Off Topic The Message Of Hate Thread...

Ok, something that causes me great anger is the sight of stupid, sheep-like twats wearing Ramones T-Shirts. They don't even know that they are a band, they couldn't name one song! These fashion-conscience morons make me cringe, they really do!!!

 

Babybells. They never come out of that waxy red stuff intact. Annoying.

 

I own a Ramones t-shirt, but i own numerous ramones CD's too. Beat on the Brat is in my top 10 songs. I agree with you, idiots shouldn't be allowed to wear band t-shirts, unless they like the band who's t-shirt they wear.

 

The worst thing about it is it makes people who wear Ramones shirts and actually like the band look like knobs i.e Me.

 

Music posers are everywhere. I even knew a person who told me she was an enormous Beatles fan. I told her I thought they got too much credit for their work but I had to concede that Revolver is great. She said, 'Who are Revolver?'.

 

I hate the beatles. No posing here.

 

That makes me cringe so badly. Don't claim to like bands that you don't listen to, simple

 

They are an enormously overrated band but I couldn't hate them, Revolver is too good an album to be hated and there's some good material on the White Album and Abbey Road too.

Tomorrow Never Knows is pretty much the coolest 60s psych song you'll find.

 

Good album Revolver, easily their best. I'm like you re the Beatles. Overrated but they still did some fine work and therefore are worthy of respect.

Tomorrow Never Knows is a good track and my favourite song of theirs is also on that album but never seems to get mentioned really ... And Your Bird Can Sing.

 

Yep, easily their best album and 'And Your Bird Can Sing' is a really great song, gorgeous main riff. Seems we have identical Beatles opinions too !

 

Looks that way

I thought the Stones were overrated too btw

 

Have to agree there, as much as I enjoy a lot of their songs I'd say overrated for sure. But in all fairness I haven't listened to their discography as much as I should have done to make that statement so I tend not to make it.

Mozart is also abnormally overrated, sure he penned some unbelievably brilliant music but he is held by the general public as the go-to person for musical genius when there were far more innovative, prolific and genuinely gifted composers. But try telling a Mozartian that you think he's overrated and you'll see quite an amusing array of facial expressions in the space of a few seconds.

 

I'll confess to not having heard much of the Stones as well. What I have played I didn't particularly like so I stopped trying. They did some great stuff i'll admit, Paint it Black springs to mind but nothing to bowl me over.

I've never been to excited by Mozart either. I prefer the eastern european composers mostly. Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Sibelius and Kachaturian mostly. Probably because they were the ones they I first listened to.

 

Yeah I'm absolutely an Eastern European and Russian admirer more than the west, with some exceptions of course. Prokofiev is one of my very favourite Russians along with Shostakovich, Schnittke and Scriabin. Khachaturian is pretty great too.

As for Mozart, it always annoys me that he gets as much recognition as, or perhaps even more recognition than, Beethoven. A guy who on several occassions completely reinvented countless major forms of music from the String Quartet to the Symphony and also unlocked the true potential of several instruments especially the Piano and Violin, releasing them from their heavily structured form and gave them the real ability to express an enormous range of emotions. Mozart simply can't compare when it comes to the impact on music, but you'll still get idiots harping on about 'The Mozart Effect' all day long, obviously!

 

I have to admit that my knowledge of classical isn't huge and I've had debates on the subject as most of my mates aren't at all interested but I do get the impression that Mozart is the darling of the classical snobs. I prefer Beethoven personally but must admit that I didn't realise the effect that he had had on classical music.

For me it just started with liking the theme tune to a tv show called the Onedin Line. Found out it was the Adagio from Spartacus by Khachaturian, got a copy and started listening.

 

Ooooooh dear that is terrible The Beatles are another band that people often pretend to like. God knows why

EDIT: I would say my favourite album by them is Abbey Road, closely followed by SGT Pepper, then Revolver!

 

Haha yeah, I have that problem with people who wear Misfits T-Shirts! People see the brand on my top as a fashion accessory, as "everyone wears them." Most people are completely oblivious to the fact that <gasp> they are a band I like!

 

Yeah, they're a go-to band for people who want to look as though they don't just listen to the current chart music unfortunately. The same people will probably say McCartney is the greatest songwriter of the 20thC, when we all know that is total bullshit. He wasn't even the best songwriter in the Beatles. (If I may partially hijack a Lennon quote there.)

Best way to get into music really, hear something you like and go for similar. There are quite a lot of snobby classical music listeners spouting jargon all over the place and looking down their nose at other forms of music which some find offputting, unsurprisingly! For me, it doesn't matter what sort of music anybody prefers to listen to, as long as they enjoy it. It's when people start making insane sweeping statements such as 'Beatles are better than Bach' or something that I start to tremble with rage .

Anyway, I think I'm off to watch a film in bed - night everybody !

 

You need to sort your technique out, can't say I've ever had that problem.

 

GReggs have put thir pies up.. the twats