[uhler]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Yeah.. I mean, of the hundred plus people i've associated with, only about 3 dont' know who they are. I'm sure some random redneck guy has never heard them, but... I'd say a good 35% of the united states has at least HEARD OF the pixies..

yeah i live in an area full of rednecks. i'm sure where i'm moving to about 99.9999999999999 percent of people know of them.

[Cantankerous]

in brooklyn?

yeah everyone knows who the pixies are in, like, williamsburg.

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Yeah.. I mean, of the hundred plus people i've associated with, only about 3 dont' know who they are. I'm sure some random redneck guy has never heard them, but... I'd say a good 35% of the united states has at least HEARD OF the pixies..

have you ever left the town you grew up in?

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Yeah.. I mean, of the hundred plus people i've associated with, only about 3 dont' know who they are. I'm sure some random redneck guy has never heard them, but... I'd say a good 35% of the united states has at least HEARD OF the pixies..

you sound like such a music journalist.
but all the time.
pompous ass and stuff.

[atsonicpark]

Uh... yeah. I've left this town. A quarter of the year, I'm elsewhere.

If I sound like a music journalist, it's only because we're on a music message board and I'm actually USUALLY informed about shit and don't just ramble off on any one subject until I've actually sat and thought about it... I'm hardly a critic, because I couldn't give a fuck less what people listen to, but I definitely know what I'm talking about. Usually. Not sure what's wrong with that, unless it just intimidates people or something. It certainly doesn't bother most people.

Back to my original point: the Pixies have been namedropped by Nirvana and covered by Weezer.. not even counting anything else, right there that's MILLIONS of people who have heard of the Pixies if not heard them. Not to mention the MILLIONS of different people who have seen the closing credits of Fight Club.

To say "the pixies, they ain't well known I only know 3 people dat know 'em!" (paraphrased, of course) is just ridiculous. I'm simply pointing that out. But I'm sure he was being honest in his reply, so the discovery of a town where not a single person has even heard of the Pixies has blown my mind a bit. They're a pretty huge band!!!

[Cantankerous]

blah blah blah

really you do belong in a cubicle at rolling stone.

[atsonicpark]

I have never agreed with almost anything rolling stone has written, so what you said made absolutely no sense.

Once again, me knowing what the fuck I'm talking about is apparently a crime. "He's informed -- fuck him! What an asshole with all that knowledge and shit!" I don't think I'm better than anyone here, and I've uploaded tons of albums for people to enjoy and turned tons of people onto great bands. So, what's the big deal?

[Glice]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I have never agreed with almost anything rolling stone has written, so what you said made absolutely no sense.

She's not talking about the content of what you post, she's talking about your style. All rhetoric and hyperbole.

[Cantankerous]

ooooookay mr intellectual (not you glice but THANK YOU, you said what i meant to say in fewer words)

you could be at rolling stone or blender or spin or any other fucking magazine because all journos are the same and they all spout off the same 40 words in every review (albeit rearranged occasionally) and none of them have ever had an original idea in their lives. rehash rehash rehash.

[atsonicpark]

Yeah.. Glice, I knew what she meant; I edited the post to address what she actually meant... anywho, I don't think it's rheotoric and hyperbole, it's knowledge and information!

Anyway, I don't recall writing any 40 word reviews that are exactly like everyone else's reviews. And I can't really comment on any of those magazines you mentioned... though I highly doubt my taste reflects theirs at all. So, again, what the hell are you talking about? Is it a crime in the information age to actually be, y'know, informed? When everything you ever wanted to know is a click away? I wholeheartedly apologize for knowing what I'm talking about, I guess I'll post some more threads about chick's asses and how stoned I am real quick!!

There are people on here who are more knowledgable than I am on shit, and I listen to them when they have something to say. I don't act jealous of them and say "alright mr intelligence you're so intelligent FUCK YOU asshole!" just to get a non-argument started.

This board is a fucking joke sometimes.

[Glice]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Once again, me knowing what the fuck I'm talking about is apparently a crime. "He's informed -- fuck him! What an asshole with all that knowledge and shit!"

And the problem with this is that the majority of people simply don't care about music. The fact that you live somewhere where people are receptive to music, and as such have heard of the Pixies is probably a fact; it's also a fact that very few people, outside of the rock-curious, have heard of the Pixies. My Mum likes them because I played them to her; she's almost certainly the exception in her age-bracket, and there are a lot of over-50s in the world.

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Yeah.. I knew what she meant; I edited the post to address what she actually meant... anywho, I don't think it's rheotoric and hyperbole, it's knowledge and information!

i still don't give a shit.
knowledge? ethics? theories? principles? who influenced who? fuck it all. it's pointless.

if the music actually sounds GOOD on the other hand....

Truth be told, I find some stuff written on this board to be a pack of lies, occasionally, wether it's of a musical nature or not. It's not that important, though.

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

i still don't give a shit.
knowledge? ethics? theories? principles? who influenced who? fuck it all. it's pointless.

if the music actually sounds GOOD on the other hand....

You'd make a better point if you stopped swearing all the FUCKING time, though.

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

You'd make a better point if you stopped swearing all the FUCKING time, though.

i'm fucking sorry, but it's just how i fucking talk because i was fucking raised in a fucking environment where people fucking said FUCK all the fucking time.

[pbradley]

Neutral Milk Hotel, Jane's Addiction, The Cure.

Only three I can think of right now. Though I respect that these bands have contributed to Rock or whatever, I really can't stand listening to them.

Well well, fucking saying fuck all the fucking time might conceal the fucking fact that you're not fucking saying anything fucking interesting. Fuck?

Originally Posted by pbradley

Neutral Milk Hotel, Jane's Addiction, The Cure.

Only three I can think of right now. Though I respect that these bands have contributed to Rock or whatever, I really can't stand listening to them.

Fuck off.

[Cantankerous]

neutral milk hotel are so annoying.

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Well well, fucking say fuck all the fucking time might conceal the fucking fact that you're not fucking saying anything fucking interesting. Fuck?

i know i'm not FUCKING saying anything FUCKING interesting, i'm just trying to FUCKING make whatever FUCKING point i have to FUCKING make, and i don't FUCKING care so please FUCK off.

[atsonicpark]

Right, Glice, I am influenced by my surroundings and I can't really respond to things any other way since I haven't been everywhere in the world and individually interviewed every single person to find out if they know who the Pixies are. You make a good point...

However, even the non-rock-curious have seen Fight Club and have heard "Where is My Mind?" playing. To me, that means that, yes, TONS of people have heard the Pixies... I mean, not everyone knows A Flock of Seagulls, but we'd all agree that they were a pretty huge band, right? Everyone's heard "I Ran".

But as far as me in my home town, almost everyone I can think of actually owns or has downloaded Pixies CD's. I can't speak for the entire United States though... which I never intended to do. It just shocks me that there still exists towns where no one is into music at all, when my small NOTHING town seems to enjoy a wide variety of shit.