Comments on: A Band’s First Album http://mcgod.co.uk/2009/06/26/a-bands-first-album/ Mark's Blogish Type Website Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Mark http://mcgod.co.uk/2009/06/26/a-bands-first-album/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Mark Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:21:23 +0000 http://mcgod.co.uk/?p=75#comment-32 IMO IMO

]]> By: Dan The Man http://mcgod.co.uk/2009/06/26/a-bands-first-album/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Dan The Man Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:10:33 +0000 http://mcgod.co.uk/?p=75#comment-30 U2, fair play if you say "I don't like it" but to dismiss it as "shit" undermines any musical opinion you express. One of the most influential bands EVER. Fact. From the guitarist (Edge) through to the lead singer (Bono) they have pushed the boundaries; * politically - who else helps broker the Northern Ireland peace deal and increase the USA aid donations to Africa? * Stage sets - they recognised the need to entertain audiences beyond simply coming on stage on playing instruments. Most of the stage sets nowadays owe themselves to U2 pushing the stage set boundaries back in the 1980's. Think Zooropa and Pop mart in the 90's * Religion - name another band who express religion so freely in their music? * Ability to bounce back from a disaster - not many bands come back from something as bad Pop/Original Soundtracks. * And most importantly Musically - there's not many bands who make so many varied songs and have such a varied back catalogue. Dance, pop, rock, blues, gospel..... I could go on. Yes I'm a superfan and its obvious. I don't listen to music by artists like Korn or Slipknot. Does that mean they shit? No. It's just they ain't my cup of tea........ U2, fair play if you say “I don’t like it” but to dismiss it as “shit” undermines any musical opinion you express. One of the most influential bands EVER. Fact. From the guitarist (Edge) through to the lead singer (Bono) they have pushed the boundaries;
* politically – who else helps broker the Northern Ireland peace deal and increase the USA aid donations to Africa?
* Stage sets – they recognised the need to entertain audiences beyond simply coming on stage on playing instruments. Most of the stage sets nowadays owe themselves to U2 pushing the stage set boundaries back in the 1980′s. Think Zooropa and Pop mart in the 90′s
* Religion – name another band who express religion so freely in their music?
* Ability to bounce back from a disaster – not many bands come back from something as bad Pop/Original Soundtracks.
* And most importantly Musically – there’s not many bands who make so many varied songs and have such a varied back catalogue. Dance, pop, rock, blues, gospel…..

I could go on. Yes I’m a superfan and its obvious. I don’t listen to music by artists like Korn or Slipknot. Does that mean they shit? No. It’s just they ain’t my cup of tea……..

]]> By: Mark http://mcgod.co.uk/2009/06/26/a-bands-first-album/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Mark Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:49:16 +0000 http://mcgod.co.uk/?p=75#comment-29 Daniel corrects me on Green Day's first album being Kerplunk. Green day should be Red. Daniel corrects me on Green Day’s first album being Kerplunk.

Green day should be Red.

]]> By: warmonkey http://mcgod.co.uk/2009/06/26/a-bands-first-album/comment-page-1/#comment-24 warmonkey Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:17:02 +0000 http://mcgod.co.uk/?p=75#comment-24 <q cite="YER MAW">Megadeth: well it’s NOT Killing is my Busniess, I can’t descide between the rest </q> Rust. Megadeth: well it’s NOT Killing is my Busniess, I can’t descide between the rest

Rust.

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