[QUOTE=Illmatic]I feel like I've made a difference in this world :)

Also, what does your sister listen to?

[/quote]

Indeed. Favourite song right now... One Love.

My sister is very very mainstream, if that helps. Tyrese, Mario, Guerilla Black, etc. I'm not really impressed by those artists.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]
I think that it would have to be a combination of talent, vision, impact, influence, and recognition--which would ultimately make it impossible to narrow it down to just three. But what if we were to expand it to a top five or ten? That would be feasible, I think.[/QUOTE]

A top ten would be MUCH better. Hehe.

I saw [I]Revenge Of The Sith[/I] today. I loved every second of it.. What more can I say? Well, maybe not a every second of it, because some of Yoda's lines were very forced. That was the only thing I don't think I liked..

One Love is actually one of my least favorites on there

Favorite tracks on Illmatic in order:
1. N.Y. State of Mind
2. Represent
3. Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)
4. One Time 4 Your Mind
5. It Ain't Hard To Tell
6. Life's a Bitch
7. One Love
8. The World Is Yours
9. Halftime
10. The Genesis

Tyrese and Mario are barely rap, I think. And Guerilla Black is a pale, pale rip-off of Biggie.

As for a top ten, here's something me and a friend hashed out online:
Miles
Bob Dylan
James Brown
Phil Specter
B.B. King
Lou Reed
Chuck Berry/Elvis Presley
John Lennon
Brian Eno
John Coltrane

[QUOTE=Illmatic]As for a top ten, here's something me and a friend hashed out online:
Miles
Bob Dylan
James Brown
Phil Specter
B.B. King
Lou Reed
Chuck Berry/Elvis Presley
John Lennon
Brian Eno
John Coltrane[/QUOTE]
good list. im iffy on eno though.

Eno was the godfather of electronic music, so he deserves some recognition.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]One Love is actually one of my least favorites on there

Favorite tracks on Illmatic in order:
1. N.Y. State of Mind
2. Represent
3. Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)
4. One Time 4 Your Mind
5. It Ain't Hard To Tell
6. Life's a Bitch
7. One Love
8. The World Is Yours
9. Halftime
10. The Genesis

Tyrese and Mario are barely rap, I think. And Guerilla Black is a pale, pale rip-off of Biggie.
[/quote]

N.Y State Of Mind is very, very impressive. I dislike Life's A Bitch though.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]N.Y State Of Mind is very, very impressive. I dislike Life's A Bitch though.[/QUOTE]

Bah. I like it a lot.

Bah. Well, since you are more of an expert, I'll bow to your opinion. :)

NP: Nas - Life's A Bitch

Eh?

C'mon, it's all about opinion in this case.

I think back at all the people I've converted to Nasdom this year, and it makes me smile.

I'll have to convert you to Lux Occultism. Hehe.

Do you like avant garde black metal?

I was unaware such a genre existed.

My experience with metal: I own an Opeth album, I used to like Dream Theater and Slayer, and I like Black Sabbah. I'm as n00b-ish as they come to metal.

[url]http://s27.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KIOVD5J8YGKM0WLBI7PA02OJA[/url]
^Lux Occulta - The Mother And The Enemy

Maybe a bit deep end then, but this is a fantastic album. A good track to start off with is Gambit. These guys are great..

[QUOTE=Illmatic]I was unaware such a genre existed.

My experience with metal: I own an Opeth album, I used to like Dream Theater and Slayer, and I like Black Sabbah. I'm as n00b-ish as they come to metal.[/QUOTE]


It is more like just avant-garde music with obvious black metal influences, there is no such genre as that, but there is certainly Avant-Garde metal.

Avant-Garde metal = best genre of metal IMO, no other genres can top it's creativity in the metal department.

Well, I'm going to give it a try. I'm an open-minded guy, so I'll listen to it first. I have no idea what I'm getting into.

It's 15% done now...

I'm downloading it as well.

Albums I've aquired today:

The new White Stripes
The new Gorillaz
A Devo album
A Bloc Party album
A Smashing Pumpkins album

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Well, I'm going to give it a try. I'm an open-minded guy, so I'll listen to it first. I have no idea what I'm getting into.

It's 15% done now...[/QUOTE]


Also if you don't like that band, certainly don't even come close to writing off the whole genre as no one band in the genre sounds alike.

