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Thu Jul-23-09 12:24 PM
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| 147. but a lot of their parents were punks! |
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that's what makes it so funny, in a way. And a lot of the teens love the 70s folk and rock that punk rebelled against. Go figure.  |
| -Name a modern-day band that will still be relevant in 20 years |
Mr. Ected |
Jul-21-09 03:58 PM |
#0 |
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Kraftwerk. |
Fire Walk With Me |
Jul-21-09 03:59 PM |
#1 |
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They're still around? |
begin_within |
Jul-21-09 05:27 PM |
#19 |
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obvy man |
mix |
Jul-22-09 12:46 AM |
#46 |
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I used to listen to them in the late 70's |
bikebloke |
Jul-22-09 01:38 PM |
#97 |
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For me, a lot of the appeal of electronic music is that "retro futuristic" sound... |
mitchum |
Jul-22-09 02:48 PM |
#101 |
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Electronic music is my living and my passion. |
Fire Walk With Me |
Jul-23-09 03:49 PM |
#154 |
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I'll dig out their cassettes then. |
bikebloke |
Jul-23-09 09:40 PM |
#160 |
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Cool. Don't miss their newer items, such as the Expo 2000 EP and Tour de France Soundtracks. |
Fire Walk With Me |
Jul-24-09 06:06 PM |
#162 |
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The USC Marching Trojans |
taterguy |
Jul-21-09 03:59 PM |
#2 |
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The Ohio State Marching Band.. |
madinmaryland |
Jul-21-09 04:09 PM |
#5 |
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Banished to eternal irrelevancy for kicking out Phil Ochs |
taterguy |
Jul-21-09 04:13 PM |
#6 |
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What counts as a "modern band"? |
SteppingRazor |
Jul-21-09 04:02 PM |
#3 |
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A band that is still intact and still recording and releasing music |
Mr. Ected |
Jul-21-09 04:05 PM |
#4 |
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Well, if we limit it to just 21st century bands... |
SteppingRazor |
Jul-21-09 04:23 PM |
#7 |
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Relevant to who? |
Forkboy |
Jul-21-09 04:25 PM |
#8 |
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The White Stripes, My Morning Jacket, Common |
EndersDame |
Jul-21-09 04:27 PM |
#9 |
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Agreed. |
graywarrior |
Jul-21-09 04:39 PM |
#10 |
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Green Day? punk kinda loses something when played by 50 year olds |
NightWatcher |
Jul-21-09 04:42 PM |
#11 |
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I like green Day, but if your parents can listen to it it kind of defeats the point of punk. |
Forkboy |
Jul-21-09 04:48 PM |
#13 |
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never seen them live, just Youtube footage |
mix |
Jul-22-09 12:30 AM |
#38 |
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I like some of their stuff, and a few songs a lot, but overall its too clean for my tastes. |
Forkboy |
Jul-22-09 01:52 AM |
#63 |
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i don't mind the music, love the chords, riffs and melodies |
mix |
Jul-22-09 02:03 AM |
#66 |
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I just saw them last night at the Spectrum |
LynneSin |
Jul-22-09 01:25 PM |
#94 |
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I totally agree...Billie Joe is a gifted performer. |
mix |
Jul-22-09 01:34 PM |
#96 |
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I was at their recent Fargo performance, FUCKING AWESOME!!! |
Odin2005 |
Jul-22-09 11:06 PM |
#142 |
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Ignoring the fact that your parents INVENTED punk... n/t |
Mythsaje |
Jul-22-09 10:20 PM |
#137 |
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but a lot of their parents were punks! |
tigereye |
Jul-23-09 12:24 PM |
#147 |
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What about when 50 year old punks make butter commercials? |
Sebastian Doyle |
Jul-22-09 12:28 AM |
#36 |
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glorious ! |
mix |
Jul-22-09 12:34 AM |
#41 |
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He confuses me so much. |
ghostsofgiants |
Jul-22-09 12:40 AM |
#44 |
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it's clever |
mix |
Jul-22-09 12:49 AM |
#47 |
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But I think that is the point of Lydon... |
mitchum |
Jul-22-09 09:41 AM |
#79 |
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But Green Day isn't a punk bad |
LynneSin |
Jul-22-09 01:19 PM |
#93 |
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Punk is so fucking broad nowadays... |
Drunken Irishman |
Jul-24-09 06:10 PM |
#164 |
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I don't know, Rancid is still good. |
Drunken Irishman |
Jul-24-09 06:09 PM |
#163 |
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oasis. |
KG |
Jul-21-09 04:44 PM |
#12 |
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The Rolling Stones |
guitar man |
Jul-21-09 04:59 PM |
#14 |
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Keef should be the consistency of beef jerky by then.... |
SacredCow |
Jul-22-09 12:56 PM |
#88 |
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Beastie Boys. |
