Dalton
Blue Crack Addict
Personally, I believe the original poster should be banned and made to walk through a minefield wearing snow shoes.
white jacket and sides
that were five inches long
Did you really have to shoot this persons thread down so rudely, though?
I didn't realise a thread like this would cause so much discord.
I always find it strange that U2 fans seem to hate any other band being influenced by U2, you think it would be something fans would be happy about or proud of.
That all said, I think calling people "U2 rip offs" is generally a bit harsh. Granted, I'm not greatly familiar with a good amount mentioned, but what I have heard doesn't even strike me as entirely U2. U2 themselves did not create chiming guitars. U2 did not create anthemic choruses. U2 themselves have blatantly shown "influence" from numerous other bands through out their entire career. Given that, are U2 themselves "rip offs"? I personally wouldn't say that, and thus find it completely unfair to label any other band who shows their influences as such either, particularly when those bands have been successful on their own merits.
Lifestyle music....?
What music isn't lifestyle or is accompanied by some lifestyle. All metal music has it's "scenes" that dictate lifestyle.
Even Radiohead has a lifestyle element, in that many Radiohead's fans decorate themselves in their pompousity.
And to dismiss Travis as bland exhibits an ignorance of Travis.
waves of awful, angry, pain-filled sound.
honestly, when was the last time you went out and did some shopping or had a bit of a lookabout and heard anything remotely unique or different? chances are, you probably didn't even notice the music at all which only further proves my point.
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And of course you are assuming that it is a given that Coldplay = bland and Radiohead = interesting.
Well, yeah. One band recorded Kid A, while the other recorded X&Y. That should be a given.
And one recorded Pablo Honey, while the other recorded A Rush Of Blood To The Head....
yes, but that's pretty much the same thing as what lemonmelon said when the radiohead album was better than the coldplay one.