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Post by gushingblood on Jan 10, 2009 13:11:39 GMT -5
if Nirvana had released "Polly" as the single instead of "Feels Like Teen Spirit", would grunge have exploded like it did? Feels Like Teen Spirit, is that a new one? there may be a time when one of our favorite bands finds that perfect convergence and they blow up overnight. we may not be able to see them up close and personal again. if they maintain their integrity and do what made us love them, how could we fault them for their success? we always have those years when they were "OUR" band and we knew what everyone else was missing. It is always sad when the band isn't ours anymore, and the public snaps them up. It just feels like you've lost something. I like it when my bands are appreciated, sell records, sell tours, but just don't completley explode into the public eye.
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Post by ct on Jan 10, 2009 13:27:15 GMT -5
It is always sad when the band isn't ours anymore, and the public snaps them up. It just feels like you've lost something. I like it when my bands are appreciated, sell records, sell tours, but just don't completley explode into the public eye. it is sad when the band isn't ours anymore. sometimes it feels like a slap in the face. not from the band but from the public. i really dread the day when some one comes up and says "have you heard this new band (THS or DBT....(feel free to insert any of your favorites))?". i will probably go to jail for choking them. ok....not really, but you get the point. stupid public......
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Post by stevedave on Jan 10, 2009 14:07:48 GMT -5
Who make up this 'Public' you're talking about? People who hear records, like them, then buy them? Those hardcore Red hot Chili Peppers fans must hate me...
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Post by ct on Jan 10, 2009 14:29:33 GMT -5
Who make up this 'Public' you're talking about? People who hear records, like them, then buy them? Those hardcore Red hot Chili Peppers fans must hate me... i think that the public or the mainstream represents people that only like something once it has be come popular. not the people that will seek out new music and actually form an opinion before someone has formed it for them. i think that the Chili Peppers are the perfect example of a band that exploded almost over night and a lot of fans felt like they lost their band. they had 4 albums and a fairly big fan base before they broke big. i don't think they sold out. i think the public just caught up to them. i remember hearing "Under the Bridge" on a top forty station for the first time.....i didn't know whether to be happy or cry, because i knew that there would never be another RHCP show at a 500 person club. i think that is what everyone is afraid of if THS gained mainstream acceptance.....we would never get to see them up close and personal again....
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Post by stevedave on Jan 10, 2009 14:39:57 GMT -5
Yeah but they do Stadium way better than they did 500. i was into them from Mofo onwards. And I say they've got better and better. Especially since they sobered up.
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Post by missalabamanobody on Jan 10, 2009 14:40:06 GMT -5
Yeah, I saw them in '87 at the tiniest club imaginable (Berkelely Square, for you Bay Area old-timers) and then next time I paid attention, my nieces (!) were going to see them at a stadium. But that's when I realized that I don't actually like them, so it was ok.
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Post by meoskop on Jan 12, 2009 0:43:52 GMT -5
I heart you so much for the RHCP review. i sincerely do.
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Post by dot info on Jan 12, 2009 6:07:55 GMT -5
"Feels Like Teen Spirit", SMELLS like Teen Spirit. Its the name of a deoderant. First RHCP track I heard was Californication, first album I bought was By the Way. Now I have them all. They have got better with every record they made. Except for One Hot Minute, which was one step back. If the original fans don't like their gradual change of style, screw the original fans. That's opinion. But this is fact: They've never sold out because they write music they love, not music designed to sell records.
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