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On 6/28/2024 at 12:12 PM, HemiBeers said:

Aerosmith - insert any power ballad here. 

8 hours ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

They all sound like the same song. 

7 hours ago, laughedatbytime said:

I've never listened long enough to know.

Good, don't. Just....don't.

On 6/28/2024 at 12:12 PM, HemiBeers said:

Aerosmith - insert any power ballad here. 

They all sound like the same song. 

6 minutes ago, Jack Aubrey said:

I am very sorry that I posted the above jokes in the wrong thread, they will be moved very shortly.

This made me sad today.

Posts moved.

On 6/18/2024 at 6:46 PM, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

 

The only people who "like" autotune are the wannabe singers who need it to cover up the fact that they can't f**king sing.

57 minutes ago, BastillePark said:

If you're a bad singer and using it for that I agree but some people such as Cher used it to "enhance" a song. It's no different than using various pedals as a guitarist.

I agree, and I did make that point in subsequent posts in this thread.

38 minutes ago, Rushman14 said:

 

Wow, today is the 14 year anniversary of when I saw Rush get their star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. I thought I would bump this thread that I made documenting the experience. If you go back to page 1, you might get kick out of some of images I captured. Enjoy! 

 

 

Thanks for re-linking the photos, great to be able to see them again.

3 hours ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

That describes some of these songs IMO, as opposed to bad OR good songs that are overplayed. I think some people are straying from the topic.

25 minutes ago, Rick N. Backer said:

Roughly a quarter of these, decorum prevents me from singling them out, I couldn’t tell you the last time I heard them anywhere.

I almost listed a few examples but thought better of it. Though to be fair, even the Bon Jovi songs that have never once been played on the radio can be classified as overplayed.

8 minutes ago, Rick N. Backer said:

So this is basically, "Name some popular songs you don't like," is that it?  

That describes some of these songs IMO, as opposed to bad OR good songs that are overplayed. I think some people are straying from the topic.

8 hours ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

Perhaps we could just say 20 thru 104 are the complete works of Bon Jovi and be done with it.

4 hours ago, tangy said:

They gave Hair Metal a bad name...

 

 

...BAD NAME!

7 minutes ago, librarian said:

Then 20 and 21 are Dead or Alive and Blaze of Glory.

 

I'm trying to decide which one is worse...

Perhaps we could just say 20 thru 104 are the complete works of Bon Jovi and be done with it.

16 minutes ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

19) Living on a Prayer - Bon F***ing Jovi 

 

What is it with New Jersey bands and their blue collar struggles?

4 minutes ago, laughedatbytime said:

I know Bon Jovi's close friends with Belichick.  What are the odds that among them, Bill would be the one dating a 24 year old in 2024?

I'm usually not judgy about age gap relationships, but what the hell, girl? You ever see the Pats play? You know he's going to cheat!

19) Living on a Prayer - Bon F***ing Jovi 

What is it with New Jersey bands and their blue collar struggles?

11 minutes ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

That or

 

#13 Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen

4 minutes ago, laughedatbytime said:

Who the hell calls a fastball a speed ball anyway?

A New Jersey dude who was writing a song verse about baseball but made a Freudian slip about that glorious day's drug indulgence?

1 hour ago, librarian said:

#12 Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen

there are plenty of Bruce songs I'd rather hear (jungleland, rosalita, thunder road, spirits in the night, Tenth avenue, streets of philadelpia) , but all ever hear is this one.

 

That or

#13 Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen

1 hour ago, Derek19 said:

1. Derek and the Dominos - Layla

2. Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator

3. Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like A Lady)

4. Boston - More than A Feeling

5. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

6. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

7. Led Zeppelin - Black Dog

8. John Stafford Smith - the Star-Spangled Banner

9. Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker

10. Led Zeppelin - Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)

11. Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll

Number 8 is an inspired choice.

22 hours ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

They have a little bit of a point, but they're clearly bitter that the music scene that they were a big part of back in the day is now the butt of jokes. Riki Rachtmann -- a hair metal name to be sure -- said something very telling there: "Sometimes I feel like we are the only 2 that feel this way." Well, it's you guys, the members of those bands, and the teenage girls who went to those concerts and wore the same flammable hairdos and spandex and black lace as the guys in those bands --  and who now drive their minivans to soccer practice.

 

Some popular musical trends turn into enduring genres, like Rock and Roll and Hip Hop, while some like Doo Wop, Nu Metal and Grunge have an impact but burn out after a few years. Whether enduring or fleeting, they all get a name, and Hair Metal is pretty much right on the money as far as describing the look and the sound of that genre.

 

Somewhere, Kurt Cobain is saying, "You're welcome."

2 minutes ago, JohnRogers said:

Hey man, I was never a teenage girl. 

Surely you have photos. Polaroids? C'mon man, represent.

