Ughh I can't stand it.

DriftingByTheStorm

hobbes wrote:

wow. thats just horribly shortsighted. there are hundreds of great bands out there right now.

and to the original poster. spend some time doing some listening..you'll find some great bands..there's more than just pearl jam out there...

black rebel motorcycle club (S/T and Howl)
nada surf (let go)
ted leo and the pharmacists (any album)
albert hammond jr. (yours to keep)
and you will know us by the trail of dead (source tags & code)
at the drive in (relationship of command)
the libertines (up the bracket and s/t)
the black keys
bloc party (silent alarm)
the strokes (all three albums)
the briefs (for your punk fix)
the bronx (both albums)
the catheters (static delusions & stone still days and howling..it grows and grows)
the cribs
death from above 1979
dirty pretty things
elliott smith
forward russia
franz ferdinand
french kicks
the joggers
the walkmen (everyone who pretended to like me is gone) <---amazing album
the futureheads (s/t)
interpol (all three albums)
the hives
hot hot heat (make up the breakdown)
alkaline trio
lcd soundsystem
liars (they threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top)
maximo park (a certain trigger)
muse
radiohead
the national
wolf parade
okkervil river
queens of the stone age
the white stripes
ryan adams
shout out louds

there. go download some shit.

thats why i put "at least in the mainstream" in parenthesis...

and FYI, i only like about 4 of the bands on that list ... most of those bands are WAY to "wussy" for me. Sorry. I'm not saying they are "bad", and you are more than welcome to enjoy it ... i'm just saying i like a little cock with my rock ... and most of those bands are influenced by the all-screwing vagina of a band that is Radiohead ...

so ...?
i'm well aware there is more than just PJ out there.
you don't have to treat me like some stuck-in-the-90s moron.

Vedd Hedd

SpinMeRoundRollMeOvr wrote:

What about this apparently "hardcore" kid playing guitar hero? I mean, it's a great game but seriously... if you are trying to be "hardcore", a plastic guitar and colored buttons isn't going to help you much.

This should have been your exact response.

Next time he says that, respond with the above statement. When he tries to retort, interrupt him with "NERD ALERT". From then on, anytime he tries to speak, just keep replying "NERD ALERT".

I mean, its not so much that he plays guitar hero, just the fact that he had to say, "I never play Even Flow on Guitar hero." .....as if to say, "Thats way too lame to play on guitar hero. I play the hardcore stuff on guitar hero."

brain of c

radiohead is a great band.

Vedd Hedd

JaneNY wrote:

This reminds me of a current trend that is annoying - people saying something 'sucks' because THEY don't happen to like it. Why can't they just say they don't like it? Pearl Jam does not suck simply because that person doesn't like them. There's bands I don't really connect with, but I respect their musical quality.

Many young'uns just like the flavor of the month. Atreyu, Killswitch Engage are hot bands right now with the young ones. But in ten years will he still be listening to them? I somehow don't think so.

Good points.

culot4

Jeremy's Spoken wrote:

Funny for a 18 year old, I could swear I grew up and lived through the grunge era lol.. I HATE music today..

An 18 year old saying this means a lot to me. It makes me appreciate the fact I got to go through my high school years during a true musical revolution that is still revered. It was cool for me because PJ was still one of the biggest bands on the planet during my formidable years. Every generation deserves a band like that, but not every generation gets one. There are some pretty good newer bands out there, but nothing PJ circa 1994 as far as I can see.

4Powers20

here is my list of recomendations

Gomez
Raconteurs
Phish
Umphrey's Mcgee
Toot's and the Maytals (BEST REGGAE EVER except for maybe Marley)
311
White Stripes

short and sweet

Jeremys Spoken

culot4 wrote:

An 18 year old saying this means a lot to me. It makes me appreciate the fact I got to go through my high school years during a true musical revolution that is still revered. It was cool for me because PJ was still one of the biggest bands on the planet during my formidable years. Every generation deserves a band like that, but not every generation gets one. There are some pretty good newer bands out there, but nothing PJ circa 1994 as far as I can see.

what's mine? fucking Linkin Park? Boy!

I was born in 1990.. just wish I was born in like 80.. lol

DriftingByTheStorm

brain of c wrote:

radiohead is a great band.

Yeah.
The Bends is in my Top 5-10 Albums

But, you gotta be able to back your career with more than just one great album.

DiRtyFranK38

dude thats NOTHING! I'm 16 in high school. i met this lady the other day who is friends with a family member. she just turned 40. we were all talking about music. i said pearl jam is my favorite band they're amazing. she says: "pearl jam is great! they sing pump it up, right?" i shit right there.

Diamond Marmalade

JaneNY wrote:

Many young'uns just like the flavor of the month. Atreyu, Killswitch Engage are hot bands right now with the young ones. But in ten years will he still be listening to them? I somehow don't think so.

I got a stickman tattoo on my 18th birthday (which was, uh... last May:o), and shortly afterward a friend of mine was thinking about getting a tattoo and went on a bit of a rant about how people get tattoos of stupid things they like now but will forget about in 6 months. So I said, well I got a Pearl Jam tattoo. He replied, "yeah, but Pearl Jam's timeless."

