General Discussion

While I have a lot of respect for rap music, I much prefer the rock style music. Within rock my tastes vary but 3 bands that come to mind for me are God Smack / 311 / Radio Head.

Enjoy listening too whatever music you like, unless of course you like country, in which case I wish you all the luck in becoming deaf.

Talentless bands like Stained, Creed, Hoobastank, Chevelle, and Seether are really polluting the radio with their all-too-similar 3 chord songs and repetitive lyrics. I like progressive rock because you need some talent to even pull off the sound. Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Enchant, and Queensryche are some examples of bands who have talent, yet each have an original sound. Ironically, those are the bands who make the least amount of money.

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Originally posted by fizzle32
LL Cool J actually lives in Jamaica, Queens (NYC) and drives a jeep. Every thanksgiving he hands out free turkies to people in the ghetto, and his songs are REAL

Nas actually came from the Queensbridge Housing Projects (NYC) and his songs are positive messages to the community, telling kids to fucking go to school and get an education. Telling little girls not to take drugs, lest they end up prostitutes.

Tribe Called Quest, another great rap group that spreads positive values with no fakeness

REAL rock. No pretense, just good ol rock and roll.
Three Doors Down - Even the name is real. No long hair, no lipstick, just hardrockin dudes with guitars.

That is all.

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Why do you judge music on how the person is real? WOW! LL Cool J hands out turkeys to people in the ghetto, removing maybe 0.00001% of his profit, his music MUST be good.

By the way, you have never experienced real death metal and Three Doors Down sucks.

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Originally posted by Kiamde
Talentless bands like Stained, Creed, Hoobastank, Chevelle, and Seether are really polluting the radio with their all-too-similar 3 chord songs and repetitive lyrics. I like progressive rock because you need some talent to even pull off the sound. Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Enchant, and Queensryche are some examples of bands who have talent, yet each have an original sound. Ironically, those are the bands who make the least amount of money.

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We all have our likes and dislikes about music. Some take it to seriously. I personally dont like any of those bands you listed that you liked but I dont think they suck. I think talent is based on how good bands can make their music sound while you think the more notes the band plays makes them more talented. Im not saying that their music isnt good to others but not to me. By the way I dont think you know enough about chevelle to say all they have is 3 chord songs and repetative lyrics. I find them unique over other bands who play on the radio. I dont think you can judge a band from the 2 or 3 songs you heard on it.

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Originally posted by Gideon

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Originally posted by Kiamde
Talentless bands like Stained, Creed, Hoobastank, Chevelle, and Seether are really polluting the radio with their all-too-similar 3 chord songs and repetitive lyrics. I like progressive rock because you need some talent to even pull off the sound. Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Enchant, and Queensryche are some examples of bands who have talent, yet each have an original sound. Ironically, those are the bands who make the least amount of money.

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We all have our likes and dislikes about music. Some take it to seriously. I personally dont like any of those bands you listed that you liked but I dont think they suck. I think talent is based on how good bands can make their music sound while you think the more notes the band plays makes them more talented. Im not saying that their music isnt good to others but not to me. By the way I dont think you know enough about chevelle to say all they have is 3 chord songs and repetative lyrics. I find them unique over other bands who play on the radio. I dont think you can judge a band from the 2 or 3 songs you heard on it.

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Actually, I bought "Wonder What's Next" a few years back and thought it was just plain bad. So what, that is like the 11 songs they put out on that album?

Boring.

ROCK all thew way!! \,,/(^.^)\,,/

-disturbed

-AFI

-SOAD

-unwriten law

-Papa roach

-foo fihgters

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Originally posted by Gideon

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Originally posted by Kiamde
Talentless bands like Stained, Creed, Hoobastank, Chevelle, and Seether are really polluting the radio with their all-too-similar 3 chord songs and repetitive lyrics. I like progressive rock because you need some talent to even pull off the sound. Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Enchant, and Queensryche are some examples of bands who have talent, yet each have an original sound. Ironically, those are the bands who make the least amount of money.

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We all have our likes and dislikes about music. Some take it to seriously. I personally dont like any of those bands you listed that you liked but I dont think they suck. I think talent is based on how good bands can make their music sound while you think the more notes the band plays makes them more talented. Im not saying that their music isnt good to others but not to me. By the way I dont think you know enough about chevelle to say all they have is 3 chord songs and repetative lyrics. I find them unique over other bands who play on the radio. I dont think you can judge a band from the 2 or 3 songs you heard on it.

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Give me a break, Chevelle is just a weaker emo version of Tool. By the way, none of those bands Kiamde listed tries to impress by playing an insane amount of notes. The only band I can think of that may hold that reputation is Dream Theater and they are just well layered, that's the kind of sound you get when each skilled musician plays his instrument well.

I don't judge a band by how many notes are played, but the more variety and technique you get from the instruments makes the song have much more replay value. And that is exactly why a mainstream song is popular for a month and then is forgotten.

I think that todays music sucks now (generally, not including all bands some are still good) I listen only to old stuff now and wont even glance at any of the new rap oday (although i prefer rap) The only newish band i listen to is System of a down. Why i dont listen to rap now is simple. Its all just generic crap that say: hey im a pimp and i pimp hoes, hey look at my glock, its shiney. ummm yay, yea blah blah guns kill you blah crap. Even eminem is loosing his edge. WTF was his new album it was crap. there was maybe 3 good songs on it. All i ask for a rap with a twist. Rap about sumthing not gay or played out god...

Well back to my eminem song

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Originally posted by Kiamde

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Originally posted by Gideon

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Originally posted by Kiamde
Talentless bands like Stained, Creed, Hoobastank, Chevelle, and Seether are really polluting the radio with their all-too-similar 3 chord songs and repetitive lyrics. I like progressive rock because you need some talent to even pull off the sound. Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Enchant, and Queensryche are some examples of bands who have talent, yet each have an original sound. Ironically, those are the bands who make the least amount of money.

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We all have our likes and dislikes about music. Some take it to seriously. I personally dont like any of those bands you listed that you liked but I dont think they suck. I think talent is based on how good bands can make their music sound while you think the more notes the band plays makes them more talented. Im not saying that their music isnt good to others but not to me. By the way I dont think you know enough about chevelle to say all they have is 3 chord songs and repetative lyrics. I find them unique over other bands who play on the radio. I dont think you can judge a ban