GY!BE is the most boring post rock band in existance.

[sr800bkBassist]

prove me wrong. please.
i need a reason to listen to them but 10 minutes intros of "vrrrrrr......dunnn.....................shhh....... ..............hummmmm hummmmm" repeating the same melody with a guy talking before any form of building up just seems to me like rubbish.

am i hearing the wrong songs?

[Little Man being Erased]

Yeah I gave up on trying to get into them as well. Booooorrrring.

[Cygnus Inter Anates]

I think the opposite. To each their own.

Personally, I think Explosions in the Sky are the most boring that I've heard so far.

[Luxor]

Personally, I think Explosions in the Sky are the most boring that I've heard so far.
Wrong

[sr800bkBassist]

I think the opposite. To each their own.

Personally, I think Explosions in the Sky are the most boring that I've heard so far.
see that's what i don't get though.

EITS have huge climaxes (you can't deny that Yasmin The Light, A Poor Man's Memory, and The Only Moment We are Alone have HUGE climaxes), constant music, always a melody.

i turn on a GY!BE song, and i hear a guy talk. then i hear humming for 5 minutes. then a guitar plays two notes...... then two more..... then humming.... then 4 notes..... then i turn off the song because within 6 minutes (the song should have a melody by now) that was all that happened.

i can see how someone might not like EITS, but i can't see how you can see them as boring, but not godspeed.

[Permanent Solution]

guys we all know the most boring band regardless of genre is Sunn 0))) anyways

so who cares if post rock bands are boring :p

[Broken Arrow]

I remember walking through a snowstorm listening to Sleep and I was not bored. It was actually quite epic. Besides on those epic walks through extreme weather I don't listen to them often.

[Anxious]

I agree with threadstarter bob.

[sr800bkBassist]

bob?
:p

[Otherside]

GY!BE is the most boring post rock band in existance.

Nah I'm pretty sure Mogwai takes that honor

[Luxor]

I think Mogwai's a close second after Godspeed

[Matt OH!]

no mogwai songs are at least acceptable in length.

the novelty of a twenty minute pull and release buildup isn't worth it.

[Otherside]

Except Mogwai rarley has a song worth listening to at all.

[Matt OH!]

that's the difference mogwai rarely has a song worth listening to.

gy!be never does.

[Otherside]

No you're wrong.

[Matt OH!]

nope.

i can safely say i would never again listen to any of godspeeds 14 songs.
they are all worthless.

on the other hand i occaisionally listen to young team. mogwai still isn't great but in all seriousness if you need a double disc for an album with four songs there is something very wrong.

[Luxor]

This is a pointless arguement

[llama1600]

arguing over music in any way shape or form is pointless

i like pointless things

[Matt OH!]

seriously i could walk outside with a recorder, sit down and record, and then fifteen minutes later play like three chords on guitar and that would be a godspeed song

[pulseczar]

Godspeed rules, but maybe you'd like A Silver Mt. Zion.

[Zmev]

iawts

[Zappa]

Mogwai is the only post-rock band that isn't completely boring rubbish.

[JonM]

I disagree. Listen to Grails; they're very interesting.

[The_Passenger]

Mogwai is the only post-rock band that isn't completely boring rubbish.

Agreed. I don't get how people can listen to and like some of the stuff post-rock bands put out.

[sgrevs]

Mogwai is the only post-rock band that isn't completely boring rubbish.

Mogwai's problem is that their overall sound is somehow just too bland. I can't really explain it any better than that, it's just all the same and unvaried and boring. Godspeed is alright cause I don't have much of it, only a few songs. EITS are wicked, they're stuff that I have is great. Sigur Ros are my favourite definitely, and A Silver Mt. Zion are also very good. Mono are pretty good too. Do Make Say Think are good, but they don't build up to the massive cruscendo's like other post-rock bands, and it often sounds like they should cause it's just going nowhere. Good for spacing out to though.

[talk show host]

Most post-rock bands i've heard bore me to death to be honest. Godspeed is no exception.

