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Interpol is nothing phenomenal, or even really very good. They have very simple song structures and musicianship, which isn't really always a bad thing, but it just seems as if all of their music is very forced and pre-planned; I feel that when I'm listening to the band, all of the joy of listening to music, all of the spontaneity is just gone. And I'm not saying that the music has to be happy, but if the musicians seem like they're having a really shitty time recording, it's not going to come out well. I think this is why I don't like Sonic Youth: what they play is interesting, but they never seem interested in what they're playing- the disinterest is intentional, but that doesn't make me feel any better about them. But Interpol is just not a good band. They'll be forgotten in a year.

SchnappM wrote:Interpol is nothing phenomenal, or even really very good. They have very simple song structures and musicianship, which isn't really always a bad thing, but it just seems as if all of their music is very forced and pre-planned; I feel that when I'm listening to the band, all of the joy of listening to music, all of the spontaneity is just gone. And I'm not saying that the music has to be happy, but if the musicians seem like they're having a really shitty time recording, it's not going to come out well. I think this is why I don't like Sonic Youth: what they play is interesting, but they never seem interested in what they're playing- the disinterest is intentional, but that doesn't make me feel any better about them. But Interpol is just not a good band. They'll be forgotten in a year.

Very well put.

The gimicky suit thing adds an extra layer of crap.

xtc: not crap

steve wrote:Pixies, The: crap

Did you think that they were crap when you recorded them, and just kept a stiff-upper-lip about it, or are you referring to their later stuff (or the fact that they are re-uniting)?

Aerosmith: crap
Beck: crap
Clash, The: crap
Doors, The: crap
Guns 'n' Roses: crap
Pixies, The: crap
Public Enemy: crap
Smiths, The: crap
Who, The: crap
ZZ Top: crap
Replacements: crap
Tom Petty: crap
Black Flag: crap
Van Halen: crap
Manowar: crap
The Cars: crap
Leonard Cohen: crap
Rod McEwan: crap
The Troggs:crap
AC/DC: crap
The Cure: crap
Siouxsie and the Banshees: crap
Stereolab: crap
King Crimson: crap
Tom Waits: crap
Ministry: crap

Chris G: crap

jupiter wrote:Chris G: crap

Hee hee! It tickles me to see how upset people get about this stuff ...

Maybe I shouldn't bait the board ....

Oh hell, why not.

Your favorite band: crap
Your second favorite band: crap
Every band you can't stand: not crap

Discuss.

P.S. No kidding: Now watching Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, on C-Span 2.

Aerosmith: not crap
Beck: crap
Clash, The: not crap
Doors, The: not crap
Guns 'n' Roses: not crap
Pixies, The: crap
Public Enemy: NOT crap
Smiths, The: crap
Who, The: crap
ZZ Top: CRAP

AC/DC: crap
The Cure: not crap
Soixisue(SP) and the Banshees: not crap
Stereolab: crap
King Crimson: not crap
Tom Waits: not crap
Ministry: not crap
Van Halen: crap (also- if barf, worse than the plague, or soundtrack to the firey pits of hell were available options...)

How about if when you hit someone's "profile" you get their crap / not crap list. How about making it so you can't even read these pages without submitting your list. Eliminate indecision and waffling around the globe! And that way I can know whose posts I can dismiss without even reading them!