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But you see there buckeroo, your opinion is so much of an outlier compared to common opinion, that it's going to be difficult to take you serious. Next time perhaps go with "I understand these bands that have sold billions of records worldwide and rank amongst the most successful musical acts of all time HAVE to be liked by someone... I just don't see it myself." Or perhaps "I respect what they've done, bit it's just not my cup of tea." That may get you further, and less people will think that you're a crazy person . |
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![]() Lots of people like Bieber. I don't need to couch my criticism of him with a flourish to his millions of fans either. Not that I equate the Stones with Bieber, certainly not. But I do not see them as anywhere near U2's class when it comes to songwriting. Does that make me a crazy person????? LOL It seems a bit of a stretch, and if someone thinking the Stones is over-rated makes you doubt their sanity, I think that reflects more on you than it does on me. In any case, all of these buckets of ad hominem attacks aside. ![]() |
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Thinking the stones are overrated does not make you a crazy person.
Saying they've had maybe 6 good songs, and The Who have never written a good song, and then arguing with people who say that that's nuts is what makes you a crazy person. I don't really like Led Zeppelin. That in and of its self doesn't make me a crazy person. If I were to start saying that they've never written a good song, and then throwing shit at the millions of people who argued against me, that would make me a crazy person. |
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According to Rolling Stone these are the top 20 "greatest artists" I guess in terms of "popular music":
20. Bo Diddley 19. The Velvet Underground 18. Marvin Gaye 17. Muddy Waters 16. Sam Cooke 15. Stevie Wonder 14. Led Zeppelin 13. Buddy Holly 12. The Beach Boys 11. Bob Marley 10. Ray Charles 9. Aretha Franklin 8. Little Richard 7. James Brown 6. Jimi Hendrix 5. Chuck Berry 4. The Rolling Stones 3. Elvis Presley 2. Bob Dylan 1. The Beatles So, regardless of what you think of of Rolling Stone (I think they are shithead burnout hipsters that would slap their mother to sell a copy or get some of their former respect), most of those can't be argued with really....except: The fucking Velvet Underground???? Oh Christ.....give me a fucking break.... Anyway, out of all the bands we've been mentioning, who's on there? Zeppelin, Stones, Beatles. BTW, U2 was #22......... |
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Very debatable. Led Zeppelin are important, but their influence is narrow in scope. I don't think it's fair to make any comparisons to MJ, death has a way of erasing a lot of the bad. I think like U2, Madonna and Prince have made some moves and releases that have taken them off the radar. Especially Prince, Madonna and U2 have had some moments in the 2000s, I think it's hard to say that of Prince. Sent from my iPhone using U2 Interference |
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IMO The Stones have only written maybe 6 songs which are better than mediocre and 2 or 3 which are great. I'm saying this to break your widdle heart. It's simply my opinion, which I express in defense of those people who make the (crazy to my mind) statement that U2 is not at their level. IMO The Who are not interesting. Again, I'm not trying to offend or hurt your feelings. This is simply a band which I've been told my whole life long was important and great and yet I can't name a song of theirs which would be worth spending money on. To restate: I don't hate them. But to think they are in some way above U2 beggars reality IMO IMO I don't think arguing that I'm not crazy for expressing my subjective opinions regarding these bands which I find less exciting than some people do counts as solid evidence for my being crazy. (We'll ignore how circular your logic is.) IMO Let me know if I have used the abbreviate "IMO" enough times in this post to suggest that I am aware that my subjective opinions on art are subjective. I would hate for there to be confusion on this point. ![]() I must have missed the sentence in which I threw shit at millions of people.. How rude of me! ![]() |
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Edit: if you think U2 has had a bigger impact on popular music, or music in general, than Led Zeppelin, we are not going to agree. |
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Get some perspective. Yes. Irony. |
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But does everyone see? It's impossible....where does U2 stand? Who gives a fuck? We obviously think they stand pretty goddamn high or else we wouldn't be wasting our lives on this fucking stupid internetz arguing bullshit.
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IMO Kick is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. It's up there with JT,AB, Dark Side of the Moon, the White Album, and Disintegration. |
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I suspect everyone is deeply frustrated with our favorite band. They've given us 3 albums in the last 14 years. Most of us even disliked at least one of them! And to make it worse, Bono keeps promising 2,3,32 new albums in the near future. It's rough being a U2 fan. |
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