Most Used clichés in music?

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Keeping your motor clean/girls being motors/ etc....

[BITEYOASS]

walk that line WTF?!?! what fuckin line are they talking about? The Korean DMZ, now that's a fuckin line to walk across. :D

[BITEYOASS]

Now that sounds like a good metal song to write about, someone escaping North Korea through the DMZ.

[BITEYOASS]

Not to mention all of those damn Mutt Lange songs where they go YEAH.....YEAH! YEAH.....YEAH!

[BITEYOASS]

I just want to write a song with nothing but used cliches in it. Maybe someone here can try? :D

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

cherry pies.... loving underaged women.

[binnie]

Fat girls, they always seem to crop up.....

[binnie]

Thinking about some heavy metal, I'd say songs about serial killers, real or otherwise, are pretty common

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

666 and the devil.... Also drugs and boozing.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

the fucking power ballad.

[binnie]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
the fucking power ballad.

Ah yes.

That brings up video cliches.

Wind blowing in hair.

Guitar solos in unlikely places (mountains, churches in the middle of nowhere)

Women, the subject of the song, dying.

Overblown facial and hand gestures.

Slow walking down a street whilst looking pensive.

ahhh, the memories....

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

really slow sex scene that's so fake because you know the real rockers were fucking the shit out of some broad in a cheap motel as you watched their lame video on vh1.

[Coyote]

Originally posted by BITEYOASS
I just want to write a song with nothing but used cliches in it. Maybe someone here can try? :D

It's been done: Whitesnake's "Children of The Night"

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Coyote
It's been done: Whitesnake's "Children of The Night"

White Lion - When the children cry

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
White Lion - When the children cry

Yup...that one...made "Wait" look like a masterpiece by comparison...

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Yup...that one...made "Wait" look like a masterpiece by comparison...

Basically, any fucking song of the VA Monster Ballads Infomertial.
GNR knew how to have classy ballads - Sweet Child of Mine, November Rain, Estranged! that shit is awesome and heavy, and the chicks still love it :)

[bueno bob]

Oh God...Monster Ballads! LMAO!

I laugh my ass off every time I see that shit...does anybody even buy those fucking things anymore? Christ, just download the shit...

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Oh God...Monster Ballads! LMAO!

I laugh my ass off every time I see that shit...does anybody even buy those fucking things anymore? Christ, just download the shit...

i download everything. When I see you smile is cringeworthy. Fuck sebastian bach too!

[bueno bob]

In regards to John Waite though...I'd take a Babys reunion...

So shoot me... :D

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

*shoots and misses*

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

I will PM or email you the Holy Diver Live album if you want.

[bueno bob]

Nah, it's cool, I'll buy it.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Depends what you mean by Cliches. Lyrically, just listen to any Van Hagar or Bon Jovi album.

If we're not talking musically, then "Oh, the band were taking a break, and so I decided to make some noise in my studio at home because I didn't want to get bored and in 6 months time the band will probably split up."

[Mr Badguy]

The "been up all night" one.

Can`t anything in Rock n Roll be done first thing in the morning after a good nights sleep?

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Apparently not.

But what have you been doing all night?

Smoking and drinking by any chance?

[Mr Badguy]

Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
Apparently not.

But what have you been doing all night?

Smoking and drinking by any chance?

No...cryin`.

All night long.

[sadaist]

Partying.

We get it, you like to party. What a concept.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Mr Badguy
The "been up all night" one.

Can`t anything in Rock n Roll be done first thing in the morning after a good nights sleep?
Having sex until dawn.

Originally posted by sadaist
Partying.

We get it, you like to party. What a concept.

Any Poison song.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

The lamest people playing Rock you like a hurricane at their party.

[Mr. Vengeance]

If the phrase "We're really popular in Japan" comes up in an interview...

Biggest cliche ever.