[BassInstinct]

i find GYBE boring too. in parts, they are excellent, and they have some good ideas. thats probably why i bought most of their albums :D. however, i find them too repetitive and relying too much on the same old formula throughout their songs. it always starts off quiet, then you know thats its always going to progressively get louder, then quieter again. sometimes they repeat this within the same song. its almost like every song is essentially the same but a different 'skin'.
for the same genre, i think bands like mogwai do a better job of it (although they are far from perfect)........for the simple reason that they vary their style and don't rely on the same old tired formula.
i don't think any post-rock bands have got it just right, and they all have their flaws.

[br3ad_man]

I like Godspeed, though I agree they're pretty boring. I think Fly Pan Am are more boring though.

[fingers mccoy]

Is Nurse With Wound Post Rock?

[ATM]

Mono > EITS > Mogwai > GY!BE

[Anxious]

bob?
:p
I had a one in 10 chance of guessing your name.

[Scuba_Steve]

for me....

Mogwai>EITS>A Silver Mt. Zion> Sun 0))))> Sitting in a dark room with no noise at all > GY!BE

The only reason GY!BE is even on there is cause they're canadian... gotta represent the homeland and all.

[Electronic Wolf]

Mono is great.

[Interstate]

Try listening to it with headphones. That's what did it for me. If you already have, well then I'm out of suggestions. Godspeed's songs do take a while to build up though.

[Cygnus Inter Anates]

I have to be in a certain mood to listen to Godspeed. Otherwise, they get on my nerves.

[JonM]

Me too, but for the record, I really like most of their albums. I think their genius is in their narrative content, not so much the music but the point of the music. The spoken samples, track titles, album covers, and CD inserts lay it out, and the music just provides the atmosphere in a way that, given the whole package, is very appropriate and (usually) powerful. I think their works are very successful, they're just not a great rock band.

[Cygnus Inter Anates]

Basically what I was thinking but smarter.

[sr800bkBassist]

i can see how their spoken word intro things can be interesting. they're actually well thought-out, and kind of kept my interest until it went away.

[guitarded_chuck]

It's not music that you sit there and stare blankly at nothing and just listen to the music. It is what it is and it's great at times.

[sexymuffin]

gy!be pwns. EITS is overrated. Hangedup is the best though.

[Sam]

I agree with sr800bk. In addition to disliking their music, I really hate their name.

[Cygnus Inter Anates]

thilly gooth

[bmxrunner]

Mogwai>EITS>A Silver Mt. Zion> Sun 0))))> Sitting in a dark room with no noise at all > GY!BE

Pretty much truth.

[JonM]

i can see how their spoken word intro things can be interesting. they're actually well thought-out, and kind of kept my interest until it went away.Yeah dude. Listen to the interview on "Blaise Bailey Finnegan III" with the crazy poet dude who I assume gave the track its name. It's fascinating.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

Godspeed really isn't the most boring post-rock band.
Really.
Even if I thought they were really really really boring (which I don't), there are still heaps and heaps of post-rock bands that are much more boring.

GY!BE have much better climaxes than EITS. EITS are very overrated.

It isn't just some guy talking and then 2 notes. They actually have some really catchy songs, like Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls.

[Sam]

for me....

Mogwai>EITS>A Silver Mt. Zion> Sun 0))))> Sitting in a dark room with no noise at all > GY!BE

The only reason GY!BE is even on there is cause they're canadian... gotta represent the homeland and all.

Don't even mention SunnO))) in the company of those bands. Blasphemy.

[BringHomeTheBacon]

i love the monologue in the beginning of dead flag blues, and those straining string instruments played in the background that you guys probably think is boring really gives it an extra edge, i find.

**** that was a convoluted sentence
That guy's voice in Dead Flag Blues makes me laugh, he says some words like "suicide" weird.

I don't think Godspeed are great songwriters and their formula gets repetitive, but their music just has a really cool atmosphere to it. I'm not sure why I enjoy their music but I do.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

atmosphere is what makes GY!BE a lot better than EITS for me.

