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<p>Just watched the first semi-final of Eurovision 2016.</p>
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<p>Fuck, Cliff Curtis has some range</p>
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<p>No commentary for me, just watching the raw stream on Youtube. I'm hoping the final screened on TV has the British commentary though</p>
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<p>Train?</p>
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<p>Get the fuck outta here, you sick bastard.</p>
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<p>Oh I loathe train, they are like a millennial version of Hootie and the blowfish or something. But he sounded a fair bit like Plant on what I heard on the radio which surprised me a bit.</p> -
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<p>Oh I loathe train, they are like a millennial version of Hootie and the blowfish or something. But he sounded a fair bit like Plant on what I heard on the radio which surprised me a bit.</p>
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<p>Train are absolutely horrific. Another band of the same ilk as them and Hootie and the Blowfish are the Counting Crows, just god awful fucken music from people who found Rage, GnR, Faith no More, Chillis, Nirvana and Stone Temple Pilots a bit aggressive and "rock" like.....the 90s in particular was full of pussy music like that....other names to throw in are the Goo Goo dolls, Hoobastank and of course Nickelback......</p>
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<p>This thread irks me, I love music probably more than sport to be honest but when people have lots of links on these threads it takes ages to load so hence I don't usually bother. Also people put things up that may or may not be good but there's such a huge chance they get ignored because of said issues.</p>
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<p>Train are absolutely horrific. Another band of the same ilk as them and Hootie and the Blowfish are the Counting Crows, just god awful fucken music from people who found Rage, GnR, Faith no More, Chillis, Nirvana and Stone Temple Pilots a bit aggressive and "rock" like.....the 90s in particular was full of pussy music like that....other names to throw in are the Goo Goo dolls, Hoobastank and of course Nickelback......</p>
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<p>This thread irks me, I love music probably more than sport to be honest but when people have lots of links on these threads it takes ages to load so hence I don't usually bother. Also people put things up that may or may not be good but there's such a huge chance they get ignored because of said issues.</p>
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<p>Does it need to be separated into genres or is that in the too hard basket ?</p>
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<p>Oh christ I've awakened the Kraken again. Not that I disagree about Counting crows and Hootie but I've always thought the Chillis and Rage were rubbish, I listened to Gnrs first two albums a couple of weeks ago and there a lot of filler on there . Hoobastank and Nickleback would 00s wouldn't they?</p>
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<p>Oh christ I've awakened the Kraken again. Not that I disagree about Counting crows and Hootie but I've always thought the Chillis and Rage were rubbish, I listened to Gnrs first two albums a couple of weeks ago and there a lot of filler on there . Hoobastank and Nickleback would 00s wouldn't they?</p>
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<p><strong>You strike me as a Puddle of Mudd fan , am I right?</strong></p>
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<p>You can fuck RIGHT OFF with that sort of talk jegster.</p>
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<p>From the 90's I never liked Tool and Smashing Pumpkins which I'm sure will attract a "hilarious" meme at my expense from M4L which TR will then "like" but oh well. He and I both love Faith no More......</p>
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<p>Appetite for Destruction was the best selling debut of all time so obviously had some merits, I still bust it out for a hoon every now and again, Mr Brownstone probably the most underappreciated track on there, awesome listening.</p> -
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Funny you should say that. In the mid 90s there was a Led Zep tribute album called "Encomium" that included a version of "hey, hey what can I do" by, yes, Hootie and the Blowfish. Dross.<br><br>
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<p>Train are absolutely horrific. Another band of the same ilk as them and Hootie and the Blowfish are the Counting Crows,</p>
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<p>That <em>Mr Jones</em> was a catchy radio tune. Did they ever make another song?</p>
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<p>Oh christ I've awakened the Kraken again. Not that I disagree about Counting crows and Hootie but I've always thought the Chillis and Rage were rubbish, I listened to Gnrs first two albums a couple of weeks ago and there a lot of filler on there </p>
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<p>Appetite for Destruction? Or are you referring to that <em>Use your Illusion</em> self indulgent crap?</p> -
<p>It'll probably come as no surprised to anybody that I regularly listen to the entire GnR original back catalogue and think with probably the exception of My World, all of it is completely fucking awesome.</p>
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<p>Lies is split between old-school rock with Axl's voice probably at it's peak, and some acoustic brilliance. Appetite is THE definitive rock album of it's era, and the UYI double album is purely about Slash for me.</p>
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Funny you should say that. In the mid 90s there was a Led Zep tribute album called "Encomium" that included a version of "hey, hey what can I do" by, yes, Hootie and the Blowfish. Dross.<br><br>
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<p>Oh christ I've awakened the Kraken again. Not that I disagree about Counting crows and Hootie but <strong><em>I've always thought the Chillis</em></strong> and Rage were rubbish, I listened to Gnrs first two albums a couple of weeks ago and there a lot of filler on there . Hoobastank and Nickleback would 00s wouldn't they?</p>
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<p>You strike me as a Puddle of Mudd fan , am I right?</p>
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<p>Chillis were the the ultimate "I have just got to Uni & want people to think I'm a bit out there and I brought my surfboard with me even tho' I can't surf!" fucking dross. God how many tools sat there in their dorm rooms listening to Under The Bridge with their door open, shirt off, moodily nursing a beer in the hope that hot chick would walk by & they could explain the art of the bass to her or the deep lyrics...</p>
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<p>Pretty sure every generation has "that" band, it just goes in rolling 3 or 4 year bursts as new douche bags get to University & do their BSoc/Sci, - Chillis, then Rage, then Offspring etc.... through to Evanescence.</p>
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<p>August & Everything After by Counting Crows is literally the ideal album to listen to right through if you have run the bath & got the razor blade but can't quite get in the mood to end it. Its a great album, but if you are in anything other a very upbeat mood it makes falling under the central line look a quick & relatively painless option.</p>
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Splendid rant there. I'm not going to disagree with you about the chillis but I never saw that part of their fan base first hand. I saw the younger ones with long shorts and mothers milk t shirts which I'm guessing grew up to be the twats you described . Rage were the same and I've never understood how smashing pumpkins became so big , Billy Corgans voice is awful and if I ever want to hear a whining , nasal stream of consciousness rant I simply pick up the phone and dial my ex wife .<br><br>
The singer from Counting Crows suffers from sort of crippling mental illness which stopped them from really making the most of the success of August and everything after. The way you described the album is bang on, if you were ever standing on the edge of a bridge and couldn't decide whether or not to step off a couple of minutes of round here would send you hurtling into space. -
<p>I appreciate a good rant even if I disagree with much of it. In my opinion they did three sensational albums in "Mothers Milk" Blood Sugar" ( I do despise Under the Bridge though ) and "One Hot Minute".......the naked jumping around shit got pretty tired early on but the funk/rock combo worked awesomely I thought. It was around 99 when they lost their way and released some absolute crap....that new single has promise though. Always thought if you combined Faith No Mores Mike Patton and the keyboardist with the Chillis sans Keidis you'd Frankenstein the PERFECT band of that era. John F is one hell of a guitarist.</p>
