I'm sorry, WHO got back together?

 

If you had told me a couple years back that Greenday was going to become more popular than ever, I'd have been fine with it. Now? Not so much. American Idiot was terrible and not deserving of such fame. I suppose that's why they got it.

Greenday are ok, but not that great IMO. I would never buy any of their CD's. Atleast they aren't as bad as Busted

No, Dookie was a totally incredible album. I really don't understand how they could have fallen so far.

 

Also, how can Green Day and Busted be compared? It's not like Busted actually tries to write music. They're not serious. Green Day does try to write good music, they just keep ****ing it up.

I usually hate Greenday's type of music because it has no real purpose, but Greenday seem to have some sort of meaning behind their music so they aren't as bad I thought they once were. I utterly despise music that has no real meaning or purpose. I still can't believe that I'm the only person I know that actually likes All Saints, let alone remember them.

 

Not only that, but half my friends haven't even heard of TLC! They're quick to buzz over crap like 50 Cent but don't stop to appreciate how rap is supposed to be done (R.I.P Lisa 'Left-eye' Lopes).

I'm sorry...you despise music with no meaning or purpose and yet you like manufactured girl groups from about ten years ago? Hmmm...

 

 

You're right though, Green Day are sh!t.

Not only that, but half my friends haven't even heard of TLC! They're quick to buzz over crap like 50 Cent but don't stop to appreciate how rap is supposed to be done (R.I.P Lisa 'Left-eye' Lopes).

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Christ! the idiocy of that statement is astounding.

Greenday seem to have some sort of meaning behind their music so they aren't as bad I thought they once were. I utterly despise music that has no real meaning or purpose.

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The irony is gleaming.

I h8 this thread.

I h8 this thread.

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Why did you bump it then? Secretly you love it.

I h8 this thread.

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Why did you bump it then? Secretly you love it.

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Well it WAS a secret.

 

Way to go.

Not only that, but half my friends haven't even heard of TLC! They're quick to buzz over crap like 50 Cent but don't stop to appreciate how rap is supposed to be done (R.I.P Lisa 'Left-eye' Lopes).

 

Wait, you screw around over Green Day, but you like rap? I mean, Green Day is pretty bad, but rap isn't even music.

 

Lyrics are not music. Especially if spoken, not sung.

That is a completely untrue statement. I don't like rap, but that doesn't change the fact that it is still considered music. It has rhythm, and sometimes even a little melody playing. Just because there is no singing, doesn't mean something isn't music.

There is no music, only noise.

I actually like Greenday...some of the newer stuff too.

 

 

What's different about their old stuff, which I've heard, and still listen to? It all sounds the same to me.

Wait a minute... is this guy saying that some people actually like TLC? Man! For years I blissfully hoped that the only reason they were on the charts was because of payola.

I might get beaten down with sticks here, but if you listen closely to some rap (I.E. not 'Gangsta' rap), you can actually hear some good-quality poetry being used, with hidden meanings and the lyrics being deeper than 'Gangsta' rap.

Listen to Illmatic by Nas, if you count that as gangsta rap.

 

How about Brother Ali?

 

Hmm.

wtf is gangster rap? as in for those that have use the term what do they understand by it?

I wouldn't class Brother Ali as gangsta rap at all really Baley, in fact some of the music I have heard from him has been quite good, as far as rap goes.

 

Surr, Gangsta rap in my and a few other people I know eyes is rap made by people kind of like Eminem, which is just rap about killing, stealing and shooting and general things you would see on GTA: SA. Generally it doesn't include much clever poetry, just the rappers grunting and complaining about how their stash has run dry to beats. That's the way i see it anyway.

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wtf is gangster rap? as in for those that have use the term what  do they understand by it?

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Bands like NWA, Public Enemy. Music/lyrics set in the the hood, the bad streets, subject matter that deals with drugs, drive bys, killing, whores, etc.

^Much better explanation than mine really.

I wouldn't class Brother Ali as gangsta rap at all really Baley, in fact some of the music I have heard from him has been quite good, as far as rap goes.

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Did you download those D

There is no music, only noise.

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Baley, you are inn grave danger of expunging your reputation as a spammer in favour of becoming a poet!

I wouldn't class Brother Ali as gangsta rap at all really Baley, in fact some of the music I have heard from him has been quite good, as far as rap goes.

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Did you download those D

I watched Shaznay Lewis in Bend It Like Beckham last night. She's OK as an actress (good enough for soaps, at least), yet I don't remember seeing her in anything else.

 

Singing Daleks: an idea whose time has come.

That is a completely untrue statement.  I don't like rap, but that doesn't change the fact that it is still considered music.  It has rhythm, and sometimes even a little melody playing.  Just because there is no singing, doesn't mean something isn't music.

 

Dude, you completely misinterpreted everything I said. I never said singing was neccesary. If it was, I wouldn't be a rabid Mogwai fan. I just said talking isn't music, and talking over a drum machine and a sample does not equel music, no matter how you try to spin my words. It's not music, it's a poetry presentation with aural ambience, nothing more, nothing less. I still don't understand how anyone ever came up with the idea of classifying it as a genre.

 

That people consider rap music doesn't change the fact that it isn't. I mean, there are still people out there who consider Hitler a good guy too. What people consider means diddley squat.

 

If it were music, then street gangs would be considered as girly as The West Side Story. Because that's the kind of context in which gangs who use music goes.

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