[Kayetan]

I definitly have to be in the right mood to enjoy GY!BE, but even when I'm not in the right mood, they don't seem too boring. Library Tapes is probably the most boring post-rock band I've heard.

I disagree. Listen to Grails; they're very interesting.Grails are pretty cool, but they're still way too predictable, imo.

[nutty_bar]

I was thinking of looking into them, but this thread made me second guess downloading an album. Ah, who am I kidding? Downloading is free anyways! I'll still look into them because I really like their name.

[SubtleDagger]

If you think Godspeed is the dullest post-rock band you probably listen to nowhere near enough post-rock to even be discussing it. Most people think just about all post-rock is boring, the forerunners like Godspeed and Explosions and Tortoise are considered the more exciting of the genre.

Also, Mogwai is probably one of my least favorite post-rock bands and it's pretty unfathomable that people are rating them above GY!BE.
Is Nurse With Wound Post Rock?
No, they're sort of jazz/early noise. A big mish-mash of experimental stuff. Good band though.

[Zorg]

Slint > et all.

[SubtleDagger]

Slint's not post-rock.

[Zorg]

Ok I grant you that. But they do have an influence on the genre.

[sr800bkBassist]

slint are just bad.

[SubtleDagger]

slint are just bad.
what no

[ATM]

Slint are just good.

[sr800bkBassist]

face it. Slint have as much depth to their songs as a mouse's vag.

[Zorg]

Spiderland is the only album that has made me tear up.

[Zorg]

face it. Slint have as much depth to their songs as a mouse's vag.

Bad troll, 6/10.

[sr800bkBassist]

it's just droning slow guitar for minutes at a time while some guy talks over it with as much emotion as one would have while watching their microwave work.

[SubtleDagger]

face it. Slint have as much depth to their songs as a mouse's vag.
Between calling GY!BE the most boring post-rock band and ragging on Slint (SLINT FFS), I may just have to e-murder you >:|

[ATM]

Tweez is worth hearing.

[Zmev]

No its not

[Anxious]

face it. Slint have as much depth to their songs as a mouse's vag.
Thats wrong on so many levels.

[sexymuffin]

guys slint blows.

I'm sorry, i don't know what your problem is.

[Otherside]

Also, Mogwai is probably one of my least favorite post-rock bands and it's pretty unfathomable that people are rating them above GY!BE.


And here I thought everyone had gone insane except me :chug:

[Zorg]

You guys just don't get Slint. Which is a shame.

[Otherside]

I bought Spiderland about a week ago, have yet to give a proper listening to, so I'll keep out of the Slint discussion

[sexymuffin]

You guys just don't get Slint. Which is a shame.

Yeah man, I have trouble "getting" terrible vocals on top of boring melodies with abysmal production quality. You got me there.

[sexymuffin]

a good one.

[ATM]

Listen to Spiderland while taking a walk through the woods.

[Zappa]

Don't mess with Slint.

[Cygnus Inter Anates]

Spiderland is good.

[Bukowski]

Spiderland blows my mind. I like Tweez as well, but Spiderland...it's anything but emotionless, man.

Godspeed suck, though.

[Luxor]

No its not
:smash:

[sexymuffin]

so are you guys done sucking slint's dick or what?

[Luxor]

Yeah, now It's your turn to suck mine.

[sexymuffin]

sorry i'm not really into that kind of stuff but if you nacho, he'll make out with you for twenty bucks.

[Well_Respected_Man]

I know people who like music. I know people who like different music.

[sexymuffin]

theyre probably wrong ^

[Well_Respected_Man]

Yeah. They should suck my Dick! Idiots!

[ATM]

Hey, you're different then I am!

/smashes face

[sexymuffin]

dude, racism is totally justified.

[br3ad_man]

Don't mess with Slint.

Totally. Slint are awesome.

Godspeed can be amazing when I feel like listening to them.

[Wanker]

1st post in a GY!BE thread in months.