You got the new Gorillaz album?

Is it any good?

Which Devo, Bloc Party, and SP?

Also, the White Stripes? :rolleyes:

The only thing I've heard from Gorillaz is the new single, and that's pretty good.

[QUOTE=ArrestThisMan]I'm downloading it as well.

Albums I've aquired today:

The new White Stripes
The new Gorillaz
A Devo album
A Bloc Party album
A Smashing Pumpkins album[/QUOTE]
hows the new gorillaz album?

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]Also if you don't like that band, certainly don't even come close to writing off the whole genre as no one band in the genre sounds alike.[/QUOTE]

It won't play :angry:

The first song (it's more like an intro) plays, but none of the other ones do.

Wha?

It should... it's .mp3 format, correct?

It is.

I don't get it.

They're in the playlist, I press play. Nothing happens.

[QUOTE=ArrestThisMan]I'm downloading it as well.

Albums I've aquired today:

The new White Stripes
The new Gorillaz
A Devo album
A Bloc Party album
A Smashing Pumpkins album[/QUOTE]

Which SP album did you get??

I just saw the new Star Wars. My opinion is wholly negative but I need to vent. I really need to. I'm sorry, spoilers will be included in the rant. Can I post them here or do people not want to hear it? I'm really sorry. I've just got to. I need your support, guys. :)

[QUOTE=Illmatic]It is.

I don't get it.

They're in the playlist, I press play. Nothing happens.[/QUOTE]

Well, Jason (Bobo) used the same link, and all of his worked... What's the file size of those songs say?

[QUOTE=Cain]I just saw the new Star Wars. My opinion is wholly negative but I need to vent. I really need to. I'm sorry, spoilers will be included in the rant. Can I post them here or do people not want to hear it? I'm really sorry. I've just got to. I need your support, guys. :)[/QUOTE]

Cain, just post the spoilers in the colour "teal", so they aren't as visible. Also, preface every spoiler with the words: [colour=Red]SPOILER[/colour].

[QUOTE=Cain]I just saw the new Star Wars. My opinion is wholly negative but I need to vent. I really need to. I'm sorry, spoilers will be included in the rant. Can I post them here or do people not want to hear it? I'm really sorry. I've just got to. I need your support, guys. :)[/QUOTE]
I'd like to hear it because I still haven't seen the movie.

I haven't seen the movie, but I don't think I care enough to go out and see it... so I don't care, post away. Maybe I'd get more out of it if I knew what was going to happen.

NP: "Feel Good, Inc." (what, everyone's talking about [i]Demon Days[/i] on this page)

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Well, Jason (Bobo) used the same link, and all of his worked... What's the file size of those songs say?



Cain, just post the spoilers in the colour "teal", so they aren't as visible. Also, preface every spoiler with the words: [colour=Red]SPOILER[/colour].[/QUOTE]

Tracks 2, 3, and 6 are over 8,000 kb
Track 4 is 5,400 kb (about)
Track 5 is 4,700 kb
Track 7 is over 12,000 kb
Track 8 is over 13,000 kb
Track 9 is about 10,900 kb
Track 10 is almost 5,400 kb

I dunno...just upload them one by one, I guess.

[QUOTE=Cain]I just saw the new Star Wars. My opinion is wholly negative but I need to vent. I really need to. I'm sorry, spoilers will be included in the rant. Can I post them here or do people not want to hear it? I'm really sorry. I've just got to. I need your support, guys[/QUOTE]

Do it.

Devo - Q: Are we not men? A: We are Devo!
Bloc Party -Silent Alarm
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The new Gorillaz is pretty good. I've only listened to it one time all the way through, so I can't really say if I like it yet or not.

Also, the reason I got the new White Stripes is because I loved Elephant, but it's not very good.

EDIT: Jason's upload worked for me. I'm digging it so far.

All right, here goes. This is the post I originally wrote before I thought that you guys might not be pleased if I gave away specifics.

AHEM:[SIZE=5]STAR WARS SPOILERS AHEAD![/SIZE]

I have just seen the new Star Wars movie. It was one of the most disappointing viewing experiences of my short life thus far, and this when I was EXPECTING a bad movie. It went beyond the realm of simple things like incompetent moviemaking (which there was plenty of) and entered the realm of offensive, disrespectful banality, pissing all over three movies that deserve to not even be associated with this so-called "prequel."

