MajorEverettMiller wrote:Anyone that doesn't appreciate Iron Maiden is not to be trusted.

I am not to be trusted.

MajorEverettMiller wrote:I'm proud to say the "Number of the Beast" has been my ringtone since buying my new phone.

You have a source of pride in a ringtone.

Get dog costumes wrote:Polvo - "Time isn't on my side" instigated the worst housemate-music-reactions and taunts I've encountered

HA! That song is so great! The keyboards sound like they came from the sound card in an original Nintendo. Specifically from the game Legend of Zelda II. I hope you shrugged off those taunts, knowing you were listening to one of the finest bands ever!

I think the hardest time I've ever been given over liking a band, EVER, was by Mr Steve. So far there are three bands that have brought his ire...

1) Primus
2) Living Colour
3) Yes

*edit* I have to note that I can't say that I currently "LOVE" these bands, but at one point in time, definitely did "LOVE" each of them.

I have to say that the time he was shitting on Primus included some of the funniest noises I've ever heard come from a human being's mouth. He satirically did this Bobby-McFerrin-type impression of not just the vocals, but of each instrument, one after the other. It was so funny to hear, it was well worth the fact that he was basically saying "you are big dummy for to like such terrible musics!"

Now, Yes on the other hand... he secretly loves them, I think. He just can't bring himself to admit in public that he has such a strong, strong love for this band who were once thought to be just prog wankers, but were later revealed to be some of them gay and some of them Christian as well. I believe that though he will never admit it, and he's got his miss sworn to secrecy, I believe that when he goes to sleep at night, most of the time, Steve is wearing Yes pajamas. It's just a theory...

scott wrote:1) Primus
2) Living Colour
3) Yes

I would not see any of these bands.

I am sorry, scott, but I eliminate you.

Van Halen. God, I love Van Halen. I could listen to Van Halen all day.

Ludacris.

Anything recorded before 1964. The ridicule isn't immediate, but it comes eventually.

And R.E.M. I went to college in Virginia. I think R.E.M. appreciation is the second article in the Virginia university system curriculum. The first article is sucking Thomas Jefferson's balls during every waking moment.

vockins wrote:I think R.E.M. appreciation is the second article in the Virginia university system curriculum. The first article is sucking Thomas Jefferson's balls during every waking moment.

I'll stick with the first article, given a choice.

I finally came up with some. None of these I truly LOVE, but I've been given 'the gears' for enjoying:

Modest Mouse
Spoon
Neil Diamond
Abba
Urge Overkill
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Ry Cooder
The Police
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Thing is, I can acknowledge the validity of most if not all criticisms of the above. So it ain't no thing. Spencer is a puffed up neoPresley-turd, sure, but Extra Width holds. Etc.

Oh, and some days I do LOVE Spoon. Have to allow that.

- son volt/uncle tupelo/wilco/jayhawks/whiskeytown
-bob seger
-lynyrd skynyrd
-rod stewart
-shit, al stewart
-thin lizzy used to be "uncool," but are apparently now the faves of all the world's people (or at least the peoples of eugene, or).
-envelope
-post-daydream nation sonic youth
-the rapture (that gravity ep)
-!!!
-johnny paycheck
-don williams
-allman bros.
-grateful dead
-david crosby (only "if i could only remember my name")
- i already mentioned whiskeytown, but my appreciation for ryan adams' solo work doubtless merits special attention.
- belle and sebastian, sometimes.
-ah yes: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.
-braid
-sugar
- oh, "Experimental" folks like AMM, Evan Parker, Handful of Dust, etc; apparently anyone who claims to appreciate this music is a pretentious liar and thus worthy of scorn.
- relatedly: fusion-era Miles Davis is hated by may people who love to hate.

Andrew L. wrote:given 'the gears'

"Given The Gears" is a remarkable band name.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:

vockins wrote:I think R.E.M. appreciation is the second article in the Virginia university system curriculum. The first article is sucking Thomas Jefferson's balls during every waking moment.

I'll stick with the first article, given a choice.

You can choose either the Thomas Jefferson ball sucking or falling back on your professed affection for Iron Maiden.

The world is your oyster, Brett Ralph.

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:

Andrew L. wrote:given 'the gears'

"Given The Gears" is a remarkable band name.

Dammit, I'm always hitting the wrong targets . . . standing on the wrong shooting range, overlooking my own best work. . .

Intention, she is overrated.

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:

vockins wrote:I think R.E.M. appreciation is the second article in the Virginia university system curriculum. The first article is sucking Thomas Jefferson's balls during every waking moment.

I'll stick with the first article, given a choice.

You can choose either the Thomas Jefferson ball sucking or falling back on your professed affection for Iron Maiden.

The world is your oyster, Brett Ralph.

Hey, Bradley, clam up already!