Recently popular rock bands

[Annabelle 0]

I like what Broken Social Scene I've heard, but I can't hear how they're going to be in any way memorable.

 

 

 

Lord of the Curry will be here to call me an idiot by 4.30 Eastern Standard Time.

 

obviously you've never heard you forgot it in people. if you have, i'll simply reserve comment on anything musical topic you create.

 

and i'd suggest wolf parade but they only have one album under their belt. one of the finest of this decade, although not the best.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Hey, I asked for Curry's condescending remarks, not yours.

 

 

YFIP is a very good indie rock album, but I don't think it's going to stand the test of time. Like you even said, they might not even stay around much longer, all sixteen or however many of them. Will millions of people be talking about Broken Social Scene 20 years from now, citing them as primary influences, the way we talk about the Smiths? R.E.M.? Joy Division? U2? I just don't see it. That doesn't mean they're worthless, all sixteen or however many of them. It's just that they're not a lock to stand the test of time.

 

 

 

I think we need a Keltner List for albums.

[Annabelle 0]

Hey, I asked for Curry's condescending remarks, not yours.

 

stick to your radiohead musings, chum.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Czech is clearly overrating how much I care about what he says.

 

The Wolf Parade CD is great and grows on me as time goes on but I'm not ready to put it into the "Greatest" category yet.

[The Czech Republic 0]

I just knew you liked them a lot. I was hoping for a more in-depth rebuttal, actually. How do you think they'll end up being remembered?

 

 

You don't care about what I say? I thought we were friends.

 

 

EDIT: I'm fond of the brass section arrangements on "Hotel." IF ONLY YOU CARED

[Lord of The Curry 0]

You hoping for an in-depth rebuttal would require more caring on my part. If I saw that you were open-minded enough for be to elaborate on the band and album I would but you seem to have your mind made up.

[The Czech Republic 0]

I've heard YFIP and about 3/4 of s/t. I'm approaching this largely with a blank slate.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

I've my doubts people will still be talking about BSS, say, 10 years from now, but that's irrelevant. I'll still love You Forgot It in People and that's all I ultimately care about.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Well, it's relevant given topic of the thread itself, but who am I to chide anyone on staying true a thread's initial intent?

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

I meant that it was irrelevant to me.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

I want him to stick around just to see how he makes an album about Delaware.

Two songs, 20 minutes apiece. "The Fighting Blue Hens Are For You And I" and "Our Incorporation Laws Evade Justice In Some Roundabout Ways."

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

Recently is subjectable here, but The Chilis absolutely.

[The Czech Republic 0]

I want him to stick around just to see how he makes an album about Delaware.

Two songs, 20 minutes apiece. "The Fighting Blue Hens Are For You And I" and "Our Incorporation Laws Evade Justice In Some Roundabout Ways."

That second one made me laugh heartily. Do Wyoming next

 

You forgot the bonus track: "Our Career Senator Is A Long-Winded Creep"

 

RHCP, good call.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Maroon 5 might, but I hope they don't.

[Guest Famous Mortimer]

Wilco blew me away. I was expecting some bland alt-country nonsense but got a really, really good album (YHF). I think some bands (like FLaming Lips, Pavement) deliberately change direction for popularity's sake but it usually results in weaker albums- saying that, I guess the Lips have been going in one form or another for 20 years now and could manage another 10.

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

I would have said The White Stripes before this last shocker of an album. The singles did well though, I'm sure they'll be able to sell tickets for reunion tours and whatnot in ten years.

[Rendclaw 0]

I must be the only person in the Detroit area who cannot stand the White Stripes.

 

Considering they have appeal across the board, Three Doors Down has had quite a bit of staying power since Loser bowled me over back when I was still in Florida.

 

Nickelback has a shot, and a decent one. They just have to stay consistent.

[Vyce 0]

What are we looking for in this thread? By longevity do you mean the ability to remain a band putting out music, or do you mean consistently having hit records for years upon years, over the course of at least a two decade career? Because if it's the former, fuck man, the fucking Grassroots still do goddamn tours. They're coming to a mall or state fair in your area some time soon. But they aren't burning down the Billboard charts anymore.

 

I don't see virtually ANY band listed here being the latter, though. MAYBE Coldplay. I like Coldplay, actually, but regardless of that they have that soft Europop sound that's just derivative enough of U2 that they could maybe carve out a nich for themselves that lasts a while.

 

Sad to say it, but a band I'm terrified is going to be around for many years to come is Green Day. Much to my chagrin.

 

But the ones listed here, no. Bands like Death Cab or Wilco or Queens of the Stone Age may be around for years to come and make a good living off of what they do, but they'll largely be cult favorites rather than huge stars. That's not really a knock against them. That's the future of the business....with the music business becoming more and more specialized, it's going to be harder to become a mainstream, crossover success, unless you're sort of 'factory-made' like Kelly Clarkson.

