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Sometimes, people will go crazy over a band and I just don't understand it. I guess Since I started this thread, I'll have to start it out.

Okay, U2. I just don't get it. I mean yes, they're talented and all, but I just don't get the superstar aspect they seem to have. They have some good songs. Bono has a good voice, The Edge is a good guitarist, but... I just don't get it.

Now before I start pissing off U2 fans, just remember that this is just my opinion. I'm sure that one of you will name a band that I love. So lets try to keep it civil.
 
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firefox335 said:
Sometimes, people will go crazy over a band and I just don't understand it. I guess Since I started this thread, I'll have to start it out.

Okay, U2. I just don't get it. I mean yes, they're talented and all, but I just don't get the superstar aspect they seem to have. They have some good songs. Bono has a good voice, The Edge is a good guitarist, but... I just don't get it.

Now before I start pissing off U2 fans, just remember that this is just my opinion. I'm sure that one of you will name a band that I love. So lets try to keep it civil.
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Wow, me and my bf were talking about this a couple weeks ago lol, we completely agree with you on that. Do not understand why U2 is so huge. And I was gonna post that when I read the topic of the thread but saw you already beat me to it! ~ No offense to any U2 fans of course :).
 
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Well, there are also lead singers who drive me crazy.

I can't stand Smashing Pumpkins because of Billy Corgan's voice. I can't stand The Cranberries because of Dolores O'Riordan's voice. Blink 182 was hit or miss. When Mark Hoppus sang, they were okay, but Tom DeLonge's voice was like chalk on a blackboard.

Then there are vocalists who define their band. I never cared for Dropkick Murphys after Mike McColgen left, and when I listened to his band Street Dogs, I realized it.

Then there are even more subtle things. For the longest time, I couldn't really put my finger on why I just didn't think The Who sounded right after about 1966. Then I realized that that was when Pete Townshend stopped playing Rickenbacker guitars in their recordings.

Go figure.
 
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Lynnard skynnard =\ I know I'll be flamed for this but I just don't like their music and don't see what all the fuss is about.

Also, Rascall flatts
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Yeah, I agree with that one too. I mean, yeah they're good. Sweet Home Alabama is a good tune. And Freebird? Yeah that's a pretty good one too. But I just don't get the drunken - raise your beer in the air and scream "Play some Skynnard!!!" folks.
 
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Well, I can see people not liking Nirvana. But they were important to me for the simple fact that they came out right when I was learning to play guitar. I had been listening to the Beatles and Cream prior, but a lot of their stuff is kinda' tricky on the old fretboard. Most of Nirvana's stuff was easy to figure out. Your take on certain bands changes when you start to play an instrument. There are a lot of bands/musicians I don't really care for, but I can appreciate because of their technical proficiency.

But even though I liked them, I guess they were a bit overrated. I mean I remember when I heard Kurt Cobain was dead. I was with a buddy and we were both like "Wow, that really sucks, man. C'mon, let's go smoke a cig for Kurt." and that was about it. Now apparently one of my ex girlfriends came to school the next day all in black and cried the whole day. That's a little ridiculous if you ask me.
 
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It's a hard job being a musician of any sort. I have worked my tail off doing it on and off for over 20 years. I played my first Gig in a bar when I was 14 years old I'm 42 now. I have supported a family of 5 off of my music and selling equipment for the last 8 years. My wife is a stay at home mom (for 22 years). I think this may be my last year. I already laid off my staff and I think I'm quiting at least one of my bands. The no smoking rules and the cops watching all the drivers so they can pull them over has gotten out of hand.

I will probably still play festivals and a stand in once in a while, but I think I'm done. I don't need the money anymore and I can retire anytime I want. 42 years old and I'm just about burnt out. I think it's time for me to just sit back with my beat up old dread and get back to having fun, writing songs and learning some new things. I can't stand giving lessons anymore either so it's time to put the joy back into my music.

Most of the bands around I can find something to like about. It might only be one of the members or even just one great lick. Walk a mile in their shoes and you might not feel the same way.

Honestly what bothers me the most is the over production and the marketing of everything that goes on with it.


I heard a story told once by this old chef on tv. He said that every day kids would come and pester him. So he went out and told them how lonely he was and how nice it was just having them come by. He offered them a buck to come back and do it again. After a while he said he could only aford to pay them a dime and they stopped coming by. It wasn't worth a dime, but they did it before for free, just because it was fun.

That's what it's like sometimes when you take something you enjoy and turn it into a money maker. It becomes about the money and the fun seems to go away.

Do I care for U2? I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to them now. But they did put out a couple of the greatest songs and for that I thank them. Did they sell out, yes they probably did. Good for them. I hope they are still having fun or at least enjoying all the money they made. I have sold out for a whole lot less to feed my familly, I have played sweet home alabama so many times it just about makes me ill, but you do what you have to, or you find something else to do.


Sorry for the rant it's just been one of those days. Plus it's kind of hard hearing people put down the entertainers who put their heart and soul into bringing music into our lives.
 
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I'm surprised this thread isn't wildly popular.

I'll add one to the list. I'll probably sound like a hypocrite to those of you who aren't familiar with these two bands...

Jonas Brothers- what the hell is wrong with peoples ears?! I guess it's POSSIBLE that they might be slightly talented if they weren't such a plastic wrapped product of the Disney Tween marketing plan. But I doubt it. Their voices are so incredibly whiny.

And this doesn't really apply but I'd like to state that Hanson, from 97 til today, are the most talented underrated "boy band" (as most outsiders classify them). They are REALLY responsible, mature, talented true musicians that love their work. They handed in the millions of dollars for Indy. They all have big families and lots of kids now and they're still making music, their OWN music, not what DISNEY or any other big over produced company tells them to. They actually never did that anyway, were never a product of Disney or Nickelodeon and that's what made me a devoted fan to begin with.

With that said- I'm probably one of the very few STRAIGHT male fans out there hahaha. /End rant.
 
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firefox335 said:
Yeah, I agree with that one too. I mean, yeah they're good. Sweet Home Alabama is a good tune. And Freebird? Yeah that's a pretty good one too. But I just don't get the drunken - raise your beer in the air and scream "Play some Skynnard!!!" folks.
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Well, it's all subjective naturally. I responded to THIS post because I think it's so odd that you named those two songs as being exceptionally good for the group. While there are Skynyrd songs I like quite a bit, those two are not them. In fact, Sweet Home Alabama has the distinction of being one of very few classic rock songs which will cause me to kill it, normally before they get out their famous opening line, "Turn it up". I hate that song. Perhaps its popularity in recent years (decades) is due to a lack of understanding that it is an anthem to what was southern ignorance and bigotry in the 1960s & 70s.
Thank god the south has improved since then, but the fact is that the song is a relic from a time when the south was being dragged screaming and kicking into the modern era. Doesn't anyone know who the governor they loved in Birmingham, WAS?

And, Neil Young was RIGHT!
 
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