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Post by tucker on Oct 10, 2021 12:34:16 GMT
I don't think I ever mentioned this in 20 years of soapbox but 1998-2002 I played bass in a high-school band. We were called Supernova, like 600.000 other bands in Rome at that time. I got in because I liked Oasis and I knew one of the two guitarists. Strange, because we never did a single Oasis tune. We had a singer who was obsessed with Elton John and was he himself a renowned poof. Later he became an Elton John impersonator on TV. We did a lot of Queen covers, we did Europe's The Final Countdown and a few originals written by the keyboard player. One of our tunes was called Bad Weather. After gigs we would get compliments because that song sounded "like a real song!". Incidentally, the guy who got me in was sacked two days after I arrived when he told the band "I've written a blues that goes 'doo-dah-dah-doos'". "I don't think so", said the keyboard player, and I've never seen that guy again, not even at school. We played with this line-up (vox, guitar, bass, keyboards and drums) until late 2000, at which point the keyboard player and the singer left to make their Elton John duo, and we had to reinvent the band. We changed name, we got a girl as a singer and another guitarist (the previous was forced into leaving). By this time, we 4 members of the band didn't have one thing in common, musically. The guitarist was crazy about Dream Theater, the drummer thought Tico Torres was the bee's knees and I had just started listening to The Stone Roses! Our overall sound was really awful, we sounded like one of these nu-metal bands from the arse end middle of nowhere, like Missouri. We started gigging a lot though, and I was always afraid of inviting people to our shows because we sounded so bad. Musically we were very tight, but our choice of material was just shite. One time our singer's dad showed up at one of the gigs completely plastered and started singing along to our covers really loudly, it was possibly the lowest point in my puberty. We recorded two demo CDs, one of which the drummer gave to Noel Gallagher when Oasis played in Rome in 2002. I was really ashamed of it. A few months later I received a message telling me to practice You Give Love a Bad Name, to which I just replied "Fuck off". I left the band the following week. I still have one rehearsal tape at home and video footage from our first demo recording session  There is so much I love about this post. Had me in tears reading through last night. Bravo. HoF. 10/10. |
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Post by Belligerent Hype Man on Oct 11, 2021 10:34:58 GMT
In my opinion U2 are one of the best singles band in the history of music, well up to a point, anything released from 'Vertigo' onwards has been pretty poor, but pretty much everything released before that was fantastic.
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Post by titchjuicy on Oct 11, 2021 12:53:22 GMT
I will never stop loving Wham and the Pet Shop Boys. The PSB have already been covered, but mate, Wham are fucking glorious. I love you Kev. At age 10 they were the first 'band' I fell in love with. |
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wow, yall really made a thread about my music
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Post by hellowhirled008 on Oct 15, 2021 15:59:44 GMT
confession: I don't enjoy punk. I think it became a parody of itself too quickly for its political angles to be taken seriously (especially since "no" isn't really a political angle), but punk split off into better sub-genres that all flourished.
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Post by eddiemurphy on Oct 17, 2021 18:34:44 GMT
confession: I don't enjoy punk. I think it became a parody of itself too quickly for its political angles to be taken seriously (especially since "no" isn't really a political angle), but punk split off into better sub-genres that all flourished. feel similar about a lot of noise monger bands (sonic youth, mbv, ride). |
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wow, yall really made a thread about my music
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Post by hellowhirled008 on Oct 18, 2021 0:13:52 GMT
confession: I don't enjoy punk. I think it became a parody of itself too quickly for its political angles to be taken seriously (especially since "no" isn't really a political angle), but punk split off into better sub-genres that all flourished. feel similar about a lot of noise monger bands (sonic youth, mbv, ride). i have a mixed relationship with bands like that. some bands use noise really well but none of them are Sonic Youth |
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Post by #1 Karl Fan on Oct 18, 2021 12:48:49 GMT
I don't like Billie Eilish but I saw a picture of her boobs and I am liking those.
Thanks,
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Post by #1 Karl Fan on Oct 19, 2021 12:05:26 GMT
Growing up I use to hate traditional Irish music. It's all that gets played here on the weekends on the radio and I use to despise it. I had no idea about our culture here and the musical influences it brought on etc. In latter years I cannot get enough of it! When big acts come across to play I make sure to go see them live etc. I'm really sad I never got to see The Cheieftains live now as Paddy Moloney recently died  |
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Post by #1 Karl Fan on Oct 19, 2021 12:06:48 GMT
I also want to point out that I really don't like Jack White/The White Stripes/Racounters etc..
I'd only want to see Meg's cracking tits again tbh.
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Post by tucker on Oct 19, 2021 21:38:32 GMT
On all of the songs I've ever recorded (badly) I've never used a pick/plectrum. It's gotten to the point where I feel completely useless on guitar when using one and that is really something I should work on.
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Post by #1 Karl Fan on Oct 20, 2021 13:08:02 GMT
I have never listened to a Nirvana album. I might try some day soon but I just can't seem to muster up the will to turn one on.
I think my friend being a big fan always put me off growing up.
