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Bands I like that are crap
26 Eyl 2008, 23:57
Another journal entry inspired me to look objectively at some of my favourite bands. As it turns out, some of them suck. These are them, in ascending order of how much they suck.
Blutengel
Okay. Blutengel actually produces some great, catchy music. The problem is, three-quarters of his song are basically the same thing. A lot of them even just use this one melancholic-sounding chord progression. It's a really good chord progression, and honestly I don't really get tired of it, but we're being objective here.
Stars of the Lid
This one is less about the quality of the music and more about the music itself. Come on. This stuff is like Kenny G distilled until it's 94% new age faggotry. Who the hell listens to this? What kind of people would you see at a concert? It's probably middle-aged women who do yoga and worry about antioxidants or some crap like that.
Combichrist
As far as EBM goes, Combichrist is the most repetitive music ever. Half of his songs could be thirty seconds long and you wouldn't lose anything. Also, so much of it is way to slow. Like, 110 BPM. Who wants to listen to EBM at 110 BPM?
Masonna
Masonna is my favourite noisician. But you know what? It's the shittiest noise ever. Honestly. Every single song is just various permutations of static and screaming. No texture, no dynamics, no variation. I genuinely have no idea why I prefer it over Sutcliffe Jugend - which is basically the same thing but with more texture - Government Alpha - which lacks vocals but has really harsh instruments - and Merzbow - which is fucking Merzbow.
Blutengel
Okay. Blutengel actually produces some great, catchy music. The problem is, three-quarters of his song are basically the same thing. A lot of them even just use this one melancholic-sounding chord progression. It's a really good chord progression, and honestly I don't really get tired of it, but we're being objective here.
Stars of the Lid
This one is less about the quality of the music and more about the music itself. Come on. This stuff is like Kenny G distilled until it's 94% new age faggotry. Who the hell listens to this? What kind of people would you see at a concert? It's probably middle-aged women who do yoga and worry about antioxidants or some crap like that.
Combichrist
As far as EBM goes, Combichrist is the most repetitive music ever. Half of his songs could be thirty seconds long and you wouldn't lose anything. Also, so much of it is way to slow. Like, 110 BPM. Who wants to listen to EBM at 110 BPM?
Masonna
Masonna is my favourite noisician. But you know what? It's the shittiest noise ever. Honestly. Every single song is just various permutations of static and screaming. No texture, no dynamics, no variation. I genuinely have no idea why I prefer it over Sutcliffe Jugend - which is basically the same thing but with more texture - Government Alpha - which lacks vocals but has really harsh instruments - and Merzbow - which is fucking Merzbow.
Yorumlar
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Dedalus şunu yazdı:
"harsh"
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stormchasar şunu yazdı:
eh?
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AxemRangers şunu yazdı:
"Sutcliffe Jugend - which is basically the same thing [as Masonna] but with more texture"
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AxemRangers şunu yazdı:
"This one is less about the quality of the music and more about the music itself."
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stormchasar şunu yazdı:
Good for you, AxemRangers! I did say those things! Here, have a cookie.
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Xan-Thalion şunu yazdı:
Errr, I personally cannot stand Combichrist. Its totaly crap to me. :( You should try Control Alt Deus - myspace.com/controlaltdeus As for Merzbow - he is good, but God damn boring. :S
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stormchasar şunu yazdı:
Contrl Alt Deus? The name alone is cool enough to warrant listening to it.
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AxemRangers şunu yazdı:
"Contrl Alt Deus? The name alone is cool enough to warrant listening to it."
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stormchasar şunu yazdı:
God you're annoying
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AxemRangers şunu yazdı:
CUM ON FEEL THA NOIZE
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Shru şunu yazdı:
Yeah totally combichrist is some of the weakest ebm I've ever heard, their beatz are totally lame when compared to the awesome beats produced by the likes of Das Ich.
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be_quiet_peter şunu yazdı:
I want to listen to EBM at 110 BPM.
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stormchasar şunu yazdı:
Well then you sir are an odd one.
Combichrist's beats actually are pretty lame, every single one is just
distorted kick - distorted snare - distorted kick - distorted snare distorted snare -
AxemRangers şunu yazdı:
ebm
no no no no no homo -
stormchasar şunu yazdı:
What's wrong with EBM?
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be_quiet_peter şunu yazdı:
http://www.last.fm/music/Nitzer+Ebb
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be_quiet_peter şunu yazdı:
p.s. Portion Control's Hardman must be around 110 or 115, and it's pretty great. Then of course, there's Meat Beat Manifesto's Psyche Out, which remains among my favourite EBM tracks ever.
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stormchasar şunu yazdı:
Hey, I like Nitzer Ebb. They've got I think 80 plays on my profile, which is for me about 20 more than I get out of the average CD.(I only own Belief.)
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AxemRangers şunu yazdı:
no! homo!
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stormchasar şunu yazdı:
People, people, we're getting off topic. Let's not remember the true reason we're here - to verbally abuse AxemRangers. AxemRangers, you're a dick.
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Shru şunu yazdı:
AxemRangers, you're funny sometimes, but most of the time you just go overboard.
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Shru şunu yazdı:
AxemRangers either never turns off his music so he can seem like a \m/ hardcore \m/ music fan, or his life is so incredibly sad that he just spends it on the computer. either way, I'm glad I'm not him.
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PMSingGremlin şunu yazdı:
Of course Sutcliffe Juegend is just Masonna with more texture and while we're at it why does Guilty Connector sound just like Merzbow? :7(
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PMSingGremlin şunu yazdı:
"This one is less about the quality of the music and more about the music itself." This is the most awkward sentence ever engineered.
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Shru şunu yazdı:
Merbow, GxCx, and all that jazz all sound the same when compared to Government Alpha.