People who accept only instant gratification in their music shouldn't be listening to post rock.. especially GY!BE.

Anyways GY!BE>>>Mogwai :)

[burton.and.gas]

I think post-rock bands nearly all interest me. The sane applies to shoegaze (bollox genre name). I do like my music to be exciting but its just something about post-rock that makes it set atmospheres for me. This i find exciting. And ffs do not insult Mogwai!

[SubtleDagger]

Mogwai is bland. They're the vanilla ice cream of post-rock.

Burton Wagner is clearly the most exciting post rocker. >_>

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

yeah, i can't see why people like mogwai so much.

[masada]

Young Team is a really good album. Everything else I've heard by them, not so much.

[ATM]

Young Team is pretty awesome. I hardly listen to post rock these days, though. It's not really summer music.

[asymm]

Mogwai is bland. They're the vanilla ice cream of post-rock.
I'd say that position is firmly held by Explosions in the Sky. At least we can all easily distinguish between the big name post-rockers, GY!BE, Mogwai, Tortoise - but Explosions simply take a few things (some more than others) from each of them resulting in a somewhat mediocre combination.

[masada]

Explosions in the Sky are basically the go-to band if you want really generic post-rock. I can't sit through a whole album of theirs without getting extremely bored (usually by the third song). grrr

oh and they suck at writing music too.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

explosions in the sky doesn't have enough atmosphere or emotion for me to like them that much.
they're a bit too..twinkly and not much else?

[Anxious]

Yeah man, I have trouble "getting" terrible vocals on top of boring melodies with abysmal production quality. You got me there.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/sdgdfhgfgjgh123123/forthis.jpg

[Pirate Satellite]

Close the door to your room. Turn off all the lights. Lie down with someone you really like. Put a Godspeed record and blow a smoke ring out the window.

That's what made me a believer, anyways. I think they're the cat's meow.

[masada]

A twenty minute meow at that.

[AA-12]

I love them.

[Kaden]

More than anything, I'm surprised that there are this many Explosions in the Sky haters. I thought their level of awesomeness was pretty much undisputed on the boards.

[Kayetan]

Well, I might as well say it now. I think Tortoise is awful.

[Otherside]

You obviously don't understand how un-indie it is to say you like a band that two other people do, ugh


-flips scarf over shoulder-

[Zappa]

Actually, Young Team is the same boring crap that all the other post-rock bands do. It's Happy Songs For Happy People that sets Mogwai ahead of the pack.

[masada]

I don't really like that album. Guess I like boring crap. :(

[Greg Ginn]

What does post-rock actually mean?

[masada]

It's insomnia's arch nemesis.

[sexymuffin]

yeah, i'd classify slint under more of the ****-rock catagory

[Greg Ginn]

Lies, Slint are brilliant.

[Dog]

wow i thought Slint were the one band everyone here could agree on.


what do you dislike about them so much sexymuffin?

[Zappa]

Yeah, they're one of Sexy's favorite bands.

[sexymuffin]

wtf are you going on about nacho?

I have nothing but pure hatred for that band. Quit telling people lies.

EDIT: And you lie as well, alex? My, what is becoming of the world?

[Dog]

oh that makes sense.


man sexy why can't you just be upfront about your positive feelings towards Slint.

[sexymuffin]

because they don't exsist and slint is a faggot band.

[ATM]

slintmuffin

[masada]

I was already planning on it.

[Dog]

sexy actually is thinking of the band Flint who are pretty faggy. he heard Slint once and was blown away he just couldn't remember their name. i'm glad we cleared this up.

[sexymuffin]

alright fine, be that way guys.

Nacho loves blink 182

arrestthisman masturbates to james blunt

and doginthesand gets off to guy on guy videos.

[ATM]

You're Beautiful.

[Rams]

What does post-rock actually mean?

It's an acronym with the words "pretenious" "overly" "self-indulgent" and "teenager" somewhere in there.

[JonM]

That James Blunt song makes me want to inhale sarin gas.