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Post by srk on Oct 20, 2021 19:02:31 GMT
I have never listened to a Nirvana album. I might try some day soon but I just can't seem to muster up the will to turn one on. I think my friend being a big fan always put me off growing up. Not enough breasts, I guess? |
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Post by #1 Karl Fan on Oct 21, 2021 12:00:09 GMT
I have never listened to a Nirvana album. I might try some day soon but I just can't seem to muster up the will to turn one on. I think my friend being a big fan always put me off growing up. Not enough breasts, I guess? You could be onto something. |
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Post by #1 Karl Fan on Oct 29, 2021 12:18:00 GMT
I see a new album by The War On Drugs has dropped - another band I find pretty dull but lots of people wanking over them.
SORRY. I just can't get into them.
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Post by mahoney on Oct 29, 2021 15:04:09 GMT
Lost in the Dream I thought was bloody brilliant. I played it again last year expecting not to like it anymore but it still stands up. They was phenomenal live around then too. The couple of records before that had their moments too. Though this new one & A Deeper Understanding can get fucked. Offensively dull.
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Post by eddiemurphy on Nov 1, 2021 19:00:31 GMT
watching a christina aguilera top 20 countdown on trace vault channel.
not having 'feel this moment' ranked ahead of 'what a girl wants'.
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Post by #1 Karl Fan on Nov 15, 2021 12:29:44 GMT
In a recent thread The Thrills came up and it put me down a very heavy nostalgic path. I was on YouTube having a look at Thrills video when the next one auto-played to a JET song.
I totally forgot about JET. I threw on the debut album and it brought me back to 2003 all over again (It's crazy to think that Get Born is 18 years old). This is another album I vividly remember going to the shops and purchasing. I would have been 19 years old and I am sure I was blasting 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' all the way home. As I listened through the album I couldn't get the production out of my head - I normally don't notice an albums production that much but I just had a strong hunch that Dave Sardy was behind it (I can smell that fucking stink anywhere). Of course upon checking he was producer on it.
Anyways, it's too bad the album is so shitty produced - I think it has a few good tunes on it but it doesn't have much reply value. I am heavily checking out my CD stack at home to see what other bands I forgot about in this period.
*Side note 1 - I never did listen to the second album and I had no idea that they had a 3rd album out some years ago. I had to see if they were still active and it seems that they had a Get Born tour back in 2018 - did anybody go lol?
Site Note 2 - If you get the chance I would recommend reading 'Meet Me In the Bathroom' by Lizzy Goodman. It has a great story regarding Oasis and Jet on tour and a stop in New York where the members of Jet go on a drug fueled binge and nobody can find them for days. A few good Liam stories in it as well.
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Post by #1 Karl Fan on Nov 15, 2021 12:33:08 GMT
In a recent thread The Thrills came up and it put me down a very heavy nostalgic path. I was on YouTube having a look at Thrills video when the next one auto-played to a JET song. I totally forgot about JET. I threw on the debut album and it brought me back to 2003 all over again (It's crazy to think that Get Born is 18 years old). This is another album I vividly remember going to the shops and purchasing. I would have been 19 years old and I am sure I was blasting 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' all the way home. As I listened through the album I couldn't get the production out of my head - I normally don't notice an albums production that much but I just had a strong hunch that Dave Sardy was behind it (I can smell that fucking stink anywhere). Of course upon checking he was producer on it. Anyways, it's too bad the album is so shitty produced - I think it has a few good tunes on it but it doesn't have much reply value. I am heavily checking out my CD stack at home to see what other bands I forgot about in this period. *Side note 1 - I never did listen to the second album and I had no idea that they had a 3rd album out some years ago. I had to see if they were still active and it seems that they had a Get Born tour back in 2018 - did anybody go lol? *Side Note 2 - If you get the chance I would recommend reading 'Meet Me In the Bathroom' by Lizzy Goodman. It has a great story regarding Oasis and Jet on tour and a stop in New York where the members of Jet go on a drug fueled binge and nobody can find them for days. A few good Liam stories in it as well. *Side Note 3 - Many years ago The Soapbox has a Christmas gift exchange. Themis ended up drawing my name and he sent me this www.amazon.ca/Family-Style-Jet/dp/B0002WYRAK -> I still have it in the wrapper and it looks like this was released in 2004. If you are wondering I ended up with Noels Princess and I sent her a U2 DVD - I hope she enjoyed it. |
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Post by #1 Karl Fan on Nov 15, 2021 12:33:53 GMT
I hit the edit button FFS - not quote button you dinks.
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Post by Belligerent Hype Man on Nov 16, 2021 10:10:18 GMT
I can't remember who I got a gift from in the secret Santa but I drew Themis and sent him a Linfield away shirt.
Around the same time I was posting heavily on the Sia forum, this was around the time she released 'Colour The Small One' so long long long before she became the global superstar she would later go on to become. She actively posted on there and I drew her in the Secret Santa, can't remember what I sent her, I think it was a scarf or something equally shitty. She sent me 2 polaroids that she used for the 'Breathe Me' video as seen below. I was still living at home at the time, my Mum found the photos and thought she was my girlfriend (I wished).
Talking of Jet, I remember going to see them with the older sister of one of my mates from school. I thought it was a date, she didn't and heartbreak quickly followed. She fucked off to live in Australia shortly after.
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