Silversun Pickups

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  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    boroff89 wrote:
    As I have told you many times, what bothers me about your posts is that they are typically uneducated, unclear, and insulting. The support you offer up for your statements, when you bother to offer up support at all, is severely lacking in logical thought. Your retorts are liking to involve "Go cry to your mother" or "quit whining" or "because it sucks." This is supposed to be a discussion board. In order to discuss things, posters need to have arguments that they can back up.

    In terms of the Silversun Pickups, why the fuck does it matter if the lead singer is a guy with a high voice (please note that there is a girl in the band who sings as well)? I've heard people think that Cedric Bixtell from Mars Volta is a woman. I've heard people think Robert Plant is a woman. When I taught and used Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" in my song lyrics as poetry unit, my students all thought she was a man. Humans are remarkably variable creatures, including in our vocal ranges. That this particular lead singer might be confused for a woman is not a basis for shitting on the band.


    Whether it was a girl singing or not doesnt take away from the fact that I dont like their music, no need to cry about it and make a couple long paragraphs that have no effect on my opinion
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  • ADogNamedPilate
    ADogNamedPilate Texas, USA Posts: 291
    I saw (the?) Silversun Pickups on Friday night and really enjoyed their performance; even bought a shirt (pic doesn't do it justice but you get an idea) and got them to sign it.

    I can understand why some are turned off by the vocals though.
    I wonder how popular they are.
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  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Whether it was a girl singing or not doesnt take away from the fact that I dont like their music, no need to cry about it and make a couple long paragraphs that have no effect on my opinion

    Hahaha. Thank you for illustrating my point so beautifully.

    And when the fuck did I say I was trying to change your opinion? I don't even like the Silversun Pickups all that much. I just take objection to your only stated reason for not liking them.

    As for long paragraphs, that's what intelligent people who are trying to make a point use. . .
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • Igottago
    Igottago Posts: 483
    facepollution wrote:
    Because it upsets you, and that makes me laugh! Plus the fact that Oasis are the epitome of mediocrity, yet you still like them enough to use their name as part of your username. The fact that you rate Oasis that highly means your opinions can't really count for much.

    Don't mean to step into your guys' little pissing match, but Oasis are way better than the pussy rock this band puts out. Oasis are pure class, music with guts, working class music for the common man. This smashing pumpkins wannabe crap is geeky nerdy whiney shite by people who thinks its cool to look transgendered. Wankers.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Igottago wrote:
    Don't mean to step into your guys' little pissing match, but Oasis are way better than the pussy rock this band puts out. Oasis are pure class, music with guts, working class music for the common man. This smashing pumpkins wannabe crap is for geeky nerdy whiney shite by people who thinks its cool to look transgendered. Wankers.

    have you seen the silversun pickups? they don't look emo at all. the dude bears a weird resemblance to kurt cobain if anyone.

    i like oasis better than silversun pickups though. i didn't know i wasn't allowed to like both?
  • Igottago
    Igottago Posts: 483
    soulsinging wrote:
    have you seen the silversun pickups? they don't look emo at all. the dude bears a weird resemblance to kurt cobain if anyone.

    i like oasis better than silversun pickups though. i didn't know i wasn't allowed to like both?

    I was alluding to one of their videos I found on youtube that seemed to feature some masculin looking girl and a feminine looking guy.

    I don't really have any hate for this band, don't particularly like them. Just wanted to stick up for Oasis. I think it was another poster who I quoted actually.
  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    Igottago wrote:
    Don't mean to step into your guys' little pissing match, but Oasis are way better than the pussy rock this band puts out. Oasis are pure class, music with guts, working class music for the common man. This smashing pumpkins wannabe crap is geeky nerdy whiney shite by people who thinks its cool to look transgendered. Wankers.

    You know, if you love Oasis, cool deal. But working class music for the common man???? Seriously? A couple of spoiled brats sniffing coke, bitching at each other, and throwing tantrums? That represents the working class? I guess we're a long way from Springsteen. . .
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • sadprofessor
    sadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    boroff89 wrote:
    You know, if you love Oasis, cool deal. But working class music for the common man???? Seriously? A couple of spoiled brats sniffing coke, bitching at each other, and throwing tantrums? That represents the working class? I guess we're a long way from Springsteen. . .

    He must have meant Pulp... cause Oasis, music for the common man? not even a little bit.
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  • tsopotelba
    tsopotelba Posts: 80
    The Pikul EP is really good. 'Kissing Families' was one of those songs I listened to nonstop a couple years ago.

    No need for vitriol - if you don't like them, you don't like them.
  • Igottago
    Igottago Posts: 483
    boroff89 wrote:
    You know, if you love Oasis, cool deal. But working class music for the common man???? Seriously? A couple of spoiled brats sniffing coke, bitching at each other, and throwing tantrums? That represents the working class? I guess we're a long way from Springsteen. . .

    If you have ever seen the life of the common person in the UK or Manchester in particular, then you know what i'm talking about. There is a reason so many people connect with Oasis. The best thing about them is rather than acting like pretentious geniuses, they just speak and act like they would if they were at the pub on any given night.
  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    Igottago wrote:
    If you have ever seen the life of the common person in the UK or Manchester in particular, then you know what i'm talking about. There is a reason so many people connect with Oasis. The best thing about them is rather than acting like pretentious geniuses, they just speak and act like they would if they were at the pub on any given night.

