― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 10 May 2003 19:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 May 2003 19:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Saturday, 10 May 2003 20:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
Novice!
And Iron Maiden are the kings of suck
Do not EVER talk to me again. Do not EVER address me again. If you see me coming down the street, AVERT YOUR GAZE or, better yet, CROSS THE STREET. Do not befoul the oxygen we might momentarily share by speaking. You do not exist to me.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 11 May 2003 14:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 12 May 2003 01:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
I also just remembered that Third Eye Blind's best song, "Losing a Whole Year," sounds more like Mott The Hoople (or at least solo Ian Hunter) than anything the Clash ever did. (And wow, didn't some Iron Maiden moron cover a Mott or Ian song on some solo LP once? Weird.)
― chuck, Monday, 12 May 2003 14:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
Mr. Dickinson covered "All the Young Dudes," so Mott/Bowie I guess. The video was craptacular.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 12 May 2003 14:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
Oh, and Kix are so great, right?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 12 May 2003 14:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Monday, 12 May 2003 14:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 12 May 2003 15:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chaki (chaki), Monday, 12 May 2003 15:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 12 May 2003 15:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
Just better than about 99.99 percent of rock bands since 1980; no big deal, I suppose. (*Especially* if early Cars + early AC/DC doesn't mow your lawn. Though Kix have their Hooplish moments too, actually.)
― chuck, Monday, 12 May 2003 15:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chaki (chaki), Monday, 12 May 2003 15:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 12 May 2003 15:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
And with that, the considerable burden of credibility was lifted from Chuck's aching shoulders.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 12 May 2003 15:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
The first sentence about really creeps me out, though I hope it's a joke. Either way, I should add that the mythology and operatic vocal bullshit has been done both more rockingly AND more beautifully than Maiden by scores of dark-metal (and other kinds of metal) bands AFTER them, as well. (Including lots and lots of bands -- from Voivod to Guns N Roses to beyond -- that claim Maiden as an *influence*!) So it ain't just the '70s that blows them out of the water, believe me. (Partly, it's just that they're VERY VERY EASY TO IMPROVE ON.)
― chuck, Monday, 12 May 2003 16:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
I meant "the first sentence above." (I.E. Anybody who thinks that there's ANY music that I'm not allowed to disrespect is, uh, wrong.)
― chuck, Monday, 12 May 2003 16:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
And Chuck, I don't know why you decided that because I don't like certain honky voices (Rob "Gangsta Barker" Aston, Justin "Urkel Soul" Timberlake) I'm incapable of finding the funk.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 12 May 2003 16:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
So Maiden as a starter band if you like? Hm...
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 12 May 2003 16:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
You've obviously never listened to the first two Maiden albums (pre-Bruce). I'm not saying you'd like them, but they have fuck-all to do with mythology or operatic vox.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 12 May 2003 17:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 12 May 2003 18:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Kris (aqueduct), Monday, 12 May 2003 18:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chuck, Monday, 12 May 2003 18:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
No. One's. Safe. (Honestly, that's a really ridiculous claim to make.)
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Monday, 12 May 2003 18:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/Images/eddieanimated.gif
WHHAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT???????
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 12 May 2003 18:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 12 May 2003 18:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 12 May 2003 18:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chaki (chaki), Monday, 12 May 2003 18:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 12 May 2003 19:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chaki (chaki), Monday, 12 May 2003 19:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 12 May 2003 19:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 12 May 2003 19:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chaki (chaki), Monday, 12 May 2003 19:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 12 May 2003 19:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chaki (chaki), Monday, 12 May 2003 19:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
"OH FOR GOD'S SAKE, BE A MAN!"
― Eddie (vassifer), Monday, 12 May 2003 19:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 12 May 2003 19:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 12 May 2003 19:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 12 May 2003 20:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chuck, Monday, 12 May 2003 21:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
Anthrax have aged very badly by the way, I saw them a few months ago supporting Motorhead and they were just terrible all the way, the only thing I remember was a decent Caught In A Mosh.
― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 12 May 2003 21:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
Not gonna say I disagree with this (I really don't care about Manowar one way or another; they just seemed to have a sense of humor that Maiden lacked, which is at least SOMETHING), except to say that the equation of complexness with "substance" is just silly. I mean, the Ramones and AC/DC and Motorhead were, uh, somewhat linear too, right?
― chuck, Monday, 12 May 2003 22:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 12 May 2003 22:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 12 May 2003 22:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 01:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 13 May 2003 15:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 16:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
(P.S.: Preferring Iron Maiden to Kix means hating fun, period. Or maybe just hating hooks, wit, rhythm, melodies, weirdness, singers who can actually sing, and rock'n'roll. Same things, more or less.)
― chuck, Tuesday, 13 May 2003 17:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 17:39 (twenty-one years ago) link