I definitely relate to the original poster, and I wish there were more PJ fans our age out there! I was with a friend of mine, who's 20, and I said something about Pearl Jam and he was like "Is that a band?":rolleyes: shameful...

Anon

pearl jam is the odd man out in my record collection

a hold-over from my youth...

the bands PJ has taken on tour the past few years are just horrid if you ask me.

Anon

hobbes wrote:

wow. thats just horribly shortsighted. there are hundreds of great bands out there right now.

and to the original poster. spend some time doing some listening..you'll find some great bands..there's more than just pearl jam out there...

black rebel motorcycle club (S/T and Howl)
nada surf (let go)
ted leo and the pharmacists (any album)
albert hammond jr. (yours to keep)
and you will know us by the trail of dead (source tags & code)
at the drive in (relationship of command)
the libertines (up the bracket and s/t)
the black keys
bloc party (silent alarm)
the strokes (all three albums)
the briefs (for your punk fix)
the bronx (both albums)
the catheters (static delusions & stone still days and howling..it grows and grows)
the cribs
death from above 1979
dirty pretty things
elliott smith
forward russia
franz ferdinand
french kicks
the joggers
the walkmen (everyone who pretended to like me is gone) <---amazing album
the futureheads (s/t)
interpol (all three albums)
the hives
hot hot heat (make up the breakdown)
alkaline trio
lcd soundsystem
liars (they threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top)
maximo park (a certain trigger)
muse
radiohead
the national
wolf parade
okkervil river
queens of the stone age
the white stripes
ryan adams
shout out louds

there. go download some shit.

everything on that list sounds like what I would imagine AIDS would sound like if it were a band.

edit to say - except alkaline trio

slightofjeff

I can't stand it
I know you planned it
I'm gonna set it straight
It's Watergate

Jeremys Spoken

slightofjeff wrote:

I can't stand it
I know you planned it
I'm gonna set it straight
It's Watergate

used to be a good song, now when I hear it I hear Rockband Drums sticks.. going..

Duh-Duh-duh duh

duh-duh-duh-duh

LONGRD

I just HATE the word "suck(s)" :mad: I don't know why but I usually tell the person to shut the fuck up if he/she doesn't have a reasonable answer to why they dislike a certain band.

I love music and all sorts of genres and if there's a band I'm not too familiar with I'll just say "I haven't heard much of their music."

I even stopped considering "One-Hit wonders" as that term because I discovered a shit load of those kind of bands that really really rocked. i.e. Faith No More and Soul Coughing.

ONCE DEVIDED

I just had the opposite experience the other day
A son of our friend (14 yrs) spoke to me the other day
" you like Pearl Jam dont you " he said And I replied you bet. He then said " Ive been playing my Guitar hero and they have this really cool song EVEN FLOW, its unreal, do they have any other good songs"
I just smiled and said mate Let me make you a few discs of live and studio stuff that will blow your head off.
A JAMMER IN PROGRESS

BustedDownThePretext

Jeremy's Spoken wrote:

Funny for a 18 year old, I could swear I grew up and lived through the grunge era lol.. I HATE music today..

i'm twice as old as you--god, it pains me to type that--but i was the same way when i was your age. i listened to late 60s-early 70s music--mostly the who and led zeppelin.

culot4

ONCE DEVIDED wrote:

I just had the opposite experience the other day
A son of our friend (14 yrs) spoke to me the other day
" you like Pearl Jam dont you " he said And I replied you bet. He then said " Ive been playing my Guitar hero and they have this really cool song EVEN FLOW, its unreal, do they have any other good songs"
I just smiled and said mate Let me make you a few discs of live and studio stuff that will blow your head off.
A JAMMER IN PROGRESS

Vs. to get the train moving, then No Code to send it flying down the track. Once he is that far send him on the bootleg trail to find the songs he already loves, and along the way he'll figure out the rest for himself.

repotsearch

hobbes wrote:

wow. thats just horribly shortsighted. there are hundreds of great bands out there right now.

and to the original poster. spend some time doing some listening..you'll find some great bands..there's more than just pearl jam out there...

black rebel motorcycle club (S/T and Howl)
nada surf (let go)
ted leo and the pharmacists (any album)
albert hammond jr. (yours to keep)
and you will know us by the trail of dead (source tags & code)
at the drive in (relationship of command)
the libertines (up the bracket and s/t)
the black keys
bloc party (silent alarm)
the strokes (all three albums)
the briefs (for your punk fix)
the bronx (both albums)
the catheters (static delusions & stone still days and howling..it grows and grows)
the cribs
death from above 1979
dirty pretty things
elliott smith
forward russia
franz ferdinand
french kicks
the joggers
the walkmen (everyone who pretended to like me is gone) <---amazing album
the futureheads (s/t)
interpol (all three albums)
the hives
hot hot heat (make up the breakdown)
alkaline trio
lcd soundsystem
liars (they threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top)
maximo park (a certain trigger)
muse
radiohead
the national
wolf parade
okkervil river
queens of the stone age
the white stripes
ryan adams
shout out louds

there. go download some shit.

...there's more...

Arcade Fire
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Mars Volta
Bright Eyes
The Dresdon Dolls

hrd2imgn

Fuck 'em