    If you say so. But I don't know what could be more pretentious than saying you're bigger than the Beatles. . .
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • Igottago
    Igottago Posts: 483
    boroff89 wrote:
    If you say so. But I don't know what could be more pretentious than saying you're bigger than the Beatles. . .

    They were absolutely huge in the UK (and around the world) in the 90's. Like I said, they are drunken cocky bastards who weren't afraid to be. They said shit like that to get a reaction. And they did.

    Anyways, this thread isn't a debate on Oasis. I'll let everyone get back to talking about this sunshine slut band or whatever it is.
  • depopulationINC
    depopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    Igottago wrote:
    Don't mean to step into your guys' little pissing match, but Oasis are way better than the pussy rock this band puts out. Oasis are pure class, music with guts, working class music for the common man. This smashing pumpkins wannabe crap is geeky nerdy whiney shite by people who thinks its cool to look transgendered. Wankers.

    I've honestly never heard somebody say that Liam Gallagher/Oasis had class before. He trashes everyone...very publicly, and has one of the worst god complexes in music.

    I think SSP have some great tunes, as do Oasis...do not care at all for their last album, but some of the earlier stuff was great. I do not think that they have had a superb album, but there best-of hits in a year or 2 will be amazing

    I do see some resemblance between SSP and Smashing Pumpkins though. Not really lyrically, but a tiny bit in some riffs and definitely in the singing. Is that bad. Smashing Pumpkins had that going on, and were a very influential band in the 90's (that can not be argued).

    So in closing...if he sounds like a girl, then so did/does Billy Corgan. I am one of many who liked the Pumpkins, and I enjoy SSP. Their next release will help me make a decision on them.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    depopulationINC wrote:
    I think SSP have some great tunes, as do Oasis...do not care at all for their last album, but some of the earlier stuff was great. I do not think that they have had a superb album, but there best-of hits in a year or 2 will be amazing.

    uh, they already released one dude... called stop the clocks. it's got a pretty dynamite playlist, despite missing some huge songs. and if definitely maybe and what's the story don't qualify as superb albums, i don't know what does.

    as to their beatles comments, if you can't see the nonsense swagger in that crap, i don't know what's wrong with you. it's probly why the OP does what he does round here. he gets his jollies pissing people off. it's more idol-worship than being a real hardcase i think.
  • western pearl
    western pearl Posts: 632
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    no need to cry about it

    pjoasis' example of a great comeback :rolleyes:
    "Everyone is a patriot in some form or another.... i prefer the intelligent ones."

    "She fell funny"

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  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    western pearl wrote:
    pjoasis' example of a great comeback :rolleyes:

    It was directed at the emo boy Boroff so it works quite well.
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    It doesnt hurt me, your loss.........many agree that they made a couple of the best albums of the 90's

    Yeah the same kind of people that buy like 3 cds a year.....they made two vaguely decent records, nothing ground breaking by any means, but enough to appeal to the masses.
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Igottago wrote:
    Don't mean to step into your guys' little pissing match, but Oasis are way better than the pussy rock this band puts out. Oasis are pure class, music with guts, working class music for the common man. This smashing pumpkins wannabe crap is geeky nerdy whiney shite by people who thinks its cool to look transgendered. Wankers.

    Music with guts?! Are we really talking about the same band here? Liam is a shit singer and a petulant little prick riding on his brother's coat tails, the lyrics are average at best and the melodies heavily borrowed.

    Ps. if you are going to compare silversun pickups to anyone, they sound far more like Placebo.

    Pps. I don't think any of them look 'transgendered': http://www.spinner.com/media/2006/09/silversun-pickups400.jpg
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Igottago wrote:
    If you have ever seen the life of the common person in the UK or Manchester in particular, then you know what i'm talking about. There is a reason so many people connect with Oasis. The best thing about them is rather than acting like pretentious geniuses, they just speak and act like they would if they were at the pub on any given night.

    OK, enough, I'm British, have lived here all my life, and have visited Manchester. They do not represent the average person at all. Seriously if you saw the kind of typical fan they have over here you would be less than inpressed. Invariably they are absolute cunts, and I don't use that word lightly. Google or youtube the word 'chav' and you're in the right area.
  • Igottago
    Igottago Posts: 483
    facepollution wrote:
    OK, enough, I'm British, have lived here all my life, and have visited Manchester. They do not represent the average person at all. Seriously if you saw the kind of typical fan they have over here you would be less than inpressed. Invariably they are absolute cunts, and I don't use that word lightly. Google or youtube the word 'chav' and you're in the right area.

    You could say the same for fans of gangsta rap. Because some of the fans are less than impressive, doesn't make the music any worse. All I'm saying is there was a reason that a lot of people like Oasis, and to say their music is garbage is garbage. Oasis will never do what Radiohead has done. But when I feel a bit down and feel like I need an injection of "cool" or I wanna go out and booze it up, Oasis is the perfect soundtrack.

    Most of what the Gallaghers do is for show anyways. They play things up to the media and people eat it up. I mean it works...this thread was supposed to be about some other band and for some reason Oasis has taken over. Now thats what you call impact.

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