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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| bejarano-korea wrote: |
The dream warriors were great and at least we have all heard of them.
You know if you put the headphones on half the crap rss listens to you would end up with a headache. |
Fixed your post, I liked that first album too, but they were essentially a one album wonder. I'd bet that the average Canuckistani twentysomething has never heard of them.
I have heard of most of the stuff RSS listens to. My taste runs in slightly different directions, but its not bad. |
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bejarano-korea
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:06 am Post subject: |
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Fixed your post, I liked that first album too, but they were essentially a one album wonder. I'd bet that the average Canuckistani twentysomething has never heard of them.
I have heard of most of the stuff RSS listens to. My taste runs in slightly different directions, but its not bad. |
And who gives an eff what the average 20 something Canuck thinks? Half of them don't know what time of day it is, never mind be trusted with a solid opinion on any genre of music.
I agree with the opinion that all music is based on different opinions I will never ask you to like the stuff I like, and thats all there is to it. Your opinion of the dream warriors (like my opinion of rss music) is only important to you - don't
get all arrogant and elevate your opinion into something thats worth a damn. |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| bejarano-korea wrote: |
And who gives an eff what the average 20 something Canuck thinks? Half of them don't know what time of day it is, never mind be trusted with a solid opinion on any genre of music.
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Holy sweeping generalization, batman! If we're playing that game, I give way more an eff what the average Canadian 20-something thinks than what the average American 20-something thinks.
| bejarano-korea wrote: |
I agree with the opinion that all music is based on different opinions I will never ask you to like the stuff I like, and thats all there is to it. Your opinion of the dream warriors (like my opinion of rss music) is only important to you - don't
get all arrogant and elevate your opinion into something thats worth a damn. |
Thats why I generally avoid music discussions. There is always some tool out there that hates all the music you like, and only listens to obscure indie bands that you've never heard of before and develops some kind of sinister superiority complex because you listen to X, X and X relatively mainstream bands and they listen to bands with names like "Frozen-Siberian-Traintracks-Crossing-the-Cold-Veins-of-My-Heart" from X city/region in Canada.
People like that irk me. Especially when I listen to their music and think that its crap. Of course they'd say that "you don't get it", but there isn't much to get with some guy screaming his lungs out and the guitarists randomly strumming.
Not to say that indie/alternative music sucks... just that scenesters, ex-scenesters and poseurs are the most despicable people one will ever meet. |
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genezorm
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
Location: Mokpo
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| any music they play at the hockey mountain tavern is the best. and anything that gets you pumped for playing hockey. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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So, you like hockey, eh Genezorm?
Aren't you Korean as well?
Kewl 
BIG LEAGUE
Tom Cochrane
Ac/DC, Whitesnake
KISS, Queen e.g.
This often used to help get the arena stoked up some when we'd hit the ice. |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| IncognitoHFX wrote: |
Thats why I generally avoid music discussions. There is always some tool out there that hates all the music you like, and only listens to obscure indie bands that you've never heard of before and develops some kind of sinister superiority complex because you listen to X, X and X relatively mainstream bands and they listen to bands with names like "Frozen-Siberian-Traintracks-Crossing-the-Cold-Veins-of-My-Heart" from X city/region in Canada.
People like that irk me. Especially when I listen to their music and think that its crap. Of course they'd say that "you don't get it", but there isn't much to get with some guy screaming his lungs out and the guitarists randomly strumming. |
Amazing post.
I frickin hate the arrogance of "music lovers" |
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Masta_Don
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Look at the Canadians coming out to defend the honor of their musical heritage even the OP was obviously a joke. Is that what happens when X% of music on the radio is required to be from artists of the same country? |
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rockstarsmooth
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Location: anyang, baybee!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Look at the Canadians coming out to defend the honor of their musical heritage even the OP was obviously a joke. Is that what happens when X% of music on the radio is required to be from artists of the same country? |
cancon rulez d00d!
rss 
 right now i'm listening to: le tigre - sixteen |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Masta_Don wrote: |
| Look at the Canadians coming out to defend the honor of their musical heritage even the OP was obviously a joke. |
Huh? Where was the slam that Canuck music needed defending against? And where are the defenses? All I've seen is people posting what they like and then arguing about it. The Canuckiness is rather unrelated.
And Stompin' Tom is good music. Only children disagree.
| bejarano-korea wrote: |
| Your opinion of the dream warriors (like my opinion of rss music) is only important to you - don't get all arrogant and elevate your opinion into something thats worth a damn. |
Nothing like fanboy ire. |
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Greekfreak
Joined: 25 May 2003
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Historically, there is a lot of good Canadian music, but much like down south, 90% of it is shyte.
Unsurpisingly, nobody mentioned Daniel Lanois or D.O.A. |
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Masta_Don
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| twg wrote: |
| Masta_Don wrote: |
| Look at the Canadians coming out to defend the honor of their musical heritage even the OP was obviously a joke. |
Huh? Where was the slam that Canuck music needed defending against? And where are the defenses? All I've seen is people posting what they like and then arguing about it. The Canuckiness is rather unrelated.
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The 'slam' was who posted it. After all the death metal and what not I somehow doubt our friend Wo was like, "Hey, check this out, this dude is cool" but perhaps. Or perhaps he's trying to create a diversion of the fact that he's a thief bumming everyone's high up in Suyu. Who knows.
And the defenses are the same as usual when talking to Canadians about music. They have difficulty seeing past the scope of their own. I'm not saying there aren't good Canadian artists, cuz there are plenty (Skinny Puppy comes to mind), but to say that bands like Our Lady Peace are good, or even tolerable, shows that Canadians have been pummeled into submission by their own government dictated radio stations. |
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rickvaughn
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
Location: near Honorary Seoul Drive, Chicago
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:46 am Post subject: |
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Can't believe nobody mentioned Bruce Co ckburn.
BTW, anyone remember a group from the mid-80's called Quickflight? they were pretty decent.
What about the Daniel Band? |
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bosintang
Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Location: In the pot with the rest of the mutts
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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This is stretching the point, but Canada should get some credit for the success of High School Musical songs lipped-synched by American teen idol Zac Efron - but actually sung by Canadian Drew Seeley.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Seeley
Although geared to kids, the songs are musically solid (winning Billboard magazine's award for "Best soundtrack") and this Disney production has served to make musicals popular among high-schoolers.
Here's a sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNIgd3oSXfA
Unfortunately, the girl lead (Vanessa Hudgens) stupidly emailed nude pics that she took of herself to an actor boyfriend who worked at Disney-rival Nikelodeon, and they got posted on the Internet - which brings us back to the Barenaked Ladies ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barenaked_Ladies |
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mack4289
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
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What! No one has metioned Nickleback?????  |
Because Nickelback is as much an embarrassment to Canada as Avril Lavigne is. All their songs sound exactly the same, and their sound is terrible.
They just flat out suck.
There are quite a few "famous" bands that haven't been mentioned on here from Canada because the majority of people posting seem to be more on the indie side of things. Which is good, because "famous" bands from Canada that you've actually heard of before, suck about as badly as their American counterparts do: Sum41, Avril Lavigne, Billy Talent, Nickelback, Simple Plan, The Tragically Hip, and Shania Twain. Maybe there is more, I don't know.
Anyway, has anyone mentioned Arcade Fire yet? They're good. |
The Hip get put in the same class as those guys? How? |
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