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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 11:30:14 GMT -5
"respectable politics", wtf is that? Give it a medal for best oxymoron I've heard this year, shit
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Oct 25, 2006 11:36:58 GMT -5
Well, let's put it this way: politics I can respect.............
Despite that and being smart guys, I just think their music is total shit. It's sincere but still shit as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 11:39:44 GMT -5
That really surprises me (coming from someone w/your range of musical tastes).
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Post by Proud on Oct 25, 2006 11:57:33 GMT -5
Oasis, ey?
All my people, right here, right now
Do you know what I mean?
Ahhh, yeeaaaaaahhhh-aahhhhh
All my people, right here, right now
Do you know what I mean?
Ahhh, yeeaaaaaahhhh-aahhhhh
(x29)
I kid, I kid. When I think of the four influential bands of the 90s, I think Nirvana (c'mon... remember all the kids who dressed up like Kurt Cobain? I went with the fad in high school, myself), Pearl Jam (Jeremy video, plus Alive and Even Flow), Green Day (triggered all that pop-punk stuff, plus a bunch of Dookie songs were and still are aaaalll over radio), and Oasis (I've met people who've paid little attention to music in their entire lifetimes but still know Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova).
Can't say I know anyone who would call Green Day the best band of the 90s, though.
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Post by rockysigman on Oct 25, 2006 11:59:19 GMT -5
I think Green Day is/was a much better band than people usually credit them for, but yeah, they aren't close to being the best band of the '90s.
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 12:03:12 GMT -5
One of the greatest things in the world to do is take that album dookie and go for a drive in your car while cranking it out just as loud as your stereo will go with all the windows rolled down. Them is good times right there
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Post by rockysigman on Oct 25, 2006 12:12:19 GMT -5
Pshh. Dookie is their 3rd or 4th best album. :-P
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 12:12:59 GMT -5
That's why I said "one of" ! ;b
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Post by Proud on Oct 25, 2006 12:14:21 GMT -5
I'll always be fond of Insomniac and Warning, though yeah, Dookie's a staple of growing up in the 90s. Always was in love with Basketcase, though I feel stupid when I go back and listen to it. *is more of a Having a Blast type now*
As for this poll, I have decided on my vote: Sunny Day Real Estate.
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 12:16:46 GMT -5
And here I thought you were going to say Yo La Tengo.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Oct 25, 2006 12:26:34 GMT -5
I will admit that "No Code" does have it's moments that are okay but other than that, I can't get into them.
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Post by Paul on Oct 25, 2006 14:32:53 GMT -5
I'm going to be the prick in the room again with the dissenting opinion that Pearl Jam just suck, respectable politics or not they just suck. Blasphemy!!  I will admit that "No Code" does have it's moments that are okay but other than that, I can't get into them. Well, at least you're coming around a bit....  Most people I know aren't that into Pearl Jam, not like me at least...that's why I'm always surprised how big their following is...It seems like most folks either hate them, or just don't care. Yet they tour the world every other year or so and play in front of rabid fans....At any rate, I can see how they come off as uninteresting, or sucky....Some of their songs took years for me to warm up to, and really took an effort. If I were to judge PJ and some of their albums on just one or two listens, I would probably think they suck too. Hell, even 'No Code' took like 4 years for me to warm up to....Parts of 'Binaural' have taken a full 6 years....most folks I know don't have the patience for that. I'm not saying you haven't made an effort, or don't have patience, I don't know, I'm just saying PJ ain't the easiest band to listen to sometimes. I almost gave up on them after 'Riot Act'...now 4 years later, I don't think that album is all that bad. |
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 14:51:41 GMT -5
Me, I like to tell the tale of how, after TEN came out, I proceeded to buy EVERY single studio PJ album on the day they came out - Right up until 'Riot Act'. Yes, Riot Act was the 1st PJ album that I did NOT buy on the very day it was released. But it was still kinda warm off the presses when I did get it.
Yeah, what was I thinking -?- clearly Pearl Jam were the "best" of the 90s.
Also the most important. That is what I honestly think.
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 25, 2006 14:52:58 GMT -5
*can I change my vote* !! ! ?
*It should say "Smashing Pumpkins: 3, Pearl Jam: 2*
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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Oct 25, 2006 16:59:08 GMT -5
Five stars is my rating but more or less both. Chart magazine, one of the bigger Canadian music magazines ("big" being a highly relative concept for any type of magazine in this country) runs a wide ranging poll of music biz folk (musicians, industry people & critics) every four or five years called the 50 Greatest Canadian Albums of All Time. They've run it three times with Whale Music placing Top 10 each time. It was also named the "most essential" Canadian album of all time in a CBC radio poll in 2003.
Mmmk, Drum, now I'm curious. Right now I'm buying, on average, about 2 albums a week. Whale Music is on my list. Also, while you're making recommendations to me, what would you consider to be THE Bruce Cockburn album to buy? I really dig Dancing In the Dragon's Jaws. But rather than your personal favorite(unless they're one in the same), what is his most all-around admired album. Ahem, it seems like you've answered this one before but I failed to take note.
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