I remember Tom Scharpling saying this about Zappa, I sort of have this with the Dead. Does anyone else suffer from this?
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 30 January 2015 01:33 (nine years ago) link
Oasis interviews back when the bros. did them together (though i'm more just neutral on their music)
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 30 January 2015 01:43 (nine years ago) link
ICP
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Friday, 30 January 2015 01:44 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah, I've always wanted to check those Oasis interviews out...thanks!
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 30 January 2015 01:57 (nine years ago) link
The Dead are definitely way more interesting to read about than listen to
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Friday, 30 January 2015 02:03 (nine years ago) link
the track-by-track Eagles listening thread is way more interesting than any of the Eagles songs I've ever heard
― i ain't marchant anymore (unregistered), Friday, 30 January 2015 02:12 (nine years ago) link
Sort of indifferent to Rammstein's music, but love their antics.
― The inscrutable savantism of (Sanpaku), Friday, 30 January 2015 02:34 (nine years ago) link
Kiss
― brain floss mix (sleeve), Friday, 30 January 2015 02:51 (nine years ago) link
Run the Jewels
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 30 January 2015 02:54 (nine years ago) link
steely dan
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 January 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
the track-by-track Eagles listening thread is way more interesting than any of the Eagles songs I've ever heard― i ain't marchant anymore (unregistered), Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:12 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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I think I can speak for of us victims of love participants in that thread by offering a hearty...
Well, yeah.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 January 2015 04:00 (nine years ago) link
"ALL of us"
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 January 2015 04:01 (nine years ago) link
Joy Division. Also, very very glad to see someone who does not like Steely Dan.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 30 January 2015 04:05 (nine years ago) link
medals of valor all around
― brimstead, Friday, 30 January 2015 04:07 (nine years ago) link
I hated the Doors until I read a book about them.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 30 January 2015 05:48 (nine years ago) link
I'm fairly non-enthusiastic about Talking Heads, though I definitely don't DISlike them. I love how much passion people devote to the topic when speaking/writing about them, though.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 30 January 2015 05:53 (nine years ago) link
Miles Davis
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Friday, 30 January 2015 06:11 (nine years ago) link
Hmmm... but do I dislike Blink 182?
― MikoMcha, Friday, 30 January 2015 13:17 (nine years ago) link
Oasis, definitely.
Beatles, Zappa.
― A trumpet growing in a garden (Tom D.), Friday, 30 January 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
ICP is a pretty good answer to this. Their interviews (especially with anyone trying to "nail" them) are incredible.
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Friday, 30 January 2015 13:55 (nine years ago) link
The Fall
― Dinsdale, Friday, 30 January 2015 13:58 (nine years ago) link
Why?/Y0ni Wolf. i really like his weekly podcast, which has gotten me more into his music, but i'd still rather listen to him talk than listen to his records.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 30 January 2015 14:55 (nine years ago) link
Zappa. I actively dislike his music (some of which I completely loathe), but his autobiography was pretty entertaining, even if it had a bit too much "everyone is stupid except me."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 30 January 2015 14:58 (nine years ago) link
I'd have to take another look at the Ben Watson book, but I think the definitive book about FZ hasn't been written yet. The Neil Slaven one was absolute crap...the more I think about it the madder I get.
I'm not an Elvis Presley fan, but a detailed non-fawning bio would probably be really good. (Any recs?)
― WilliamC, Friday, 30 January 2015 15:10 (nine years ago) link
Guralnick's Presley bios are likely your best bet. They're definitely not fawning, but almost to a fault: at a certain point, the retelling of events gets bland enough that you wish a critical voice would step in for a minute (and Guralnick's critical voice does occasionally, but only for a minute). But they're insanely detailed/well-researched.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 30 January 2015 15:15 (nine years ago) link
the Zappa autobio I had was pretty entertaining but yeah I kinda came out of it having my worst suspicions about Zappa confirmed
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Friday, 30 January 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
U2
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 January 2015 15:25 (nine years ago) link
Bill Flanagan's U2 bio from the nineties is one of the smartest of its kind; it hoodwinked me into liking them for a few minutes.
I love reading up about pretty much any band that I dislike, to be honest.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Friday, 30 January 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
Alfo can you confirm for me that that U2 book has a chapter detailing Bono's "nautical kleptomania" where he steals boats any chance he gets?I read it as a teen and that chapter seems too weird to be a real memory
― sonny and sber (fgti), Friday, 30 January 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
I don't remember the phrase, but yeah, he likes boats and skinnydipping.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 January 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
Ugh, Bono skinnydipping, thx for that guys
― A trumpet growing in a garden (Tom D.), Friday, 30 January 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
Bono is a Parrothead!
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 30 January 2015 17:26 (nine years ago) link
Kiss p much owns this thread for me
also, Motley Crue
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, 30 January 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link