<![CDATA[The Black Keys]]>So I never really took the time to listen to The Black Keys, even though they are from the area and apparently a big favorite among the hipsters. Yesterday i sat down and clicked on nearly an entire album worth of songs. What a load of shit.

Am I alone in thinking these guys suck?

And if there are any country music fans out there have you heard of Florida Georgia Line? Somebody put a link on Facebook with a review of their new album and said it was the worst country record ever made. I went to amazon mp3 and previewed every song. It just sounded like the same generic prefabricated over-Autotuned crap with the same rhythm in 9 out of 11 songs.

Anyone heard of this bum?

WSS

]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/30629/the-black-keysRSS for NodeThu, 01 Oct 2026 04:15:45 GMTTue, 21 Oct 2014 12:26:26 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Sun, 07 Dec 2014 16:47:36 GMT]]>I think the Keys are uneven... Some of Auerbachs' stuff is just brilliant while other, often the next track, is just meh...

I have three CDs (Rubber Factory, Brothers and El Camino) and could easily whittle them to one very full disc. Mostly it'd be their stripped down, two-man efforts like...

But then I'm a known "homer". Be it a group from Akron or a QB from Lakewood, that's all it takes to win me over...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/457551https://brownsboard.com/post/457551Sun, 07 Dec 2014 16:47:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:15:39 GMT]]>I like Santa Claus. He was the first rock star.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/456148https://brownsboard.com/post/456148Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:15:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Tue, 02 Dec 2014 08:33:55 GMT]]>I like the earlier Aerosmith.. they were just more organic back in the day... Joe Perry sounded better too...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/456109https://brownsboard.com/post/456109Tue, 02 Dec 2014 08:33:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:34:40 GMT]]>I really like GnR and The Black Keys. I really really don't like Aerosmith.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/451800https://brownsboard.com/post/451800Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:34:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:48:27 GMT]]>

@westside-steve said:

For that mater Guns N Roses puke set up a lot worse than Aerosmith. In my opinion. As always.

WSS

The concert I saw GNR was WAY better then aerosmith

The music was tight and Axl was a 1000% better singer then tyler

but that was in 1988 when GNR started and aerosmith was washed up

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/449788https://brownsboard.com/post/449788Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:48:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:35:41 GMT]]>For that mater Guns N Roses puke set up a lot worse than Aerosmith. In my opinion. As always.

WSS

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/449781https://brownsboard.com/post/449781Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:35:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:29:35 GMT]]>I went to a concert in 1988? It was Aerosmith with Guns and Roses as the opening act.

We left 2 songs into Aerosmith's set

Steven Tyler can't sing live

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/449776https://brownsboard.com/post/449776Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:29:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:24:34 GMT]]>That's cool. They suck though. I hate Stephen Tyler

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/449662https://brownsboard.com/post/449662Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:24:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:46:39 GMT]]>I don't agree

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/449613https://brownsboard.com/post/449613Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:46:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:46:27 GMT]]>I especially hate early aerosmith

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/449592https://brownsboard.com/post/449592Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:46:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:38:24 GMT]]>I really like Aerosmith:

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/449590https://brownsboard.com/post/449590Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:38:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:29:18 GMT]]>Yeah I despise Aerosmith

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/449589https://brownsboard.com/post/449589Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:29:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:03:42 GMT]]>I think the Black Keys are OK. they are not great by any means. IMO

But then again, I think Aerosmith is the WORST band of all time, but a lot of people love them.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/449554https://brownsboard.com/post/449554Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:03:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:00:37 GMT]]>

@westside-steve said:

yes. No matter which one you refer to; Tommy Dorseys band, The Beatles the Cleveland Orchestra Easy Street...

WSS

Actually, I was referring to The Button Box Band.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/443060https://brownsboard.com/post/443060Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:00:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:51:49 GMT]]>

@the-gipper said:

But, of course, the best band of all....you know who....were also highly derivative.

yes. No matter which one you refer to; Tommy Dorseys band, The Beatles the Cleveland Orchestra Easy Street...