flvegan |
Jul-21-09 05:10 PM |
#15 |
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Agree, Hope Adam Yauch's cancer is treatable |
seemunkee |
Jul-21-09 05:13 PM |
#17 |
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Yeah, he's staying positive about it. |
flvegan |
Jul-21-09 05:29 PM |
#20 |
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Belle and Sebastian and Radiohead, just to name two |
Taverner |
Jul-21-09 05:12 PM |
#16 |
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Green Day isn't relevant now. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-21-09 05:14 PM |
#18 |
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Have they ever been anything but a novelty band? |
Orrex |
Jul-21-09 11:23 PM |
#29 |
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Supposedly they were a semi-serious band back when nobody'd heard of them. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-22-09 12:14 AM |
#33 |
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Have you heard Kerplunk? No, they weren't, haha. |
ghostsofgiants |
Jul-22-09 12:30 AM |
#37 |
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Hence the "supposedly." |
LeftyMom |
Jul-22-09 12:32 AM |
#39 |
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Haha...This isn't about Green Day but... |
ghostsofgiants |
Jul-22-09 12:36 AM |
#43 |
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ZING! |
HughBeaumont |
Jul-22-09 10:49 AM |
#83 |
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that cartoon never ceases to make me laugh... |
tigereye |
Jul-22-09 06:37 PM |
#115 |
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Mitch Clem is a funny, funny man. |
ghostsofgiants |
Jul-22-09 08:13 PM |
#128 |
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Green Day is one of few openly political pop bands... |
mix |
Jul-22-09 12:44 AM |
#45 |
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Okay, you're saying about five different problematic things there. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-22-09 12:59 AM |
#49 |
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punk has always been pop |
mix |
Jul-22-09 01:02 AM |
#50 |
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Okay, you officially don't know what you're talking about. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-22-09 01:06 AM |
#51 |
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i don't mind romantics really, but it's all theater and showbiz, even on the fringes n/t |
mix |
Jul-22-09 01:09 AM |
#52 |
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Uh, not really, no. Not even close, to be honest. |
Forkboy |
Jul-22-09 01:10 AM |
#53 |
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i'm not defining pop that narrowly |
mix |
Jul-22-09 01:13 AM |
#54 |
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But punk wasn't, and isn't, just another commercial sound. |
Forkboy |
Jul-22-09 01:23 AM |
#56 |
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Let me rephrase it |
mix |
Jul-22-09 01:32 AM |
#57 |
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With the qualifier "potentially" added I agree with you. |
Forkboy |
Jul-22-09 01:43 AM |
#60 |
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nice analysis |
tigereye |
Jul-22-09 06:52 PM |
#117 |
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The Clash got major commericial exposure with "Combat Rock" |
LynneSin |
Jul-22-09 01:49 PM |
#100 |
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This is historically incorrect and a complete mythologization of punk. |
mix |
Jul-22-09 03:30 PM |
#104 |
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Combat Rock was certified platinium and spent 61 weeks on the Billboard charts |
LynneSin |
Jul-22-09 03:51 PM |
#107 |
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Your point about how long these bands stayed together makes no sense to me. |
mix |
Jul-22-09 03:53 PM |
#108 |
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well it's not just with punk but any genre |
LynneSin |
Jul-22-09 04:24 PM |
#112 |
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.. |
mix |
Jul-22-09 04:26 PM |
#114 |
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you have a very clinical and rhetorical history and no experience of punk |
omega minimo |
Jul-22-09 09:55 PM |
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+1 |
mix |
Jul-22-09 10:18 PM |
#136 |
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a lot of folks thought that the Sex Pistols were a totally commercial concoction |
tigereye |
Jul-22-09 06:55 PM |
#118 |
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I agree. |
mix |
Jul-22-09 07:30 PM |
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what about the Ramones? There are many pop-type elements there |
tigereye |
Jul-22-09 06:46 PM |
#116 |
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The Ramones are the best example |
SoxFan |
Jul-23-09 07:59 PM |
#158 |
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yes, I often think that folks confuse punk and hardcore |
tigereye |
Jul-23-09 10:04 PM |
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You are also dead wrong about no pop influences in punk. |
mix |
Jul-22-09 01:19 AM |
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I never said it had no influence. Read it again. |
Forkboy |
Jul-22-09 01:41 AM |
#58 |
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lol |
mix |
Jul-22-09 01:46 AM |
#61 |
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I agree. |
Jetboy |
Jul-22-09 04:03 PM |
#110 |
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Yes, they always said that they wanted to be the Bay City Rollers... |
mitchum |
Jul-22-09 04:25 PM |
#113 |
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exactly - much of the sound and lyrics were rooted in 60s pop |
tigereye |
Jul-23-09 12:31 PM |
#149 |
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"Pop punk is an oxymoron"? Epic Fail. |
SoxFan |
Jul-22-09 09:02 AM |
#78 |
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thanks for pointing that out... |
tigereye |
Jul-23-09 12:27 PM |
#148 |
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False dichotomy. |
Odin2005 |
Jul-22-09 11:11 PM |
#144 |
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The problem there is their politics are pretty vapid. |
ghostsofgiants |
Jul-22-09 10:23 AM |
#81 |
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Green Day took enormous risks by speaking out... |
mix |
Jul-22-09 01:32 PM |
#95 |
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Well... |
ghostsofgiants |
Jul-22-09 08:00 PM |
#126 |
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You are simply wrong about dismissing the risk GD took. |
mix |
Jul-22-09 08:28 PM |
#130 |
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Some aspects were reactionary, but the age group targeted by Green Day was very anti-Bush and... |
ghostsofgiants |
Jul-22-09 08:37 PM |
#131 |
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You are being overly cynical about GD's success. n/t |
mix |
Jul-22-09 09:06 PM |
#133 |
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Yeah I can see that, I mean only irrelevant bands sell out major arena tours |
LynneSin |
Jul-22-09 01:42 PM |
#98 |
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The Clash were huge commercial successes. |
mix |
Jul-22-09 03:25 PM |
#103 |
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The Clash only was together for 10 years so we'll never know (not counting reunions) |
LynneSin |
Jul-22-09 03:41 PM |
#105 |
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some folks thought Combat Rock was jumping the shark at the time |
tigereye |
Jul-23-09 12:35 PM |
#150 |
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This 23yo sez you are WRONG!!! So THERE! |
Odin2005 |
Jul-22-09 11:08 PM |
#143 |
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What the hell do you know? You're just 23 years old. |
Drunken Irishman |
Jul-24-09 06:16 PM |
#167 |
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What the hell is relevant? |
Drunken Irishman |
Jul-24-09 06:15 PM |
#166 |
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Britney Spears |
Deja Q |
Jul-21-09 06:12 PM |
#21 |
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Arcade Fire , Polyphonic Spree |
EndersDame |
Jul-21-09 06:34 PM |
#22 |
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Neon Bible is a favorite of mine...deep dark wonderful music n/t |
mix |
Jul-21-09 07:09 PM |
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GREAT fuckin' album. |
Initech |
Jul-22-09 07:20 PM |
#121 |
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i agree |
mix |
Jul-22-09 08:43 PM |
#132 |
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aaauuughhhhhhhh |
Kali |
Jul-22-09 12:34 AM |
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Spiritualized |
mix |
Jul-21-09 06:40 PM |
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Modest Mouse |
RadiationTherapy |
Jul-21-09 07:20 PM |
#25 |
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This is the only real choice on this thread |
XemaSab |
Jul-22-09 12:22 AM |
#34 |
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High five! *whooooopssshhh* |
RadiationTherapy |
Jul-22-09 06:52 AM |
#75 |
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oh yeah |
fishnfla |
Jul-22-09 08:15 PM |
#129 |
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At the current rate of music decline... |
wickerwoman |
Jul-21-09 07:26 PM |
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Nah ! I think people who say that there is no good music anymore |
EndersDame |
Jul-21-09 09:18 PM |
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Why is disco considered so shitty? |
XemaSab |
Jul-22-09 01:59 AM |
#64 |
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Because disco sucks |
AngryAmish |
Jul-22-09 05:02 AM |
#74 |
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Beats me....I actually liked some of it. |
pipi_k |
Jul-22-09 01:14 PM |
#90 |
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I didn't say there's no good music anymore, |
wickerwoman |
Jul-22-09 03:50 AM |
#73 |
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The Black Eyed Peas are a perfect example of how |
jmm |
Jul-22-09 08:55 AM |
#77 |
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Money is a drug, and BEP is on it. |
ghostsofgiants |
Jul-22-09 08:04 PM |
#127 |
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Because music is about "taste" not about measurable "quality." |
Mythsaje |
Jul-22-09 10:36 PM |
#138 |
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But I'm responding to a "quality" judgment. |
wickerwoman |
Jul-23-09 06:09 PM |
#156 |
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Yeah, my parents thought the same thing. |
jobycom |
Jul-22-09 12:23 AM |
#35 |
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As something of an "old person," I have to agree... |
Mythsaje |
Jul-22-09 10:40 PM |
#139 |
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Kings of Leon |
AwakeAtLast |
Jul-21-09 11:20 PM |
#28 |
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Saw a UK mag calling them the "biggest rock band in the world" recently |
gmoney |
Jul-22-09 07:37 AM |
#76 |
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I agree! |
bluethruandthru |
Jul-23-09 08:24 PM |
#159 |
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Ace of Base |
Orrex |
Jul-21-09 11:24 PM |
#30 |
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Richmond Fontaine |
enigmatic |
Jul-21-09 11:49 PM |
#31 |
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String Cheese Incident, Widespread Panic, Grace Potter |
Bennyboy |
Jul-21-09 11:53 PM |
#32 |
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What do you mean by "relevant"? |
ghostsofgiants |
Jul-22-09 12:32 AM |
#40 |
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Relevant/Not Relevant |
enigmatic |
Jul-22-09 01:48 AM |
#62 |
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Mike Patton |
AllenVanAllen |
Jul-22-09 02:58 AM |
#69 |
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That guy has his hand in more pies than Mrs. Smith. |
Forkboy |
Jul-22-09 03:02 AM |
#71 |
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He says "There's always something to do." |
AllenVanAllen |
Jul-22-09 03:50 AM |
#72 |
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my son loves Wolfmother, so we gave him some Zep to listen to |
tigereye |
Jul-23-09 12:39 PM |
#151 |
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You can't beat the real thing! |
AllenVanAllen |
Jul-23-09 04:14 PM |
#155 |
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yeah, when I heard Wolfmother, I said, wait - that's just like Led Zeppelin! |
tigereye |
Jul-23-09 07:01 PM |
#157 |
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So "relevant" and "awesome" are interchangeable here? |
ghostsofgiants |
Jul-22-09 10:17 AM |
#80 |
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Lady GaGrandma |
omega minimo |
Jul-22-09 12:53 AM |
#48 |
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This is my 2 cents about Lady GaGa... |
LynneSin |
Jul-22-09 03:46 PM |
#106 |
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Deuter |
kentauros |
Jul-22-09 01:42 AM |
#59 |
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No votes for Radiohead? |
XemaSab |
Jul-22-09 02:00 AM |
#65 |
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They got mine. |
mix |
Jul-22-09 02:46 AM |
#67 |
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They got my vote. |
armyowalgreens |
Jul-22-09 03:01 AM |
#70 |
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yeah, that's what I would have said |
tigereye |
Jul-23-09 12:40 PM |
#152 |
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Radiohead. |
armyowalgreens |
Jul-22-09 02:47 AM |
#68 |
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That's the first band that came to mind n/t |
Meshuga |
Jul-22-09 01:44 PM |
#99 |
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The Black Mages |
sakabatou |
Jul-22-09 10:28 AM |
#82 |
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Creed, Nickleback and the Alan Rickman Five. |
Tommy_Carcetti |
Jul-22-09 11:29 AM |
#84 |
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britney spears |
Beer Snob-50 |
Jul-22-09 11:30 AM |
#85 |
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The Point of the OP... |
Steely_Dan |
Jul-22-09 12:10 PM |
#86 |
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That's because most American rock bands these days |
Mythsaje |
Jul-22-09 10:44 PM |
#141 |
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Nickelback. |
SacredCow |
Jul-22-09 12:54 PM |
#87 |
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Dave Mathews Band |
cleveramerican |
Jul-22-09 01:03 PM |
#89 |
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Rush! |
av8rdave |
Jul-22-09 01:16 PM |
#91 |
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Fifty years from now, they'll STILL be putting out albums. |
Dr. Strange |
Jul-22-09 03:56 PM |
#109 |
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They still fill arenas today... |
Mythsaje |
Jul-22-09 10:41 PM |
#140 |
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In 1996 I told a co-worker that Green Day would be future fodder for the Kmart CD Bargain Bin |
LynneSin |
Jul-22-09 01:18 PM |
#92 |
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Porcupine Tree nt |
bbernardini |
Jul-22-09 03:03 PM |
#102 |
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Fuck yes. |
Initech |
Jul-22-09 07:18 PM |
#120 |
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King Crimson |
derby378 |
Jul-22-09 04:22 PM |
#111 |
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Seriously? 100 replies and no one has said Pearl Jam yet? |
Initech |
Jul-22-09 07:17 PM |
#119 |
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hell yes! |
dana_b |
Jul-22-09 07:37 PM |
#124 |
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Rage Against the Machine |
dana_b |
Jul-22-09 07:36 PM |
#123 |
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The 'President's Own' US Marine Band. |
MineralMan |
Jul-22-09 07:47 PM |
#125 |
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Until Obama sells us out to the Muslins. |
Drunken Irishman |
Jul-24-09 06:26 PM |
#168 |
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Drive-By Truckers |
melman |
Jul-22-09 09:31 PM |
#134 |
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Iron Maiden |
Initech |
Jul-23-09 11:33 AM |
#145 |
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Death Cab for Cutie. |
BlueIris |
Jul-23-09 11:59 AM |
#146 |
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Pearl Jam. |
Mad_Dem_X |
Jul-23-09 03:23 PM |
#153 |
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Good Charlotte. |
Drunken Irishman |
Jul-24-09 06:14 PM |
#165 |
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