That and if anyone other than Robert Plant uses a lemon as a metaphor or similie in song.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
If the phrase "We're really popular in Japan" comes up in an interview...

Biggest cliche ever.

That and if anyone other than Robert Plant uses a lemon as a metaphor or similie in song.

Or Europe...
Basically, it's insert any place but here!

KISS: "We're really popular in Australia right now." Bullshit you suck.... you haven't been entertaining since the 70's.

I've never heard anyone besides Robert Plant use the lemon metaphor. If I recall correctly, I think that he used it twice. Who else has used it?

[BITEYOASS]

Originally posted by sadaist
Partying.

We get it, you like to party. What a concept.

That concept was overdone by Andrew W.K.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by BITEYOASS
That concept was overdone by Andrew W.K.

Another concept: Hating your life despite a new piece of ass every 5 seconds and millions of dollars! It gets old!

One song on the record is about ho much their life sucks, then the next song is about how loaded they are.

[sadaist]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
Another concept: Hating your life despite a new piece of ass every 5 seconds and millions of dollars! It gets old!

One song on the record is about ho much their life sucks, then the next song is about how loaded they are.


Counting Crows is a big offender of the "Poor Me" attitude.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by sadaist
Counting Crows is a big offender of the "Poor Me" attitude.

So is Alice in Chains... but they were genuine. What's funny is that when I went to see DLR on his latest tour, they played Counting Crows nonstop before DLR came on.

[Mr. Vengeance]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
Or Europe...
Basically, it's insert any place but here!

KISS: "We're really popular in Australia right now." Bullshit you suck.... you haven't been entertaining since the 70's.

I've never heard anyone besides Robert Plant use the lemon metaphor. If I recall correctly, I think that he used it twice. Who else has used it?

First of all, KISS doesn't suck.

But as far as the Lemon reference, it's been used a lot. The most recent is on Billy Idol's last album, which KICKS ASS, by the way.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
First of all, KISS doesn't suck.

But as far as the Lemon reference, it's been used a lot. The most recent is on Billy Idol's last album, which KICKS ASS, by the way.

everything kiss has done after the makeup has sucked besides Revenge.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

going over "the edge".

Also, this thread isn't limited to rock.

I always love how the soul singers of the 60's always complained about how bad their men were. They were probably supporting your ass while you were out making your music, byotch.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

I just downloaded Devil's Playground off usenet and I'll give it a spin in a bit.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

the concept album about space related shit?

[Big Train]

So many cliches, so many ways. I'll try to distill to era and medium.

70's pop...excessive use of the words "sunshine, Tomorrow, Feelin', Somebody".

2. Wah Wah Abuse.


80's songs..
1. Starting a song vocally with "Let's go!!" on the downbeat of the 4th measure.

2. Reverse drum hits (think "Shot to the Heart" Bon Jovi).

3. Echo/Flange Abuse.

90's Songs

1. Excessive apathy and meloncholy, used in the most repetitive ways.

2. Cookie Monster Vocals.

3. Instrument abuse (alternative nation, sonic youth).

4. Proficiency Deficiency in musicians.

00's songs.

1. Vocal effects/autotune abuse.

2. Vapid songs with "baby" every three seconds.

3. Odd syllable/cadence rhyming and /or rapping (any R&B act)

My head hurts, I need to stop...

[Mr. Vengeance]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
everything kiss has done after the makeup has sucked besides Revenge.

Not true. A lot of good tunes in the non-makeup era.

[Mr. Vengeance]

You want a cliche of NuMetal- Downtuned guitars....

Fucking joke.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
Not true. A lot of good tunes in the non-makeup era.

Sure... Let's Put the x in sex, Oh All Night, Heaven's on Fire, Forever....


Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
You want a cliche of NuMetal- Downtuned guitars....

Fucking joke.

Seriously.... I have friends who tell me that my kind of music isn't metal because the guitars aren't "low" enough. Fuck them. Slipknot's gayass guitarists are better than EVH on VH1?