WSS

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/443056https://brownsboard.com/post/443056Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:51:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:55:21 GMT]]>

@westside-steve said:

Yer correct Gipper. I think it's a load of shit, can't stand to listen to it.

but...

If that music or Chuck Berry's music or any other music brings happiness to your soul then great. Don't know what you guys want me to say.

Derivative in the sense that he is credited with creating a new sound in rock music but swiped many of the signature licks from t-bone Walker.

And yes all music is derivative of something in some way or another. Nothing is created from a vacuum.

For that matter I'm not a big fan of Elvis Presley or Johnny Cash either.

WSS

But, of course, the best band of all....you know who....were also highly derivative.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/442661https://brownsboard.com/post/442661Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:55:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:27:07 GMT]]>Yer correct Gipper. I think it's a load of shit, can't stand to listen to it.

but...

If that music or Chuck Berry's music or any other music brings happiness to your soul then great. Don't know what you guys want me to say.

Derivative in the sense that he is credited with creating a new sound in rock music but swiped many of the signature licks from t-bone Walker.

And yes all music is derivative of something in some way or another. Nothing is created from a vacuum.

For that matter I'm not a big fan of Elvis Presley or Johnny Cash either.

WSS

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/442606https://brownsboard.com/post/442606Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:27:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:26:26 GMT]]>

@westside-steve said:

Kinda like Chuck Berry. I don't like him, I think most of his songs are rudimentary and derivative.

Some people think he's great.

WSS

I don't see how "rudimentary" is disparaging. Simple and pure may in fact be the best compliment one can make. And there is no music out there really that isn't derivative, fair to say?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/442590https://brownsboard.com/post/442590Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:26:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:24:21 GMT]]>

@westside-steve said:

Not exactly what I said. In music categorization vernacular garage or grunge means shitty or without polish ie sucks.

Blues means something else.

Perhaps you've heard my theory anyway and that is if a kid has the headphones on listening to Guns and Roses and the music is moving him it is no more or less valid than anything Beethoven ever did.

Make sense?

And to clarify gipper read the sentence just before the one where I said I think they suck.

WSS

You said "what a load of shit". How is that illuminative?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/442588https://brownsboard.com/post/442588Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:24:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:13:41 GMT]]>Kinda like Chuck Berry. I don't like him, I think most of his songs are rudimentary and derivative.

Some people think he's great.

WSS

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/442584https://brownsboard.com/post/442584Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:13:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:10:42 GMT]]>

@the-gipper said:

By saying they suck you mean "they don't fit my personal taste". I mean, its like tall women. They don't suit your personal taste. You like short women But that does not mean that tall women are not highly fuckable for the rest of us.

Not exactly what I said. In music categorization vernacular garage or grunge means shitty or without polish ie sucks.

Blues means something else.

Perhaps you've heard my theory anyway and that is if a kid has the headphones on listening to Guns and Roses and the music is moving him it is no more or less valid than anything Beethoven ever did.

Make sense?

And to clarify gipper read the sentence just before the one where I said I think they suck.

WSS

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/442583https://brownsboard.com/post/442583Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:10:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:51:34 GMT]]>I don't agree

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/442579https://brownsboard.com/post/442579Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:51:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:03:33 GMT]]>I'm with Steve...

They SUCK!

They suck so bad I'm expecting my Gators or Bucs to adopt one of their songs for a theme song any day now 🙁

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/442577https://brownsboard.com/post/442577Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:03:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Black Keys on Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:54:34 GMT]]>

@westside-steve said:

Oh well. Not to mention the fact that the term garage is a euphemism for shitty but I could care less they recorded in a warehouse.

(and blues based usually means three chords a lot of 7 notes)

And so what if they are two guys? I think we know what modern recording technique is capable of. Listen to Todd Rundgren. That's only one guy.

But personal taste is personal taste. I think they suck.

WSS

By saying they suck you mean "they don't fit my personal taste". I mean, its like tall women. They don't suit your personal taste. You like short women But that does not mean that tall women are not highly fuckable for the rest of us.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/442569https://brownsboard.com/post/442569Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:54:34 GMT