I think we need to have a serious discussion about "hard(ish) rock music"

[flvegan]

Yeah, I'm copycatting a copycat purely for the jest of it and for the forthcoming popcorn smilies, but c'mon, even the classics are suspicious...

Led Zeppelin...put a hippie in tight pants, making him sing 8 octaves too high and you've got a hit. Great. And what the hell kind of name of an album is "IV" anyway?

The Doors. Oh, please. If a band came out called "The Windows" they'd be tarred and feathered as Microsoft apologists, then burned in the town square.

AC/DC, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Deep Purple, Ozzy (and Sabbath), Pink Floyd, Rush, The Rolling Stones...all little more than customers to the local pusher, looking to make some loot offa their "music" all the while unable to hold the spiked codpiece of an Iron Maiden or Judas Priest.

The 80's. Do I even need to go there? Poison? Ratt? Dokken (rhymes with "rockin" eh)? Warrant? WTF is a Def Leppard anyway? Can I get Great White to fight White Lion in a cage match for the ultimate glam White supremacist? Wait...that didn't sound right.

And what the hell is up with Kiss, anyway? Yo, I've got this makeup, see, but now it's gone, but it'll come back later. Shut up.

And today? If one more rap "artist" remakes a song with Linkin Park, I'm going postal, and I'm bringing Blink 182 with me.

So there.

[Redstone]

1. How about a serious discussion about ENOUGH OF THE SERIOUS

DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MUSIC GENRES?

It's fucking MUSIC. You like one particular kind, or you don't. Either way, good for you. You can listen to whatever you like, and my opinion about it isn't going to make you like it any less.

Nor should it.

Redstone

(Though, FlV, I did like your paragraph about the '80s. And your post was such a good satire of the others, I figured it was the right thread to get cranky in. Hope you don't mind.)

[flvegan]

2. Redstone, I'm honored

If you're going to get cranky in a thread, if it's mine, I'm all kinds of lifting a glass to myself in toast.

Cheers!

[Redstone]

3. Why, thank you. I'm replying in order to kick your thread because

it's funny, and more people should read it. Hope I didn't kill it with my crankitation.

Redstone

[flvegan]

5. Nah, it died when

my name was put with it.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Hahaha, well played, sir.

[flvegan]

6. Well played is

my Bearshare account every time you post.

Where do you think I get most of my musical influence?????

[ghostsofgiants]

7. Haha, glad to be of service.

You should get Soulseek. Leech straight from the source.

[flvegan]

9. Oh, admit it.

You only like it because I nailed Linkin Park and Blink 182 in a single post.

Had I added Boxcar Racer, I'd be a God.

[NMMNG]

8. Rock is my favorite genre

But I have to admit, this post made me laugh. :rofl: