.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 5 August 2004 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Awww M@tt, I'm English, we wouldn't have an air force if it wasn't for the Poles.

Or a country, come to think of it.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 5 August 2004 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Other than that, you were right. My only excuse is: I'm really fucking drunk.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 5 August 2004 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

www M@tt, I'm English, we wouldn't have an air force if it wasn't for the Poles.

Really? (Sorry if you're kidding but I know jack about british history)

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 5 August 2004 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Really. Following the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939 many members of the Polish Air Force escaped to the UK and were instrumental in the RAF's defeat of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 5 August 2004 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)

A small point....the guy likes Thin Lizzy....whose lead singer....wait for it....was BLACK!!!!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 5 August 2004 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

HRM?

― dean? (deangulberry), Thursday, 5 August 2004 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Resp. to first post in thread:
Ask him if he likes the David COverdale era DP band better than the Gillan era. If he says yes, give him my email. I want to trade bootlegs with him.

― MikeDixon, Friday, 6 August 2004 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

update:

the other day, whilst listening to Dick's Picks #24 (awesome), my office mate asked: "Who is this happy band?" I smiled. He then told me about...his love of Deep Purple.

today, he declared Animal Collective's Sung Tongs to be "touching".

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 1 October 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Tell him that you love Ian Paice's performance on "Maybe I'm A Leo." You'll have a friend for life.

― Roy Williams Highlight (diamond), Friday, 1 October 2004 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I love this guy too. He's good with the words.

xpost

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 1 October 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

The retarded woman at my work -- several cubes down -- has discovered Internet radio of late, and I can't say that she tunes to a station I care for. Every time I think to walk over and yell, YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN LISTEN TO ANYTHING YOU WANT JUST 'CAUSE Y'R A TARD -- WELL IT AIN'T SO, I get an attack of the guilties and put on my cans and turn up Fillup Glass to 11 and zone.

― libcrypt, Wednesday, 6 June 2007 04:48 (eighteen years ago)

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