[Dog]

i get off to videos of arrestthisman getting off to james blunt thank you very much.


wait what did i just do.

[JonM]

That's a good question.

[Zappa]

I love that muffin didn't say anything bad about me. He has so much respect.

[sexymuffin]

^^Well i assumed everyone already knew you try to sexually assualt all girls that dare call themselves your "friend."

edit: lol mega burned myself

[Zappa]

^^Well i assumed everyone already knew you try to sexually assualt all girls that dare call themselves your "friend."

edit: lol mega burned myself

Yeah, you definitely messed up before that edit, fool.

[sexymuffin]

what?

[ATM]

i get off to videos of arrestthisman getting off to james blunt thank you very much.


wait what did i just do.

Now that is hot.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

haha you should seriously sell those tapes. :p
with names like Arrest My Cunt, James Blunt. or something.

[Zappa]

haha you should seriously sell those tapes. :p
with names like Arrest My Cunt, James Blunt. or something.

Whoa, that was way too far.

[sexymuffin]

ban hammer. do it.

[br3ad_man]

Actually, Young Team is the same boring crap that all the other post-rock bands do. It's Happy Songs For Happy People that sets Mogwai ahead of the pack.

we have a winner

[ATM]

haha you should seriously sell those tapes. :p
with names like Arrest My Cunt, James Blunt. or something.

:lol::lol:

[Traversing]

see that's what i don't get though.

EITS have huge climaxes (you can't deny that Yasmin The Light, A Poor Man's Memory, and The Only Moment We are Alone have HUGE climaxes), constant music, always a melody.

Sorry, I know I'm replying to something written on the first page, but I just now registered. :thumb:

NOTHING can touch the build up and climax of the first track on Lift Your Skinny Fists. Godspeed just has so many more dimensions than EITS...I wouldn't even put them in the same league. To listen to GY!BE, do not expect instant gradification. Instead, close your eyes and immerse yourself in the picture they paint. I have come to truely appreciate the entire dynamic of their music...the quiet parts compliment the loud, and vice versa.

EITS are like, here are a bunch of notes that sound beautiful together, whereas GY!BE are more like here is a story full of emotion that we would like to share with you.

[Bukowski]

Nah they blow.

[Drall]

Thanks for your opinion! :D :thumb:

[Scuba_Steve]

Instead, close your eyes and immerse yourself in the picture they paint.


I'm sorry but if I close my eyes when i listen to GY!BE I'll fall asleep.

[Traversing]

Well, I guess we should just agree to disagree.

[Sepstrup]

Post Rock is generally boring.

[Well_Respected_Man]

not unless you're listening to it in a sewer muddied with the death of a hundred suicides! Then it's great!

[Sepstrup]

It might be great, but it's still sort of boring. Call it epic if you prefer. The two are somewhat interchangable in this case.

[Schyma]

Traversing: Rep+ Where in Houston do you live?

I find these guys are really good when they're actually playing music but 8 minutes of non-music in one song? It's absurd! I have respect them but they really should try and cut down the length of time where there's no sound. What's 8 minutes of nothingness opposed to 1 minute? It'd sure make them a-lot more assessable.

[masada]

That's basically why "Providence" sucks.

[pixiesfanyo]

Mogwai is the kind of music I listen too when I trip out on LSD and need to calm down.

No wait, Mogwai sucks ***.

[Otherside]

No wait, Mogwai sucks ***.


Yes.

[World Burns To Death]

fags

[JonM]

Mogwai is the kind of music I listen too when I trip out on LSD and need to calm down.

No wait, Mogwai sucks ***. :lol:

[ATM]

Mogwai aren't that bad, cmon guys.

[Traversing]

Traversing: Rep+ Where in Houston do you live?

I live in the southeast part, also known as Clear Lake.

[Zebra]

I'm sorry but if I close my eyes when i listen to GY!BE I'll fall asleep.

Same here. Whenever I listen to Godspeed I have to concentrate really hard and focus. I don't really like it.