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[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

i hate when cheesy gay drummers spin their sticks.

[Terry]

Any rock vocalist you've seen live who asks:

"Are you ready to ROCK!?"

"Are you having a good time!?"

And for the encore:

"Do you wanna rock and roll SOME MORE?!"

Assclowns.

[Terry]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Oh God...Monster Ballads! LMAO!

I laugh my ass off every time I see that shit...does anybody even buy those fucking things anymore? Christ, just download the shit...

(Shakes head sadly, meekly replies:) Yes. My old lady does.

I'm forbidden to bring up how badly Bon Jovi always sucked in our house, because I think she still feels he was singing 'Born To Be My Baby' JUST FOR HER - AND I had to go see U-571...

Ain't love a bitch sometimes:cry2:

[diamondsgirl]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
The lamest people playing Rock you like a hurricane at their party.

:D

Here I am! :sex:

[MAX]

Originally posted by diamondsgirl
:D

Here I am! :sex:

Hurricane DG!!!

Crank It!!! ;) :killer:

[FORD]

Originally posted by Terry
Any rock vocalist you've seen live who asks:

"Are you ready to ROCK!?"

"Are you having a good time!?"

And for the encore:

"Do you wanna rock and roll SOME MORE?!"

Assclowns.

But even some of the best frontmen in the business use one or more of those cliches in a typical show. DLR being one of them.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by FORD
But even some of the best frontmen in the business use one or more of those cliches in a typical show. DLR being one of them.

dlr is a living cliche... WHICH IS WHY WE LOVE HIM.

The one cliche that is annoying.... "One two three four!"

[Terry]

Originally posted by FORD
But even some of the best frontmen in the business use one or more of those cliches in a typical show. DLR being one of them.


DLR I can forgive, because he clearly had more than that in his arsenal, but there were plenty who didn't -

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Terry
DLR I can forgive, because he clearly had more than that in his arsenal, but there were plenty who didn't -

DLR invents clichés!

[diamondsgirl]

sweet as sugar
pour some sugar
sweet as honey
honey dripping

you get the idea

sugar, aw honey, honey...you are my dirty sweet, sticky sweet candy girl...yada,yada,yada

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

So the entire Def Leppard Discog?

I hate it when singers try to be versatile and unique when they really aren't. Mike Patton is one person who seriously IS amazing.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Or when the singer assures me that his message is important by saying "I just had to write this song".

[MAX]

Awwwwww SHOOOGGA!!!!

Awwwwww HONEY!!! HONEY!!!

You ARE my CANDY GIRL and you got me wantin' you.... ;)

[BITEYOASS]

They're needs to be more "fuck you I'll do whatever I want" bands like "The Stooges"

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming and countless other songs where the singer proclaims his godliness over some bitch.

[MAPRamone]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U


The one cliche that is annoying.... "One two three four!"

Only The Ramones did that one right. And in Hip-Hop: 'Throw your hands in the air. Wave 'em like you just don't care.' Luckily you don't hear that one much these days.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by MAPRamone
Only The Ramones did that one right. And in Hip-Hop: 'Throw your hands in the air. Wave 'em like you just don't care.' Luckily you don't hear that one much these days.

Because the new hiphop is concerned only with fucking bitches and hoes and getting your money and drugs.

[MAPRamone]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
Because the new hiphop is concerned only with fucking bitches and hoes and getting your money and drugs.

Yeah, i miss the good old days when hiphop was concerned with fucking bitches and hoes, getting your money and drugs AND mindless violence.:D

[Mr Badguy]

Here`s some songs from the new Whitesnake album:

Cryin` in the shadows
Ready an` able
Still of the rain in the shadow of love
Skinned to the bone
Drink my spunk

Shit, they say Dio always writes about the same stuff but Coverdale takes the cake when it comes to rehashing the same old double entendres.

