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Savage Clone 07.06.2006 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Daycare Nation
I said that the musicians display technical ability. Isn't that the same?



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Originally Posted by Daycare Nation
Obviously, they are good musicians--I just think they are not doing anything worthwhile.


Obviously not.
You are talking out of both sides of your mouth.

Daycare Nation 07.06.2006 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
Obviously not.
You are talking out of both sides of your mouth.


No, I'm not. Technical virtuosity is valid, but not necessarily worthwhile. A lot of people love displays of skill.

m^a(t)h 07.06.2006 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Daycare Nation
No, I'm not. Technical virtuosity is valid, but not necessarily worthwhile. A lot of people love displays of skill.


I agree, some people will use technical skill as an excuse for liking a band...

Savage Clone 07.06.2006 12:18 AM

OK, whatever.
I'm really not worked up about the fact that you don't like their music. Lots of people I know don't like their music. To see it as nothing more than a pissing-contest display of chops is to see it in its most one-dimensional sense. I saw your attitude as flip and dismissive, which I still do. However, I am now at the point where I realize there is no way to get you to see what I am trying to get you to see in their aesthetic. Lightning Bolt's audience is not comprised of people who listen to Steve Vai records; they have turned the whole notion of "virtuosity" on its ear. I cannot make you see this, so I'll stop here.

Feel free not to like them, and feel free to continue to be oblivious to their whole aesthetic.
Gorilla? What gorilla?

I cannot make you see the gorilla, and I tried as best I could.

Daycare Nation 07.06.2006 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
OK, whatever.
I'm really not worked up about the fact that you don't like their music. Lots of people I know don't like their music. To see it as nothing more than a pissing-contest display of chops is to see it in its most one-dimensional sense. I saw your attitude as flip and dismissive, which I still do. However, I am now at the point where I realize there is no way to get you to see what I am trying to get you to see in their aesthetic. Lightning Bolt's audience is not comprised of people who listen to Steve Vai records; they have turned the whole notion of "virtuosity" on its ear. I cannot make you see this, so I'll stop here.

Feel free not to like them, and feel free to continue to be oblivious to their whole aesthetic.
Gorilla? What gorilla?

I cannot make you see the gorilla, and I tried as best I could.


Haha. I'm not saying that they are loved by Vai fans. I get that they are using the Vai formula and "turning it on its head." That just doesn't work. It's still the same horrendous formula.

m^a(t)h 07.06.2006 12:22 AM

the student's understanding reflects the teacher's abilities to teach....

Savage Clone 07.06.2006 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by m^a(t)h
the student's understanding reflects the teacher's abilities to teach....


Zing!

I tried to rep you for the good zinger, but it has been too soon since I repped you last.

Daycare Nation 07.06.2006 12:25 AM

 

m^a(t)h 07.06.2006 12:26 AM

you repped me once before? thanks...

Savage Clone 07.06.2006 12:28 AM

No problem.
I guess ending on a friendly note is good too, because it's time for me to hit the hay.
It's been fun.

Daycare Nation 07.06.2006 12:30 AM

good night! may you hear a joe satriani lullaby

top 40 squeeze 07.06.2006 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Daycare Nation
Does algebra ever involve taking off your clothes?


No, but good sex requires objective listening skills.

Toilet & Bowels 07.06.2006 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by m^a(t)h
the student's understanding reflects the teacher's abilities to teach....



that's not applicable to an arguement where one person is deliberatly missing the other's point so as not to be proven wrong

PAULYBEE2656 07.06.2006 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Daycare Nation
Like how? In that they repeat the same phrases endlessly, or ruin any good chord progression by destroying it with senseless noise?


senseless noise??
how can noise be senseless...

anyway, its not your cup of tea so fair enuff

avoid merzbow or ruins then

PAULYBEE2656 07.06.2006 07:09 AM

they are fucking awesome live tho!

porkmarras 07.06.2006 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by PAULYBEE2656
they are fucking awesome live tho!

Wise,wise man.And they happen to be one the funniest and exciting bands i've ever experienced live.

porkmarras 07.06.2006 07:15 AM

It makes you wonder if they are gay.

lunberg 07.06.2006 07:27 AM

Lightening bolt = { Ø }
 
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Originally Posted by Daycare Nation
Like how? In that they repeat the same phrases endlessly, or ruin any good chord progression by destroying it with senseless noise?


I so agree with you Daycare Nation. I have one of their albums, Hypermagic mountain and these guys have no notion of dynamics : they always play loud
and there's no (de)crescendo in any of their pieces. Rythmically it's also kinda stiff, same tempo all the time, no climaxes at all. It's poor musically, in my mtfking opinion of course.

Toilet & Bowels 07.06.2006 07:37 AM

people who don't don't like lightning bolt would probably be at home at a polite dinner party sipping on a wine glass full of thom yorke's semen.
of course that would be if thom yorke had any balls to produce semen with.

porkmarras 07.06.2006 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
people who don't don't like lightning bolt would probably be at home at a polite dinner party sipping on a wine glass full of thom yorke's semen.
of course that would be if thom yorke had any balls to produce semen with.

I hear that he has an approximation of balls implanted underneath his microscopic penis.A girl who slept with him told me that they look like a chicken's testicles.


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