Partial list of offenses:
1.) Incredibly understated acting in scenes not called for that at all, where planets are being destroyed and ships are disintegrating and Ewan MacGregor still almost cheerfully exclaims ridiculous statements like "It's alright, we're still flying half a ship."
2.) Emperor Palpatine, the best thing about this movie, nevertheless in parts being reduced to ridiculous voice-synthesizer nonsense that make his lines laughable rather than menacing.
3.) I'm sick and tired of Yoda's sentence structure. Almost every single reference to the original movies in these prequels has been reduced to a gimmick rather than a character definition, Yoda's way of speaking is positively one of them: "Backwards run the sentences until reeling the mind is."
4.) Blatant ignorance of continuity, even regarding the films in the actual Star Wars trilogy: apparently George Lucas was so angry about not being able to direct Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi he didn't even watch them. Otherwise, how can Leia state in Return of the Jedi that she remembered her mother when Padme died in childbirth?
5.) Other gimmicky crap such as piecemeal, totally unneccesary appearences by Chewbacca and other assorted Wookies.
6.) Retarded droids. How can they possibly be a threat to the Republic when they're such idiots? Watch General Grevious especially. He was a grevious threat all right: a grevious threat to my ability to take the movie seriously. Unintentional irony abounds in this movie in more than this way, too, let me tell you.
7.) Lucas cannot write a love scene to save his life. The stilted delivery of nearly all dialogue between Anakin and Padme induces laugh after laugh, and they are not made in good humor either. They were painful.
8.) This entire movie is an example of why computer effects suck. When absolutely NOTHING in the movie is real--not even the god**** COUCHES that the characters are SITTING ON--the reason for the actors' terrible acting becomes apparent, and the blame then rests with the director.
9.) They never really managed to explain to me how stormtroopers developed different personalities from one another (not to mention American accents) if they're all still clones of Jango Fett (who ties Jar Jar Binks for worst possible character addition to these movies IMO).
10.) Why in the hell is it called the Clone Wars when the bad guys are idiot droids? No war is named after the good guys, for Christ’s sake.
11.) Anakin’s lines have matured slightly, I’ll grant him that: instead of saying “I’m just SO MAD!” three times, he says “I’m just SO FRUSTRATED!” two times.
10.) Dressing Hayden Christiansen in the Darth Vader suit was totally inappropriate. And funny. Why? Because this Darth Vader is a good five or six inches shorter than the man who wore Darth Vader's suit in the original movies. It shows: a wobbly oversized helmet on a puny-suited body. Apparently they ran out of effects budget for fixing little detail.
11.) Even more innappropriate, and the worst case of blasphemy: instead of calling up James Earl Jones one more time to deliver Darth Vader's grand total of THREE LINES just for nostalgia's sake(in a movie which friggin’ RELIES on nostalgia, rather than skill), what should be the most awe-inspiring, terrifying moment of transformation of Anakin into Vader is ruined, in favor of putting Hayden Christiansen's voice through a voice synthesizer designed to emulate the tone James Earl Jones's Vader voice had, but retaining all of Christiansen's crappy vocal inflections.

I HATED THIS MOVIE. I apologize to people like ArrestThisMan, who I know have enjoyed it. I also apologize for the spoilers. If desired, I shall edit them out. I’m sorry. I do not recommend this piece of crap at all. Better than the first two prequels? Yes. Darker? Yes. But I was right: even that PG-13 rating is just another element of the hype. But this movie just made me so depressed I can’t even describe it: how can the man with the vision to create Star Wars create such amateur **** based off of his own creation? Yet there I was, watching dung with George Lucas's name on it for two and a half hours. There were two redeeming scenes in the movie: Palapatine's seduction of Anakin was great, as was Anakin's fit of anger with Obi-Wan on the volcanic planet when he totally loses it. But that’s it. I’m sorry. I’m going to pretend these prequels were never made, and I recommend that everyone else does the same. I apologize for the rant. If you are a true Star Wars fan, viewing this film will only upset you.

I agree with you on many of those points. Don't feel the need to apologize. It's just that I am a casual Star Wars fan, so many of the things you bring up didn't really bother me. I did notice them, though.

[QUOTE=Cain]All right, here goes. This is the post I originally wrote before I thought that you guys might not be pleased if I gave away specifics.

