"REM is Air Supply" got me to thinking about rock equivalencies.

[asthmaticeog]

System of a Down = Jethro Tull
Totally unnecessary techism paradoxically meets dumbed-down inanity. They get away with it because they rock sufficiently and the kiddiez are dumbed down, themelves.

The Shins = The Raspberries
Pleasant enough, insubstantial enough, forgettable enough.

Paramore = Missing Persons
Fronted by a cupcake who's just watchable enough to mask the band's ultimately prosaic, mired-in-its-times pop.

Rye Coalition = Tuff Darts
Early promise finally yielded something too stupid to live.

Tool = Rush
Every generation pukes up ONE lucky rock group that gets to sell millions AND unaccountably pass themselves off as a thinkin'-man's band.

Gogol Bordello = the Pogues
One-joke ethnic gimmick band nevertheless achieves transcendence and is destroyed by excess. Yeah, I know Gogol's still OK. Eugene's fucking insane. So just wait.

Electric Six = Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
'Tis folly to think it'll be funny forever, smart guy. Last stop before the dustbin: MOR ballads.

Wilco = Blondie
Innovators emerging from a storied scene to become opportunistic, unfocused pop eclecticists is more boring than sad.

Sufjan Stevens, Devendra Banhart, etc. = Dan Fogelberg, James Taylor, etc.
Fuck you. Fuck you with a rake.

The Hold Steady = Weezer
Your smartypants fans are WAITING for you to fuck up so they can all grin smugly and say "I told you so."

[Blue-Jay]

1. Obscure Band = Don't Care

[asthmaticeog]

2. Silly me - you might not know what I mean by "REM is Air Supply." Here's the link.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6626564&mesg_id=6626564

[swag]

3. Green Day = Herman and the Hermits

[swag]

6. Brian Jonestown Massacre = Vanilla Fudge

[Blue-Jay]

4. Lynyrd Skynyrd = Anal Cyst

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Wolfmother = Led Zeppelin (but less famous, thank God)

[swag]

7. Pink Floyd = Ricky Nelson

[asthmaticeog]

10. Could you elaborate on that one?

:shrug:

[swag]

11. Each act

occupies the same order of magnitude of abstraction from its alleged/and/or/presumed artistic source/root.

Of course I'm just paraphrasing one of Sun Ra's dreams here.

But it is still all too true.

[asthmaticeog]

12. Oahspe = biblia sacra

So it MUST be true! :thumbsup:

[swag]

14. Just one view through one prism.

[swag]

8. Tom Jones = Ian Tyson

[swag]

9. The Right Boys = The Zit Remedy

[JVS]

13. Who is our Steely Dan? They will deliver us from suckitude!

[asthmaticeog]

15. I'm afraid that would be the Mars Volta.

Sorry, man.

[ghostsofgiants]

23. Harsh.

x(

:P

[jobycom]

33. Well, since Tiny Tim is dead, Sanjiya?

:shrug: Or is that cruel to Sanjiya?

[idgiehkt]

16. I really like the Tool/Rush comparison

the rest I don't know enough about. :hi:

[TK421]

17. So many bands sound like someone else nowadays...I don't listen anymore

nothing original anymore. The last time I heard something with the slightest bit of creativity was from the 80's, and that may not even be considered creative by some

[GirlinContempt]

19. What do you listen to?

[TK421]

21. The 80's mainly.....but everything I try to listen to today sounds...I don't

know...recycled? ( if that makes any sense ) It seems like I heard it all before, but someone new on the scene is doing their rendition....and most of the time their rendition blows.

I just remember music and music videos from the 80's ( when I was growing up ) and I still listen to it. Some people on here say it's cheesy, but there are so many non-cheesy classic songs and artists that have made a tremendous impact on todays music that we listen to. It frustrates me sometimes, and makes me feel like an old man whining ( and I'm not old at all )!

[GirlinContempt]

31. I'm always curious what people are listening to

from 'today' that makes them say this. Granted, there is a lot of swill out there pretending to be wine. But somehow, I never seem that hard pressed to come up with something good and original. So, it makes me curious what other people like to begin with, and then what they've found that's made them reach this conclusion.

[johnnie]

18. Me = Everyone else

Fucking wankers.

[Elidor]

20. "Totally unnecessary techism paradoxically meets dumbed-down inanity"

Surely you're talking about Frank Zappa there.

[asthmaticeog]

24. Well met, sir.

I respect the guy for a lot of non-musical reasons, but I can't stand listening to his music. Wink wink, you know that I know that you know I'm just a fuckin' goof, so here's a session musician playing a tricky fill. Wheedly wheedly wheeeeee. Poop joke, overlong drum solo, joke about a televangelist's dick, goodnight.

[TK421]

22. Air Supply? I never got their music, but there are only a few REM songs

that I like...the rest of it is whining garbage

[underpants]

25. What kind of ass-idiot said that?

:eyes:

[DS1]

26. Crystal Method = Pet Shop Boys

Any takes on that one?

[RandomKoolzip]

27. I just heard the Hold Steady for the first time yesterday. Man, they suck.

[bicentennial_baby]

28. Tool=Rush? How could you?!

:cry: You hath forsaken me!

[KG]

29. Oaisis = The Archies

[slj0101]

30. Fu Manchu=Ramones

Band concept gets tiresome after the fifth album.

[RandomKoolzip]

32. Arcade Fire=Lee Michaels

[bridgit]

34. most rap = most all other rap...