[Golden AWe]

"I'll never leave you"
"I'll always love you"
"don't go"
"if you go"

Anything related to love lasting an eternity...

[MAPRamone]

Songs about an unnamed 'She'.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Originally posted by Mr Badguy
Drink my spunk


BWAHAHAHAHA!

Love to see the video for that one.

Actually, no I wouldn't.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

What about...

Life sucks. Lifes a piece of shit. I'm in my teens. I'm a fookin miserable motherfucker.

What shall I do?

Why don't you learn to play guitar and join a rockin' band?

OR

Some girl will walk past and make your life worth living again.

[knerken]

"When I was young" or something like that. Always something about the childhood. "My father said to me...", you know the deal..

And BTW, I love the "1-2-3-4!"

[Shaun Ponsonby]

1-2-3-4 isn't really a cliche, though. Its counting in the song. Does it count?

[binnie]

I guess Tapping on the guitar became a cliche when everyone started ripping off Eddie.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by binnie
I guess Tapping on the guitar became a cliche when everyone started ripping off Eddie.

Who can get sick of overtapping???

/sarcasm

[Terry]

Just love songs in general.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Rodney King
Just love songs in general.

That's awesome. Can't we all just get along?

[MAPRamone]

Rhyming 'heart' with 'apart'.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by MAPRamone
Rhyming 'heart' with 'apart'.

Fight and night.

All words ending in -tion. Fucking be original!

[binnie]

Another cliche:

"We're louder than everyone else"!

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by binnie
Another cliche:

"We're louder than everyone else"!

turn it up to 11!! this whole thread could make another spinal tap movie.

[binnie]

"You're the loudest crowd on this tour so far"

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by binnie
"You're the loudest crowd on this tour so far"

Hello Townname!

Also, the umlauts over every vowel or héávíly accéntéd léttérs.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Or typing your name in a really cool font even though you suck. Queen had a simple logo but they rule. Def Leppard had a cool looking logo but sucked ass.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

breaking up due to "creative differences"

[Mr Badguy]

Getting back together for the money but claiming that there`s "unfinished business".

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Can you smell Motley Crue with that one.

"Its not aboot the money."

Of course it fookin' well is.

At least Floyd WAS actually aboot unfinished business.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

I get so tired of every single cheesy ballad that has the same exact cheesy drum track.

[Coyote]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
i hate that badboy image motley portrays. they are as glam rock as you can get... they're not fucking badass.

They're only dangerous until it's not useful to them.

[knerken]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
I get so tired of every single cheesy ballad that has the same exact cheesy drum track.

When the drums in the power-ballads comes in, they always start with the same break. The famaous "da-da-dum"'.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by knerken
When the drums in the power-ballads comes in, they always start with the same break. The famaous "da-da-dum"'.

Yeah, my buddy and I love to do the power ballad drummer moves when a ballad comes on. Dum, dum, dum dum dum cshhhh!

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

A heavy metal album opening with an acoustic guitar intro.

[binnie]

Soft verse, heavy chorus.....

[Mama's Fool]

Rhyming "rain" with "pain".

Anytime I hear "rain" in lyrics, I cringe because I know what's coming...it's also a huge cliche in country music too.

[Jérôme Frenchise]

I missed this thread, I dunno how...

Maybe I'll underline something that's already been discussed, but the worst cliché I can think of is one or a few words that are repeated in the chorus, and I needn't give any examples as they are so fucking numerous in rock music...
I know that a chorus is often supposed to be easily memorized, a famous commercial trick... OK, but as far as I'm concerned I find it hyper-boring, so symptomatic of the 80s that almost were, safe for a few bands, as shitty as the 90s IMO. :cool:

[blueturk]

Nu-metal baritones,,,,

[fe_lung]

This one goes for both rock bands and rock fans:

Claiming you were "into them from the beginning"

In my lifetime I've come to the following conclusions:

Everyone went to Woodstock
Everyone bought the first Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, Van Halen,
Black Sabbath, and Ramones albums. Likewise, they bought the first U2, REM, AC/DC, Springsteen, and Nirvana records the day they were released.

