Quote: "If you had any respect for me prior to this, now's when it all plummets to the ground. (and kills 300 people)."
I did, and still do to some degree, but it actually killed about 480 people because that's how hard it hit the ground. In fact, the impact crater was the size of a small town. But it's all good, so long as you try to get educated on him, because he was a genius in a lot of people's opinions and I think you'd really like him if you gave his stuff a fair chance
Quote: "P.S I hope you don't kill yourself when you hear this one:
I have never heard a Radiohead tune."
!!! (goes into cellar) It's okay Megaton (gets rope from drawer) I guess it's not a big deal (walks upstairs), I mean, just because they're my most-favorite-est band in the history of ever (ties noose) and widely regarded as the best band of the 90's and still one of the best today (stands on chair) doesn't really mean you HAVE to have heard their music, I mean (puts head in noose) even if you haven't heard their most famous songs, like "Creep" or "Fake Plastic Trees" or "Karma Police," (tightens said noose), it's not really your fault, but the fault of the radio stations (gets distracted by unfinished laundry). But you really should give them a listen (decides to "wrap this up" another day).
Quote: "I feel bad for you. Howie Mandel and Robin Williams are two of the lamest "comedians" in the business. "
As usual, I have to agree and then disagree with Jeku. Howie Mandel sucks, I couldn't agree any more to that, but Robin Williams? He's friggin' hilarious! I guess he's just too hyper for some people and that gets annoying, but me? I could hang out with him every day, lol.
Quote: "Don't bother-they're really dull. They lack originality and creatinvity"
Creatinvity? Anyway, as Saikoro pointed out we had a huge debate about this recently. But to say they lack originality and creatIVITY? That's going a bit far. Yeah, I'm the biggest Radiohead fan on these forums (to my knowledge anyway), but I'm not the person who gave them their countless collection of awards, or wrote tens of thousands of articles about them, and I'm DEFINITELY not the only person who thinks they're arguably the most creative and original bands of the 1990's. The music you THINK they stole from? It's newer than Radiohead, unless you're talking about Sonic Youth and the Buzzcocks (when talking about early Radiohead anyway). Radiohead spawned so many bands in the 1990's and the earlier half of this decade that it's hard to keep track of them all. With the exception of "Pablo Honey" (their first album), every single album they've released outsold its competition and was praised left and right by just about everyone. Now, you COULD argue they're overhyped, but unoriginal? Not unless you're comparing them to the Beatles or Chuck Berry. I think anyone with a true ear for music would put them amongst the top 5 or top 3 most original bands of the 1990's, if not in the #1 spot... then again, not a lot of people have that ear
Sorry guys, but you KNEW I was going to explode and rant and rave when I read THAT comment
*breaks out the fire-proof, flame-resistant suit*
Quote: "In music, I like music that no-one's ever heard of-melodic death metal, fantasy/orchestral metal, folk metal etc."
Another thing, and this applies to everyone in the world who thinks this way: Just because it's rare, doesn't make it better. Just because you're one of the only people who've heard of a band doesn't make them great. If they were that awesome, they'd be famous
The Beatles is widely regarded as the most awesome band in history, and
they were pretty dang famous
Quote: "Anyway, I was trying to say that creativity is often not in the mainstream"
The Beatles, The Who, Radiohead, Beck, Chuck Berry (who pretty much invented Rock music), Run DMC, The Roots (who invented a new style of hip-hop)... they were/ are all pretty dang creative and pretty dang famous, too. And the list could go on for ions. And before someone jumps and says "hip-hop isn't original," please note that some artists don't WRITE their lyrics out, they just RAP them out. While DMX and Eminem are the least-talented people on the planet, their ARE groups out there, like the Wu Tang Clan, Jurassic 5, and the Roots, who run circles around most of rock musicians through sheer lyrical amazingness
Anyway, point is, you've probably never heard of "International Noise Conspiracy," and imho they rock the house, but are they awesome or more creative than any other band? Not a chance.
Quote: "As far as the Beatles, yes they were fabulous musicians, but they're not known for their comedy."
While their movies are anything but classic, I think "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" were pretty funny
And John Lennon was in a comedy about World War II, as an actor, not a musician. But I'm not trying to say they're comedians, not by any means. Comedy-music is reserved to Weird Al, Steven Lynch, and people like that. You have to be a real goon to pull it off
I'm done ranting (for now). But to wrap it all up, when we had the huge music debate a while back, we came to the conclusion (as Saikoro already pointed out) that everyone has their own opinion of what creative is. As far as I see it, the only real way to gauge how creative or original a group or artist is would be to find the average opinion amongst the people who know it. I HATE Yellowcard and all of this other phony wannabe rock crap, but Saikoro likes them. We disagree there. But I lose the debate because a lot of people like them. Green Day, they suck and ripped off Face-to-Face style-wise, a band who never really got famous, but every time I say I hate Green Day a bunch of people erupt in anger and tears. The same thing happens in most circles with any band you can name
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