Thank You, SPARTA...

mouthfulofsoup
mouthfulofsoup Posts: 397
edited September 2007 in Other Music
For saving music. That is all. :D
"Oh, a flower you are to my land..."
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  • Blind Melon
    Blind Melon Posts: 911
    Uhhhhh? They single-handedly saved music... eh?
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • jamtemplechains
    jamtemplechains Posts: 117
    Blind Melon wrote:
    Uhhhhh? They single-handedly saved music... eh?
    yeah, they're pretty damn good and they're great live but...? i didn't realize sparta had done something particularly amazing to 'save music.'
    Do you see the way that tree bends?
    Does it inspire?
    Leaning out to catch the sun's rays...
    A lesson to be applied.

    Best night of my life. . .
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  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    They only had one good record. And it wasn't THAT good. :D
  • mouthfulofsoup
    mouthfulofsoup Posts: 397
    Yeah, they single-handedly saved music. They are the best thing since the 90's. I had no faith in "new" music till I found them...thanks PJ! With all this new "Blind Melon" bullshit going around, it just makes me happy I have a current band to appreciate what they have to give.

    & Brain of J.lo...you should be used to "not THAT good" by now. :D
    "Oh, a flower you are to my land..."
  • Lifted
    Lifted Posts: 1,836
    mouthfulofsoup wrote:
    Yeah, they single-handedly saved music. They are the best thing since the 90's. I had no faith in "new" music till I found them...thanks PJ! With all this new "Blind Melon" bullshit going around, it just makes me happy I have a current band to appreciate what they have to give.

    & Brain of J.lo...you should be used to "not THAT good" by now. :D

    you just need to listen to more new music. how sparta is the savior of music, i have no idea. i can name many of bands that came out since the 90's that are better than sparta (not that i have a problem with sparta).......i suppose it is all subjective however...............and speaking of blind melon, yeah i think they need to change their name, it's not blind melon without shannon hoon, i thought they were gonna change it to galaxie. guess not. blind melon was the shit.
  • jamtemplechains
    jamtemplechains Posts: 117
    sparta 'single handedly saving music' is a bit of an overstatement...i mean come on, there are a LOT of good bands out there right now; they just happen to get very little--if any--radio play, and you have to look for them a little. kings of leon are pretty great, silversun pickups, wolfmother,...yeah?..
    Do you see the way that tree bends?
    Does it inspire?
    Leaning out to catch the sun's rays...
    A lesson to be applied.

    Best night of my life. . .
    Noblesville, IN 06-22-03.

    myspace.com/justonemorebottle
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    mouthfulofsoup wrote:
    Yeah, they single-handedly saved music. They are the best thing since the 90's.
    this is a fundamentally false statement.

    firstly, Sparta are the less talented members of At The Drive-In who went on to form the less talented band, secondly they are fairly generic post-hardcore. there are a million bands doing similar things 10 times better. They are also fairly dull live.
    there are thousands of better bands that have done more to revolutionise music since the 90s.

    you are obviously entitled to your opinion but in this case it's just insane because it assumes that you know EVERY band and that Sparta are better and more important than all of them.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,594
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    this is a fundamentally false statement.

    firstly, Sparta are the less talented members of At The Drive-In who went on to form the less talented band, secondly they are fairly generic post-hardcore. there are a million bands doing similar things 10 times better. They are also fairly dull live.
    there are thousands of better bands that have done more to revolutionise music since the 90s.

    you are obviously entitled to your opinion but in this case it's just insane because it assumes that you know EVERY band and that Sparta are better and more important than all of them.

    While I don't think they're saving anything, Sparta is a damn fine band. I've really enjoyed the progress of their three records. I also used to think that The Mars Volta was clearly the better half, but I'm very concerned about their future direction after Amputechture. Seems as if they're just spinning their wheels.
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,633
    mouthfulofsoup wrote:
    Yeah, they single-handedly saved music. They are the best thing since the 90's. I had no faith in "new" music till I found them...thanks PJ! With all this new "Blind Melon" bullshit going around, it just makes me happy I have a current band to appreciate what they have to give.

    & Brain of J.lo...you should be used to "not THAT good" by now. :D

    You are single handedly making me revist SPARTA.
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • the unseen
    the unseen Posts: 372
    jamtemplechains wrote:
    yeah, they're pretty damn good and they're great live but...? i didn't realize sparta had done something particularly amazing to 'save music.'



    what does "save music" mean anyway?

    i dont think music needs saved,but instead,the fans need saved from a handful of corporations owning the dominant outlets to hear music.

    there is plenty of interesting,challenging stuff out there,one just has to be willing to seek it out.
  • mouthfulofsoup
    mouthfulofsoup Posts: 397
    Vedd Hedd wrote:
    You are single handedly making me revist SPARTA.

