Betterthenyou's Journal (original) (raw)

since the new fashion in this community is to make fun of the bands listed that are supposedly good(the ones that the mod likes), i felt i should throw my 2 cents in. here is the list of the music that is good:

aquabats
bob marley
bright eyes
built to spill
cky
coldplay
dead kennedys
fugazi
guttermouth
maiden
coltrane
lennon
zeppelin
minor threat
neutral milk hotel
pink floyd
queen
radiohead
reel big fish
saves the day
the beatles
the clash
the faint
the ramones
the sex pistols
the vandals
the velvet teen
the velvet underground
the who
weezer

thats 30 bands, out of 103 listed.

i'll list the bad ones by category

shitty hardcore: from autumn to ashes, poison the well, etc
shitty wannabe emo: taking back sunday, thursday, glassjaw, coheed, etc
shitty punk: nofx, millencolin, the casualties, etc
shitty metal: kittie, tool, etc
shitty pop: jimmy eat world, something corporate
just shitty: son of sam, placebo, the distillers

my recommendation: replace the bad music with 80s hardcore, like 7 seconds, and good punk music. for instance, fu manchu and black flag should be on there, and if we're gonna have fugazi we should add the rites of spring too. for emo, get the promise ring listed. in terms of jazz, coltrane is representing but not enough, add charles mingus as well. lo-fi indie pop should definitely be addressed, built to spill and neutral milk hotel are good but what about dressy bessy? Also there is a disturbing lack of 70s detroit rock and mod revival. The stooges, the mc-5, and the jam all need a place. no more of that nu-metal shit like kittie. put on sabbath and ac/dc, and we can talk. also K.I.S.S is not seen in the list, which i think raises questions about the sanity of the moderator. muse isn't on the list, which is forgiveable if you live in a cave, and britpop in general is not seen at all. where are pulp, oasis, and the stereophonics? BLUR? I think we should boycott this community, or forfeit our badges that say "better than you"(but with "then" used instead of "than").