Nobody bought the Bee-Gees, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Banannarama, Vanilla Ice, Spice Girls, or Alanis Morrissette albums - nor did they buy Slippery When Wet, Hysteria, Metallica's Black Album, REM's Green album, or 5150

Everyone got a bootleg copy of Metallica's 4 track demos from a buddy loooooong before Kill 'Em All

Everybody was one of the 12 people who saw the Police at CBGB's

We all had Appetite For Destruction months before Sweet Child Of Mine came on MTV (and most of us had the european version with the rape-cartoon cover).

Maiden was sooooo much cooler pre-Bruce Dickenson

[mako_kimura]

Originally posted by fe_lung


Maiden was sooooo much cooler pre-Bruce Dickinson

This reminds me of a cliche' among rock fans. Claiming that you only liked 'em when they had some member that lasted about one album. For instance: WARF's fascination with Def Leppard pre-Steve Clark (no bashing, just an example), people only liking Anthrax when they had that dude that was on the first album, people claiming that AC/DC was ONLY good when they had Bon Scott, and people liking pre-CFH Pantera.

[binnie]

Another cliche: turning you back on a band once they start to sell records.

As though their music is somehow tainted by the fact that they have become more popular.

It's a closeness thing isn't it: we love the fact that only we have heard of a band, and dig what they are saying. When they get bigger, more people like them and we're no longer as unique.

Fans have as many cliches as bands!

[binnie]

Originally posted by blueturk
Nu-metal baritones,,,,

Indeed!

And all of these bands trying to rip off Pearl Jam!

[Soul Reaper]

At a rock concert (or even a pop conert really)..."WE LOVE YOU!!!" or "You're louder than the guys last night"

emo music....suicide, girlfriend being dumped

emo fans claiming they're not emo and that each of them look unique....(idiots)....

rock bands going back to their 'roots'....

bands from the 70s, 80s wearing baseball caps, baggy t-shirts, jackets and shorts....their 'mature' image....

"We only play for the song" or "We already have solos in the songs, and they're called vocals"

prog rock records with 20 minute instrumental solos....usually from the keyboard player (namely Rick Wakeman)

[Soul Reaper]

rap music.....bling bling, girls, violence, the ghetto, tributes to dead rappers (usually to 2Pac and B.I.G), how much 'whiteboys' have oppressed them....after a while they start to become 'meaningful'

hair metal and other 80s music....heartbeats, using animals as sexual references, loud snare drums, 'I'll do anything for love', synths, poodle hair, looking like DLR....

and there's another thing about frontmen nowadays....other in the UK they seem to have copied Oasis' style.....just standing there and doing nothing....

[Big Troubles]

hands in air, wave them like you just dont care.....


and anything sung by Sam Roy seems cliched.

[Soul Reaper]

The Most Cliched Song Ever (I made it up just now)

verse 1:
As I look past your way
your heart seems to say
I want to love you all night long
As I look past your way
the birds fly today
and I want to hold you like my gong (!)

chorus:
I want to make love until the break of dawn
penetrate you with my rusty thorn
the wolf will cry out in the night
our hearts beats are one, alright

verse 2:
When I asked you 'are you ready to rock?'
you said 'baby, I'm ready to roll'
I'm not wasting any time, my ship is in dock
I dreamt of this moment for all of my life
will you be mine?
will you be my wife?

chorus:
I want to make love until the break of dawn
penetrate you with my rusty thorn
the wolf will cry out in the night
our hearts beats are one, alright

(power ballad guitar solo)

End verse:
For you are my lady
and I am your man
My train keeps rollin
'cause I know I can
If we stand the test of time
All I know
You've got to run to win

[blonddgirl777]

Or the good old "Baby, Baby, Baby, baby, baby..."