    You're welcome in advance. ;)
    "Oh, a flower you are to my land..."
  • mouthfulofsoup
    mouthfulofsoup Posts: 397
    Tiki Barber wrote:
    you just need to listen to more new music. how sparta is the savior of music, i have no idea. i can name many of bands that came out since the 90's that are better than sparta (not that i have a problem with sparta).......i suppose it is all subjective however...............and speaking of blind melon, yeah i think they need to change their name, it's not blind melon without shannon hoon, i thought they were gonna change it to galaxie. guess not. blind melon was the shit.


    Yeah, they're obviously not changing the name...I was hoping they'd come around on that. Oh well, all I can do is not listen & voice my opinion by not attending their shows...& watch helplessly as they soil the Melon name for those who weren't familiar with who they really were.
    "Oh, a flower you are to my land..."
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,633
    mouthfulofsoup wrote:
    Yeah, they're obviously not changing the name...I was hoping they'd come around on that. Oh well, all I can do is not listen & voice my opinion by not attending their shows...& watch helplessly as they soil the Melon name for those who weren't familiar with who they really were.


    Are they serioulsy doing this?
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • mouthfulofsoup
    mouthfulofsoup Posts: 397
    Vedd Hedd wrote:
    Are they serioulsy doing this?

    Oh yeah...They reformed with a fuckin wannabe singer & are calling themselves fucking BLIND MELON! & they will be performing old Melon songs as well as their new stuff. Anyone singing those songs but Shannon makes me so sad. :(
    "Oh, a flower you are to my land..."
  • mouthfulofsoup
    mouthfulofsoup Posts: 397
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  • morocka
    morocka Posts: 26
    About time someone showed some love for Sparta... One of the best of the new mellinia IMO.
    "Give me the ringer dude,chop,chop!"
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,633
    mouthfulofsoup wrote:
    Oh yeah...They reformed with a fuckin wannabe singer & are calling themselves fucking BLIND MELON! & they will be performing old Melon songs as well as their new stuff. Anyone singing those songs but Shannon makes me so sad. :(

    Thats crap.

    Can you imagine Pearl Jam doing that?

    Like Stone announcing, "Hi, this is Gerald, and he's our new singer."

    And then they play Alive or Betterman....


    WTF?|

    Ok, back to Sparta. Do you have a favorite album? Any song in particular I should revisit?
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • mouthfulofsoup
    mouthfulofsoup Posts: 397
    Vedd Hedd wrote:
    Thats crap.

    Can you imagine Pearl Jam doing that?

    Like Stone announcing, "Hi, this is Gerald, and he's our new singer."

    And then they play Alive or Betterman....


    WTF?|

    Ok, back to Sparta. Do you have a favorite album? Any song in particular I should revisit?

    Exactly. & Don't be fooled by their myspace, not all the fans are for it...they just don't keep up the comments that are against it. ;)

    Ok now, SPARTA!!! :) My fav. album is their 1st (Wiretap Scars.) You can put that one on & literally listen from start to finish, it's amazing all the way through. 'Porcelain' & 'Threes' are awesome albums as well...It's really hard to pick a fav. song, but a few standouts would be...

    Red Alibi
    Breaking the Broken
    Cut Your Ribbon
    Glasshouse Tarot
    While Oceana Sleeps
    Most Vicious Crime
    Air
    Untreatable Disease

    Ahhh...there's too many. :) Just listen to them all. :p
    "Oh, a flower you are to my land..."
  • mrwalkerb
    mrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    mouthfulofsoup wrote:
    Exactly. & Don't be fooled by their myspace, not all the fans are for it...they just don't keep up the comments that are against it. ;)

    Ok now, SPARTA!!! :) My fav. album is their 1st (Wiretap Scars.) You can put that one on & literally listen from start to finish, it's amazing all the way through. 'Porcelain' & 'Threes' are awesome albums as well...It's really hard to pick a fav. song, but a few standouts would be...

    Red Alibi
    Breaking the Broken
    Cut Your Ribbon
    Glasshouse Tarot
    While Oceana Sleeps
    Most Vicious Crime
    Air
    Untreatable Disease

    Ahhh...there's too many. :) Just listen to them all. :p

    I found thier records got progessivly worse, I mean Wiretap Scars is a really good record, and Porcelain was all kinds of alright but Threes bored me so much I don't know if I made it through a second listen. But I guess thier name is fun to yell "SPARTA!!!" so trhey get points for that
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  • mouthfulofsoup
    mouthfulofsoup Posts: 397
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    I found thier records got progessivly worse, I mean Wiretap Scars is a really good record, and Porcelain was all kinds of alright but Threes bored me so much I don't know if I made it through a second listen. But I guess thier name is fun to yell "SPARTA!!!" so trhey get points for that

    Give 'Threes' another listen. Even I'll admit I was really worried at first listen...it definitely takes some getting used to, but once you get used to it, it's a really great record with some killer tracks. :)
    "Oh, a flower you are to my land..."

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