On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:04:24 -0800 (PST), zepfloyes@
yahoo.com wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:35:50 GMT, Halmyre wrote:
>>>> These bands made songs which were overblown for the sake of being
>>>> overblown. Some of them committed the fatal crime of mixing opera and
>>>> rock... an absolute no no. Some of them made albums around stories
>>>> which made no sense. Their lead singer dressed up in ridiculous
>>>> costumes some times.
>>
>>>> And above all all these bands made very very inconsistent albums with
>>>> 4-5 good and 3-4 genine crap songs on single albums or 10-12 good and
>>>> 6-8 on those double albums with stories. And most of these continued
>>>> well beyond their peak to unfortunately inflict more pain on the
>>>> audience. And most of all, all of them sucked in the 80s, 90s and 00s.
>>
>>>> (from most to to the least)
>>>> 1. Queen
>>>> 2. Roxy Music
>>>> 3. Genesis
>>>> 4. Emerson Lake Palmer
>>>> 5. Jethro Tull
>>>> 6. King Crimson
>>>> 7. The Who
>>
>>>> I chose only the mainstream ones here.
>>
>>>Your list should read
>>
>>>1. Queen
>>
>>>That is all.
>>
>> Hmmm... Isn't most music "pretentious" as in pretending? To some,
>> this music may be boring. And, as boring, one will make fun of it.
>>
>> It's the same I feel about gangsta rap. Boring, inner city
>> tediousness and definitely PRETENTIOUS. Little boys playing in the
>> major leagues. Many shuffled off this mortal coil before their
>> contracts were up.
>>
>> But, that said... what IS pretentious other than the dictionary
>> description?
>>
>> Gotta wonder about the overrated statement. If someone can PLAY a
>> specific instrument well, they deserve a little credit. To me, this
>> comes to mind whether I like the music or not. Even gangsta rap.
>>
>> As 10CC wrote, "Art for Art's Sake". One person's art is another
>> person's nightmare.
>>
>> Trying to stranglehold them together into one mosh pit doesn't cut it.
>>
>> Especially by the Raja-GooGoo-List-Master, who never truly tries to
>> explain to us why he posted the list - it's not the contents that
>> counts, it's his pretentious list that is usually boring and quite
>> overrated.
>>
>> 'Nuff Said. Comments?- Hide quoted text -
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>The content is usuallt more interesting than the list, but you couldnt
>be arsed to read it.
Could it be because you haven't posted it yet? Hmmm? It doesn't take
a rocket scientist, MBA or PhD to figure it out.
How about it then?
[ Please don't reply with you post yours first, then I'll post mine.
Been doing that around here since 1995. ]