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
Or the good old "Baby, Baby, Baby, baby, baby..."

:D This cliché sums up so many things, it will help spare many words just with intonation... :D

I personally use some, like "Yeeeaaah!!" and "Come ooooooon!" to introduce solos, or "Aaall riiiiiiiiight!!" or "Arrrrrrlllllllllll !!" to open a song.
Or I'll yell "Rock and roooooooooooooooooll !!!" in the beginning of our gig. I dig that. :D

[fe_lung]

How about "I was dead for x minutes till the paramedics revived me (and then I went back to drinking, shooting up, etc).

Sure, whatever Nikki Sixx, Slash, Dave Mustaine, etc...

[Big Troubles]

Yeah I think Nikki Sixx said he died like 3 times or some shit?

Some musicians just aren't as good as we had hoped, so they use "stories or circumstances" to help their fledging career. Sad part is, it usually works for them.

[mako_kimura]

The oh-so-classic singer and guitarist NEVER getting along. It's been in some very prominent bands, but gets old. Here's some examples:

1. Lennon/McCartney
2. Jagger/Richards
3. DLR/EVH
4. Lynch/Dokken
5. Rose/Guns/Slash/Stradlin/Buckethead
6. Lewis/Guns

[doctor roth]

Originally posted by binnie
Another cliche: turning you back on a band once they start to sell records.

As though their music is somehow tainted by the fact that they have become more popular.

It's a closeness thing isn't it: we love the fact that only we have heard of a band, and dig what they are saying. When they get bigger, more people like them and we're no longer as unique.

Fans have as many cliches as bands!

Damn right 'THEY SOLD OUT' I think ive heard that one onece a day for the last 10 years. Sometimes that shoe fits but most of the time its people being sulky because other people like their fav band too

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Rose/EVERYBODY

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by Big Troubles
Yeah I think Nikki Sixx said he died like 3 times or some shit?

pah, that's nothing compared to the number of times Keith Richards has been dead.....he seems to be invincible....not even a meteorite or a tree with coconuts could stop him.....

[binnie]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper

and there's another thing about frontmen nowadays....other in the UK they seem to have copied Oasis' style.....just standing there and doing nothing....

Yep, that pisses me off - not wanting to separate yourself from the band "it's not about egos, it's about the music".

Bollocks, I want to see an entertainier, now move bitch!!!!!

[binnie]

Suicide songs.

Sometimes they are believable, but a lot of time you have a metal record with 10 "fuck fuck, kill kill, anger rrrooooaarrr" and then the token "i hate myself and I want to die ballad"....

[mako_kimura]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
Rose/EVERYBODY

Exactly. Another thing, all the post-modern bands screaming as opposed to actually SINGING. I thought that was only confined to hardcore and death metal...I was wrong. Also, blues players singing about how evil their woman is and country singers complaining about losing their woman, dog, truck, whatever

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by binnie
Yep, that pisses me off - not wanting to separate yourself from the band "it's not about egos, it's about the music".

Bollocks, I want to see an entertainier, now move bitch!!!!!

mind you, Liam Gallagher is a big ego....

[binnie]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
mind you, Liam Gallagher is a big ego....

True dat.

But most of his copycats couldn't own a stage for shit...

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by binnie
True dat.

But most of his copycats couldn't own a stage for shit...

it's all these indie bands around now.....Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand etc. who are the copycats....

When I go on around music forums, they're always moaning about how 'gay' people looked in the 80s.....at least they didn't look like they just came out of a bus stop.....the 80s was more about fun....and at least some of those 80s bands could put on a great show....

[binnie]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
it's all these indie bands around now.....Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand etc. who are the copycats....

When I go on around music forums, they're always moaning about how 'gay' people looked in the 80s.....at least they didn't look like they just came out of a bus stop.....the 80s was more about fun....and at least some of those 80s bands could put on a great show....


