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Post by egypturnash »

Anthony-G wrote: post #287
egypturnash wrote: post #240

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Some do! Some don't. There is one English psychedelic outfit I like called "Ozric Tentacles". Every album is pretty much identical. And it turns out that I really like that album , so I have bought it ten times over the years, plus a couple of live albums. This happens in part because whenever the people behind Ozric Tentacles want to make something different from their trademark sound, they'll usually put it out und…

Despite having seen them live a few times, I only own one Ozric Tentacles as I figured there’s no need to buy any of the others. :) I always figured that the members got their musical satisfaction from their side projects. Thought I haven’t listened to them in years, I actually preferred Eat Static which was formed by two of the Ozrics. Similarly, another band I listened to at the time, System 7 was formed by members…

I envy your live experience, I've only heard them on albums!

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Post by codetrotter »

core-questions wrote: post #235
DrSiemer wrote: post #230

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Steve-O from Jackass was world famous and pretty much broke at the same time after their first season.

Famous for being stupid at scales most people can't even imagine isn't exactly a ticket for richness.

The Jackass gang were, in their own way, quite brilliant I think.

It’s been a long time since I last watched them, but there was something special about the show and the movie.

It wasn’t simply people doing dumb things to hurt themselves.

It was more like, experiments to see what kind of crazy stuff they could pull off without hurting themselves too bad. That’s how I see it anyway.

It was also an insight into skateboarder culture.

And they were quite a creative bunch of people, often coming up with new things to try.

And on top of that they were good entertainers too.

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Post by hluska »

strken wrote: post #366
dylan604 wrote: post #103

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Wow. You must be really young, or from a sheltered lifestyle. I remember skipping school to attend the first couple of shows, and then continued in college. Seems to my memory that the 'palooza festivals re-energized the whole music festival concept, as there were many more annual festivals that came through town after. I still have the t-shirts that I can't wear, but refuse to throw out.

If you can name a single Australian music festival that I've been to without googling, I'll pay $100 to a charity of your choice.

Tell me that you've been to the Byron Bay Bluesfest. That one is on my must attend list...

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Post by hluska »

schwartzworld wrote: post #300
JansjoFromIkea wrote: post #105

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What was the issue? Was it the length of the show, the aura of Billy Corgan (and his horrific aesthetics), renditions that somehow made the original versions worse? Guy was obviously talented but I don't think he's the best judge of his strengths. There's a couple of songs from Adore and Machina where the music videos manage to make the songs drastically worse for me.

You pretty much nailed it. This was on the Melon Collie tour.

I saw them play Mellon Collie too. Did they play their > 25 minute version of XYU? Christ, everyone but Billy Corgan was bored 15 minutes into that but it just kept going and going and going...

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Post by soylentcola »

mynameisash wrote: post #170
schwartzworld wrote: post #50

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I went to a smashing pumpkins show and was so turned off that I stopped being a fan. I have met several others with the same experience

The Pumpkins were my absolute favorite band in the heyday of 90s alt rock/grunge. I saw them once in St. Paul during their Adore tour, and it was amazing. But something about their music just didn't seem to age well with me - which very well may have been my tastes changing versus the band. I don't know. Machina didn't click, and I never really got into Zeitgeist or Oceania. I did buy Rotten Apples and enjoyed it imm…

I guess it's another example of "when you got into a band" as seen throughout this thread. Saw them at my first "big" concert at Lollapalooza 1994. 17 years old and it was the coolest crap I'd ever seen.

Gish is awesome and Siamese Dream will always hold a special place in my heart, but I always felt like Mellon Collie was the start of Corgan's long, slow descent into self-indulgence. If Siamese Dream was their Appetite for Destruction, Mellon Collie was Use Your Illusion (two parter at that!) I guess you could do worse, though since both are solid.

And I guess Lies would be analogous to that album with the Stevie Nicks cover.

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Post by nutshell89 »

efwfwef wrote: post #324

There used to be a real energy to French electronic music. Between Daft Punk, Justice, Something a la Mode, Madeon, David Guetta, C2C, Joris Delacroix, Birdy Nam Nam, etc. Now I feel like the scene is mostly American. Any modern French electronic artist?

Breakbot, Ed Banger Records roster in general.

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Post by maxmcd »

Benjammer wrote: post #136
cognaitiv wrote: post #18

Best Daft Punk show I ever saw was Lollapalooza with LCD Soundsystem opening on the nearby stage. LCD Soundsytem closed with “Daft Punk is Playing..” and Daft Punk emerged in a pyramid and absolutely melted our faces.

I went to a Phoenix show at Madison Square Garden last-minute with a friend in 2011. After Phoenix played a 3 song encore, the stage went dark and then a DJ booth lit up in the back, way above the stage, and Daft Punk walked out and they did an ~8 minute remix/mashup of Harder Better Faster and Phoenix's 1901. One of my favorite concert memories ever.

I was working at a startup on 7th ave and 30th st at the time. Big fan of Phoenix and Daft Punk. Found out the next day I was merely hundreds of feet away from that beautiful surprise.

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Post by swimfar »

pfarrell wrote: post #190
mabbo wrote: post #89

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I saw Don Schlitz[0] perform "The Gambler" at The Grand Ole Opry[1] last year (juuust before Covid). He said something like "Yeah, Kenny Rogers did well with this song, but I can still go to the grocery store without being recognized, and I still get paid when they play it" (or something to that effect). Funny guy, and a great singer too. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Schlitz [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…

This essay [0] from Tim Ferriss really crystalized for me a lot about why fame is a drag. During my college years, one of my dorm mate’s dads was a famous Hollywood producer. He once said to me, “You want everyone to know your name and no one to know your face.” Taking it a step further, we could quote Bill Murray: I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: ‘try being rich first.’ See if that does…

I like that Bill Murray quote. But here's a Jim Carrey semi-rebuttal (I read it as mostly talking about the rich part): “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.”

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Post by Judgmentality »

codetrotter wrote: post #382
core-questions wrote: post #235

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Famous for being stupid at scales most people can't even imagine isn't exactly a ticket for richness.

The Jackass gang were, in their own way, quite brilliant I think. It’s been a long time since I last watched them, but there was something special about the show and the movie. It wasn’t simply people doing dumb things to hurt themselves. It was more like, experiments to see what kind of crazy stuff they could pull off without hurting themselves too bad. That’s how I see it anyway. It was also an insight into skatebo…

I loved Jackass. I genuinely think it was a great show, and I think some of the cast were brilliant.

To say some of the cast members had issues though is an understatement.

Also to the GP - trying getting famous by being stupid. I'd say it's harder than getting famous by being smart. Instead of competing with a handful of geniuses you're competing with a world of morons.

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Post by suyula »

cauthon wrote: post #202
emptyparadise wrote: post #114

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I really wish there was a studio version of Alive 2007.

I've thought that myself before, but having listened to it so many times I think the audience cheers are as much as a part of the album now

All I would want out of a studio version is it panned to centre so that I could listen to it through headphones.
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