6 minutes ago, blackhawkrush said:

as I said before, I don't want Oilers to get the 6th Cup.

Same.

17 minutes ago, Rick N. Backer said:

Bret Michaels is a hairpiece metal performer.

So was David Lee Roth. Which raises the question: Would we have had hair metal if Van Halen hadn't turned the rock scene on it's head in the late '70s, with Eddie doing likewise with the guitar scene?

53 minutes ago, laughedatbytime said:

I think it's fascinating that Rachtmann actually mentioned his ownership of the Cat house in the sentence before bemoaning not being substantive.  Talk about undermining your own argument.

He also said, "Not one band EVER called themselves Hairmetal."  Well, when a new genre of music comes along, who names it? I'm guessing not the bands themselves. And once a name comes along and it sticks, how long before the bands identify with it?

Unfortunately for those bands Glam Metal didn't stick, but Hair Metal did -- and let's face it, it stuck for a reason -- and I don't blame any of those musicians for not proudly waving that banner. That name is as light and fluffy as the "metal" music they played -- and the hairdos they sported.

1 hour ago, laughedatbytime said:

Trunk:  Again with the “hair metal”.. let’s define an entire era of rock music by what people’s haircuts were like … ridiculous. But hope the doc is good 

 

Rachtmann:  Sometimes I feel like we are the only 2 that feel this way. I owned the Cathouse the epicenter of this scene & not one band EVER called them selves Hairmetal  Every doc I’ve seen makes us look like idiots with no substance at all

 

Do they have a point?

They have a little bit of a point, but they're clearly bitter that the music scene that they were a big part of back in the day is now the butt of jokes. Riki Rachtmann -- a hair metal name to be sure -- said something very telling there: "Sometimes I feel like we are the only 2 that feel this way." Well, it's you guys, the members of those bands, and the teenage girls who went to those concerts and wore the same flammable hairdos and spandex and black lace as the guys in those bands --  and who now drive their minivans to soccer practice.

Some popular musical trends turn into enduring genres, like Rock and Roll and Hip Hop, while some like Doo Wop, Nu Metal and Grunge have an impact but burn out after a few years. Whether enduring or fleeting, they all get a name, and Hair Metal is pretty much right on the money as far as describing the look and the sound of that genre.

Somewhere, Kurt Cobain is saying, "You're welcome."

Sutherland had one scene in JFK, but it might be the best scene in the movie. RIP.

47 minutes ago, goose said:

I'd say some of Edge's work could fall into a guitar version of autotune.  

That falls into the same category as what Cher did, I think. He would do pitch bending effects as opposed to trying to fix poorly bent notes. Tom Morelllo made a career out of that effect.

On 6/18/2024 at 6:46 PM, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

 

The only people who "like" autotune are the wannabe singers who need it to cover up the fact that they can't f**king sing.

37 minutes ago, goose said:

I find it weird when people who actually CAN sing use it.  Cher and Daddy Yankee come to mind.   I think Shakira did some as well. 

 

The sound is not my cup of tea, for sure.  

Autotune was a new thing when Cher used it, and she was going for the weird sound effect that autotune produced on its more extreme settings. Black Eyed Peas did it to death years later. More for the effect than to fix bad singing.

13 minutes ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

 

It's not about being set in your ways, or being a certain age. You don't need to be "old" to have appreciation for the craft and talent it takes to make good music, or to shame those who use autotune or Pro Tools or AI to cover up their lack of talent.

 

Music is art, and true art is made by humans with emotion and imagination -- and imperfection. I know that sounds preachy and corny but f*ck it, it's true. The aforementioned tools don't make art.

6 minutes ago, laughedatbytime said:

Good post.  You'd think that would be something that didn't require explanation, but here we are.

This is where technology has taken us, and that technology will continue to advance. I don't mind a talented singer using autoune to fix a few notes in a otherwise good performance, but so many modern singers rely on it for the whole song. Some people like Mith don't care about that, but I sure as hell do. The kind of music that I like to listen to (and like to play) can't be faked by a machine. Maybe the drums can be played by a computer program if it's set up right, but nothing beats listening to a human play an instrument in ways that I can't.

On 6/18/2024 at 4:48 PM, laughedatbytime said:

Liking that shit doesn't make you younger or hipper.  I guess I don't need to say that to someone who has a lord of the rings character as his avatar, though.

29 minutes ago, Mithrandir said:

No shit sherlock.  It's usually old people that don't like it because they are set in their old ways.  Just keep listening to the same 10 bands you always have.

It's not about being set in your ways, or being a certain age. You don't need to be "old" to have appreciation for the craft and talent it takes to make good music, or to shame those who use autotune or Pro Tools or AI to cover up their lack of talent.

Music is art, and true art is made by humans with emotion and imagination -- and imperfection. I know that sounds preachy and corny but f*ck it, it's true. The aforementioned tools don't make art.