Indisputable Facts of Music

[Blagsta]

Hip-Hop acts always produce really patchy 2nd albums

PE - It Takes a Nation of Millions...? Better than Yo Bum Rush the Show IMO.

 

[loud 1]

Deathmetal is always comical.

 

[rekil]

U2 - shittest band in the world.

 

[marty21]

Bohemian Rhapsody: no matter how cheesy/shit you think it is, its still the greatest song to sing along to when drunk

well, almost right, but i'd put american pie ahead of that in the singalonga stakes

teenage kicks by the undertones - the perfect pop single

oh and van morrison is the most miserable live act evah!!!

 

[Idaho]

Some highly notable exceptions...

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Paul's Boutique

King Of Rock

Done By The Forces Of Nature

The Low End Theory

IMO, all superior second albums!

I'll give you the first one. I don't like the second, or any of their stuff and don't know the thrid and fourth. The Low End, despite having a great opening song, was pallid compared to People's Instinctive...

 

[Dubversion]

oh and van morrison is the most miserable live act evah!!!

ah, but i've seen him laugh on stage, turn Gloria into a song about elocution lessons (I kid you not) and giggle at a stage invasion, so he's not ALWAYS miserable

 

[Idaho]

PE - It Takes a Nation of Millions...? Better than Yo Bum Rush the Show IMO.

I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave some moments ago.

hmm.. it's quite tricky this. I can think of a few generally common, but not universal laws:

A song an artist is most known and popular for is often one that they either didn't write or didn't like.

 

[marty21]

ah, but i've seen him laugh on stage, turn Gloria into a song about elocution lessons (I kid you not) and giggle at a stage invasion, so he's not ALWAYS miserable

damn you dub

i've seen him about half a dozen times and not a smile in any of them, once saw him drinking on his own in a pub in bath, he looked miserable then as well

 

[northernhord]

When Shaun ryder walked out of the London records deal to go and score a bag of brown, Tony Wilson wasnt best pleased

 

[maximilian ping]

Dead musicians are cooler than live ones

 

[Spion]

Dead musicians are far easier to market than live ones

 

[Dubversion]

oh, he's almost invariably a miserable cunt, but it makes it all that more special when he grins.

the Gloria thing was astonishing - we were at Glastonbury (94, maybe?) and he was doing Gloria and it was like

"and i went up to her room.. and she gave me.. Elocution lessons... and she went "G" (and then all the band, in a completely OTT way, shouted "Gee-Uh"), "Ell-Uh" etc

hysterical

 

[Iam]

The Low End Theory is one of *the* great albums of all time.

*shakes fist at Idaho*

 

[marty21]

oh, he's almost invariably a miserable cunt, but it makes it all that more special when he grins.

the Gloria thing was astonishing - we were at Glastonbury (94, maybe?) and he was doing Gloria and it was like

"and i went up to her room.. and she gave me.. Elocution lessons... and she went "G" (and then all the band, in a completely OTT way, shouted "Gee-Uh"), "Ell-Uh" etc

hysterical

van does my fair lady

 

[maximilian ping]

Lennon's more respected and popular than McCartney

 

[maximilian ping]

The UK, year on year, per head, per capita, per square mile, is the best at music in the world

 

[Spion]

The UK, year on year, per head, per capita, per square mile, is the best at music in the world

Oh yeah? How do you work that one out?

 

[rikwakefield]

Elton John - takes it up the arse

 

[maximilian ping]

Oh yeah? How do you work that one out?

i didnt have to work it out, its a fact

 

[Spion]

i didnt have to work it out, its a fact

No it's not

 

[Chorlton]

The UK, year on year, per head, per capita, per square mile, is the best at music in the world

were that true why are the charts so full of utter fucking shit then?

 

[rekil]

Elton John - takes it up the arse

 

[rikwakefield]

He does. Honest. I didn't make it up.

 

[maximilian ping]

were that true why are the charts so full of utter fucking shit then?

try listening to the Italian or Polish charts

 

[Spion]

Elton John - takes it up the arse

I thought the schools were back now

 

[Dubversion]

were that true why are the charts so full of utter fucking shit then?

have you looked at the charts in other countries? and do you gauge the worth or otherwise of a country's musical output by its pop charts?

 

[Idaho]

The Low End Theory is one of *the* great albums of all time.

*shakes fist at Idaho*

Is it bollocks

 

[g force]

Most guitar based bands will cite one of the following as influence:

Velvet Underground
Alex Chilton

 

[ska invita]

For example, you may hate ABBA, but you have to concede that they were great pop songwriters.
.

I heard Danny Baker play "Super Trooper" the other day and I've not been the same since - stupid thing is still soo-pa-pa, troo-pa-pa-ping in my head.
What where they on?

 

[Iam]

Is it bollocks

No, it's fecking great!

Poll!!!???!!!