The bands I hate right now are the ones who think that they are rockers and really aren't.

The Kaiser Chiefs; The Killers; Razorlight; Hard Fi; Franz Ferdinand; Kubb etc.....

It's all so overblown and insincere, balless, soulless crap.

There is no spirit of rebellion there whatsoever.

Oh, don't even get me started on EMO.......

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
really slow sex scene that's so fake because you know the real rockers were fucking the shit out of some broad in a cheap motel as you watched their lame video on vh1.


Hey,

Sometimes the motels weren't cheap.


[ but usually the broads were]

;)

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by binnie
The bands I hate right now are the ones who think that they are rockers and really aren't.

The Kaiser Chiefs; The Killers; Razorlight; Hard Fi; Franz Ferdinand; Kubb etc.....

It's all so overblown and insincere, balless, soulless crap.

There is no spirit of rebellion there whatsoever.

Oh, don't even get me started on EMO.......

let music fans lap it all up because it's the 'fashion'....

punk in the 70s was a rebellion against prog rock and other 70s music....

I don't know what the 'punk' bands now is supposed to be reaction against....

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Ronnie James Dio singing about darkness, shadows in the night, and rainbows.

[WOAHYEAH]

Points to username.

[fe_lung]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
let music fans lap it all up because it's the 'fashion'....

punk in the 70s was a rebellion against prog rock and other 70s music....

I don't know what the 'punk' bands now is supposed to be reaction against....

Alpha male limp bizkit rock. Granted, that stuff sucked but couldn't we find a happy medium between "rock out with your cock out" and "I tuck my accursed penis between my legs because it's sole purpose is to objectifty women (who are so much better than men becuase they, like, feel stuff and shit, And really, isn't it time for a woman to be president so we can have peace and poetry and lots of warm hugs).


I know, I'm probably leaving about 7,000 words out of whatever fall out boy song title that is but the message is there...

[mako_kimura]

The only song by Fall Out Boy with an even remotely clever title is "Our Lawyers Made Us Change The Title of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued", but I see what you mean

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Speaking of long ass titles, Anal Cunt has 60 songs an album and they each have about 20 words in both the title and the actual song.

[Soul Reaper]

vocalist, guitarist, bassist, drummer

isn't that a rock cliche? :)

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
vocalist, guitarist, bassist, drummer

isn't that a rock cliche? :)

Nope. Rush breaks the mold!

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
Nope. Rush breaks the mold!

yes, i know....but rock bands are generally vocalist, bassist, guitarist and drummer....I know it doesn't mean all of them.....

I've never seen a rock band with a didgeridoo player....that would really be breaking the mould....

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
yes, i know....but rock bands are generally vocalist, bassist, guitarist and drummer....I know it doesn't mean all of them.....

I've never seen a rock band with a didgeridoo player....that would really be breaking the mould....

I love the sounds of the digeridoo. And I love the балалайка. A band with those instruments together would make a great sound.

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
And I love the балалайка.

the what?!

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
the what?!

Balalaika. Very cool sound.

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balalaika

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
Balalaika. Very cool sound.

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balalaika

nice....

it's like a flying V....in the way that you can't sit down and play it....

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
nice....

it's like a flying V....in the way that you can't sit down and play it....

If you want, I can email you a song with the <i>балалайка</i> in it.

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

How did you like the балалайка Soulreaper?

[mako_kimura]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
nice....

it's like a flying V....in the way that you can't sit down and play it....

Um..actually, yes you can. People just don't try

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

i didn't mean to post... disregard.

[binnie]

Bassist Guitarist Vocalist Drummer.


Some cliche's are there for a reason: if it ain't broke, don't fix it....

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

Originally posted by binnie
Bassist Guitarist Vocalist Drummer.


Some cliche's are there for a reason: if it ain't broke, don't fix it....

There is also the Bassist, Rythym guitar, lead guitar, and vocalist (considering the vocalist doesn't play).