[Red Baron 0]

Linkin Park.

 

Though as much as it would suck, they probably have the best longevity in "rock" today. Plus no one can beat

 

"CRAWLING IN MY SKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THESE WOUNDS WILL NEVER HEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[The Czech Republic 0]

I don't see virtually ANY band listed here being the latter, though. MAYBE Coldplay. I like Coldplay, actually, but regardless of that they have that soft Europop sound that's just derivative enough of U2 that they could maybe carve out a nich for themselves that lasts a while.

 

I'm hoping that if Coldplay doesn't get off their asses and do their Kid A soon, in which they eschew commercial success for artistic freedom, people are just going to give up on them. Then again, How To Dismantle. . . inexplicably won all sorts of Grammys for U2, so maybe it's best not to fuck with the formula. I don't think Chris Martin has it in him, anyway.

[Phoenix Fury Legdrop 0]

Death Cab is awesome. that is all.

 

I'm a HYOOOOGE Death Cab fan, but if Plans is any indication of where they're going musically, they'll end up literally recording elevator music in under ten years.

[Dr. Zoidberg 0]

BabyShambles, but ONLY if Pete dies. Then, people will consider him a prophet like Cobain or some shit like that. If he lives on, he'll continue to be a punch-line and lifelong junkie like Lou Reed and Patti Smith.

 

The band that I want to see be remembered in 20 years is Brian Jonestown Massacre. While Anton isn't exactly a musical genius, he sure is a great songwriter.

 

I really don't see what's so great about Death Cab, but that's mainly because everyone I know that likes them is Little Miss. Pre-Teen Son of a Bitch that calls Paris Hilton her hero. So, obviously, I'll have my reservations.

 

I would love to see Sons And Daughters and Arctic Monkeys live on, but I highly doubt they will. AM have been hyped SO fucking much that if their next album is a slight notch below their freshman, they'll be fucked. Sons and Daughters are just too weird.

 

Ryan Adams could live on if he goes back to making albums like "Heartbreaker"...that album made me consider him this generation's Bob Dylan, but everything else after is a letdown.

 

Edit: Tegan And Sara are a band I'll play for my kids, and for some ODD reason, I'm digging the shit out of KT Tunstall.

 

Yeeeeeeah, flame away.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Death Cab For Cutie isn't that good.

 

 

Ryan Adams can't be the next Bob Dylan, because Ryan Adams can sing well and isn't ugly. That doesn't make him an improvement on Bob Dylan. It just makes him a talented Gap model

[Annabelle 0]

bob dylan used to be able to sing. and bob dylan used to not be ugly. get your shit right, czech.

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

Also, Adams ain't much of a singer, really.

[Annabelle 0]

i wish ryan adams would just go away. regardless of any promsie he once showed, his personality & tongue in cheek self deprecation is enough to make one barf. i made the mistake of reading one of his pitcfork interviews after they lambasted one of his many shitty albums. he acted like the insecure fucker who'd still suck up to the cool kids ever after getting his face rubbed in his mash potatos in the cafeteria. his frank discussion in regards to his drug use also has little to be desired. what kinda 30 year old man brags about doing drugs? like, i did that to impress my friends when i was 13. dating lohan ain't gonna help matters...

 

and no one will ever think of pete doherty as anything more than a doped up pin cushin. he's never done anything remotely worthwhile musically & his non-musical escapades have made him the msot boring junkie in rock n'roll history. i sorta wish he'd die. but even then no one would eulagize such a waste of humanity.

[The Czech Republic 0]

dating lohan ain't gonna help matters

No, that's Bryan Adams.

[Red Baron 0]

Bryan Adams is horrible.

[Rendclaw 0]

He hasn't done anything good in a long time. He's touring on his past, like the majority of bands from the 80s nowadays.

[Dr. Zoidberg 0]

and no one will ever think of pete doherty as anything more than a doped up pin cushin.

 

Yeah. A doped up pin cushin. I bet the legions of Libertines fans would say that The Libertines was ALL Carl Barat, and Pete was completely forgettable, when he was the chief songwriter, pretty much.

 

he's never done anything remotely worthwhile musically

 

Once again, The Libertines. Like them or not, there are bands out there that wouldn't be around if i wasn't for them.

 

& his non-musical escapades have made him the msot boring junkie in rock n'roll history.

 

Shit, you're right. If he isn't asking for a girl to shit on his chest like Lou Reed, then he really IS pointless, isn't he? God forbid he continue if he doesn't make it fun for you to watch. Shit, someone should tell him to get clean so that he'll quit boring us.

 

i sorta wish he'd die.

 

Wow. You're a dick, buddy.

 

but even then no one would eulagize such a waste of humanity.

 

Profound, aren'tcha?