Survey Monday, belated Mother's Day

CLEVELandMILIDH

@the-gipper said:
Who on earth doesn't like the Beach Boys? That's like saying you don't like summer.

Beach Boys are gay

roach

@the-gipper said:
5. Name your 10 favorite musical artists/bands.
Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Golden Earring, Deep Purple, Yes, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Alice Cooper

Yea, see here is the problem with a list of this nature. I know, I asked the question. The thing is, I gave my 10 and none of your 10 were on my 10, but just about anyone of the ones you mentioned could have been in my top 10. (In fact Alice Cooper should be, I just forgot about them.) (except Black Sabbath...never a big fan)

Alice Cooper, Grand Funk, War, Black Sabbath, Three Dog Night, Beatles, Eagles, Chicago, Aerosmith, (Guns N Roses or Prince or Deep Purple or Queen)

i like West Side Steve too.

The Gipper

nmills said:
Beach Boys are gay

Yea, right. The entire culture of the blonde bikini clad surf girl was conjured up by the Beach Boys who had more women available to them than you could imagine, and they're gay. Sure. Keep thinking Butch.

The Gipper

@roach said:
Alice Cooper, Grand Funk, War, Black Sabbath, Three Dog Night, Beatles, Eagles, Chicago, Aerosmith, (Guns N Roses or Prince or Deep Purple or Queen)
i like West Side Steve too.

West Side Steve? You talk about gay! That overfed, longhaired, sleeping gnome? That epitome of the old liberal hippie freak?

(ask him about the Beldick Motel...his favorite gay hangout! lol)

MudratDetector

the beach boys are far from terrible or gay, but there is much better surf guitar music from that era.

this is an incredible disc:

The Gipper

@mudratdetector said:
the beach boys are far from terrible or gay, but there is much better surf guitar music from that era.
this is an incredible disc:

Well, Dick Dale would probably be the king of surf guitar....but it was the Beach Boys vocals, not their guitar sound that were their trademark. But see this:

CLEVELandMILIDH

@the-gipper said:
Yea, right. The entire culture of the blonde bikini clad surf girl was conjured up by the Beach Boys who had more women available to them than you could imagine, and they're gay. Sure. Keep thinking Butch.

Not gay as in fag, gay as in happy. Haha no I just dont like there sound, a little before my time. You said who doesnt like the beach boys, well I dont but if I was older I might dig it...nah probably not

Icemann778

I have hopes that the third one will be much better than this one

The Gipper

nmills said:
Not gay as in fag, gay as in happy. Haha no I just dont like there sound, a little before my time. You said who doesnt like the beach boys, well I dont but if I was older I might dig it...nah probably not

WTF does age or being before your time have to do with it? Am I supposed to NOT like today's music just because I am older? I like plenty of today's music.

I mean, Mozart made his music in the 1700s. should we not still enjoy his stuff because it is "old"? Good music generally transcends time.

CLEVELandMILIDH

@the-gipper said:
WTF does age or being before your time have to do with it? Am I supposed to NOT like today's music just because I am older? I like plenty of today's music.
I mean, Mozart made his music in the 1700s. should we not still enjoy his stuff because it is "old"? Good music generally transcends time
.

Age has everything to do with it, music changes with every generation. I respect them for what they did, they have some catchy tunes its just not my style.

The Gipper

nmills said:
Age has everything to do with it, music changes with every generation. I respect them for what they did, they have some catchy tunes its just not my style.

You must be extremely young and naive to believe what you just said. An occasional new type genre comes along, like rap, that sounds a little different, but the basics of music have NOT changed from generation to generation. A good tune is a good tune whether it was made last year or 100 years ago. The only difference is that the new tune is....well, new. There isn't that much difference between what Miley Cyrus sings and what Leslie Gore sange. There have been some slight improvements in technology, but believe it or not, that has not always actually improved the songwriting.

I am not a musician, but I suspect that those who are will tell you that the structure/texture of most popular songs written

today is really no different than it was 50 or more years ago.

You want evidence? Look at one of the most popular music venues out there right now: American Idol. Let's see. That is a 2010 TV show with the largest ratings to a 2010 youth market. What were at least 3 of the themes of their recent shows?: Music by the Beatles/Lennon/McCartney, music by the Rolling Stones, and music by Frank Sinatra.

We just bought the Adam Lambert CD. His vocal stylings are very reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. Lamber has some good tunes, but Queen, I believe, wrote better songs than are on that album. But, in reality, you could have taken the songs Queen wrote 35 years ago and had Lambert sing them and they would have been just as good or better than what he put out. And you could have taken Mercury and have him sing Lambert's tunes and that would have been good too.

Again, though, as I said, I am no musician so I cannot speak to the technicalities involved but I am sure someone here can.

MudratDetector

i'm 25 and for the most part can't stand contemporary music. there are good bands out there but they rarely show up on mainstream radio.

CLEVELandMILIDH

Im also 25, naw music hasnt changed over time Im just young and dum

The Gipper

nmills said:
Im also 25, naw music hasnt changed over time Im just young and dum

You are right on both counts. The "Tool" song is nothing but warmed over Hendrix and Steppenwolf and Alice Cooper that they were putting out in the mid 60s. The stop action animation of that video is the same thing Gumby and Pokey were back in the 50s. Some of the technology is improved, but that is about it.

The Gipper

In fact, here you go for your comparison. This was 40 some years ago:

DieHardBrownsFan

I think all music today sucks. That's it. If you don't agree, I don't care. The best music was in the 60's and 70's. Some 80's music included. But, if you ask my mother who is 85, she will tell you the best music was in the 40's and 50's, some 60's.

NewEraDawg

I just ordered "Let it bleed " rolling stones . Tell you anything . It was only about $8

The Gipper

And yo, these guys with their "harmonies" are greatly influenced by the likes of The Beach Boys:

The Gipper

In fact, Tool seems like they may have done some ripping off of the likes of this, circa 1971:

Speedyd900rr

I remember working at Geauga Lake in the water section when I was 16 and all they played from open to close was the Beach Boys. After 8 non stop hours of that I was ready to go insane.