I honestly don't know anyone who loves the Doors. I think they've become more of a punching bag than a sacred cow for some good reasons.The Yeoman Ghost wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 10:39 pm Led Zeppelin are the second most over-rated “classic” rock band. But it’s not even a close race, because The Doors are lapping the field.
Opera is definitely expensive, though it's interesting to see how it compares to mainstream rock concerts these days. I just compared prices for Don Giovanni at the SF Opera to John Mayer at the new basketball arena. Comparable seats are very similarly priced, which seems crazy. I've never been to a rock concert in an arena-- maybe there's some spectacle involved that makes it an amazing experience?enframed wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:13 pm
Listening, perhaps. Have you attended one? It's quite a different experience. I don't own any recordings of opera, but offered tickets I'll go every time. I'd even pay if it was more affordable. But alas...it's not.Curry Pervert wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 2:56 pm Opera is painful to listen to and people who claim to like it are attempting to gentrify their frontal lobes to impress other people of a similar disposition. They would all be better off with a lobotomy performed with a cheese grater.
I can't stop picturing Shane McGowan's mouth on Bab's face now.BeyondThePale wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:49 pm Someone on the old forum described the Pogues as ‘Barbra Streisand for drunks’
Yeah the price of concerts is ridiculous. Comedians even more so. Pay $100 to see a guy/gal say funny stuff.lotharsandwich wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:19 amOpera is definitely expensive, though it's interesting to see how it compares to mainstream rock concerts these days. I just compared prices for Don Giovanni at the SF Opera to John Mayer at the new basketball arena. Comparable seats are very similarly priced, which seems crazy. I've never been to a rock concert in an arena-- maybe there's some spectacle involved that makes it an amazing experience?enframed wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:13 pm
Listening, perhaps. Have you attended one? It's quite a different experience. I don't own any recordings of opera, but offered tickets I'll go every time. I'd even pay if it was more affordable. But alas...it's not.Curry Pervert wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 2:56 pm Opera is painful to listen to and people who claim to like it are attempting to gentrify their frontal lobes to impress other people of a similar disposition. They would all be better off with a lobotomy performed with a cheese grater.
There's not. It's a worse experience in every conceivable way.lotharsandwich wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:19 am I've never been to a rock concert in an arena-- maybe there's some spectacle involved that makes it an amazing experience?
My status as an edgelord is always eclipsed by the fact that I get more satisfaction out of someone loving something I've dismissed, and inspiring me to reexamine it, than any enjoyment in aggravating someone by calling their beloved artifact a piece of crap. Sometimes I feel like the Polly Anna of rock music.jason from volo wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 10:30 pmOof.
If you were only referring to “Doctor Jimmy”, I’d agree with you.
Love that album otherwise.
Fuck, there are kids in the northeast who don't know what it's like NOT to have a national championship.bishopdante wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:52 am
It's kinda scary to think that nobody under 20 never knew the world before 9/11 and the GWoT.
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