AHEM:[SIZE=5]STAR WARS SPOILERS AHEAD![/SIZE]

I have just seen the new Star Wars movie. It was one of the most disappointing viewing experiences of my short life thus far, and this when I was EXPECTING a bad movie. It went beyond the realm of simple things like incompetent moviemaking (which there was plenty of) and entered the realm of offensive, disrespectful banality, pissing all over three movies that deserve to not even be associated with this so-called "prequel."

Partial list of offenses:
1.) Incredibly understated acting in scenes not called for that at all, where planets are being destroyed and ships are disintegrating and Ewan MacGregor still almost cheerfully exclaims ridiculous statements like "It's alright, we're still flying half a ship."
2.) Emperor Palpatine, the best thing about this movie, nevertheless in parts being reduced to ridiculous voice-synthesizer nonsense that make his lines laughable rather than menacing.
3.) I'm sick and tired of Yoda's sentence structure. Almost every single reference to the original movies in these prequels has been reduced to a gimmick rather than a character definition, Yoda's way of speaking is positively one of them: "Backwards run the sentences until reeling the mind is."
4.) Blatant ignorance of continuity, even regarding the films in the actual Star Wars trilogy: apparently George Lucas was so angry about not being able to direct Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi he didn't even watch them. Otherwise, how can Leia state in Return of the Jedi that she remembered her mother when Padme died in childbirth?
5.) Other gimmicky crap such as piecemeal, totally unneccesary appearences by Chewbacca and other assorted Wookies.
6.) Retarded droids. How can they possibly be a threat to the Republic when they're such idiots? Watch General Grevious especially. He was a grevious threat all right: a grevious threat to my ability to take the movie seriously. Unintentional irony abounds in this movie in more than this way, too, let me tell you.
7.) Lucas cannot write a love scene to save his life. The stilted delivery of nearly all dialogue between Anakin and Padme induces laugh after laugh, and they are not made in good humor either. They were painful.
8.) This entire movie is an example of why computer effects suck. When absolutely NOTHING in the movie is real--not even the god**** COUCHES that the characters are SITTING ON--the reason for the actors' terrible acting becomes apparent, and the blame then rests with the director.
9.) They never really managed to explain to me how stormtroopers developed different personalities from one another (not to mention American accents) if they're all still clones of Jango Fett (who ties Jar Jar Binks for worst possible character addition to these movies IMO).
10.) Why in the hell is it called the Clone Wars when the bad guys are idiot droids? No war is named after the good guys, for Christ’s sake.
11.) Anakin’s lines have matured slightly, I’ll grant him that: instead of saying “I’m just SO MAD!” three times, he says “I’m just SO FRUSTRATED!” two times.
10.) Dressing Hayden Christiansen in the Darth Vader suit was totally inappropriate. And funny. Why? Because this Darth Vader is a good five or six inches shorter than the man who wore Darth Vader's suit in the original movies. It shows: a wobbly oversized helmet on a puny-suited body. Apparently they ran out of effects budget for fixing little detail.
11.) Even more innappropriate, and the worst case of blasphemy: instead of calling up James Earl Jones one more time to deliver Darth Vader's grand total of THREE LINES just for nostalgia's sake(in a movie which friggin’ RELIES on nostalgia, rather than skill), what should be the most awe-inspiring, terrifying moment of transformation of Anakin into Vader is ruined, in favor of putting Hayden Christiansen's voice through a voice synthesizer designed to emulate the tone James Earl Jones's Vader voice had, but retaining all of Christiansen's crappy vocal inflections.

I HATED THIS MOVIE. I apologize to people like ArrestThisMan, who I know have enjoyed it. I also apologize for the spoilers. If desired, I shall edit them out. I’m sorry. I do not recommend this piece of crap at all. Better than the first two prequels? Yes. Darker? Yes. But I was right: even that PG-13 rating is just another element of the hype. But this movie just made me so depressed I can’t even describe it: how can the man with the vision to create Star Wars create such amateur **** based off of his own creation? Yet there I was, watching dung with George Lucas's name on it for two and a half hours. There were two redeeming scenes in the movie: Palapatine's seduction of Anakin was great, as was Anakin's fit of anger with Obi-Wan on the volcanic planet when he totally loses it. But that’s it. I’m sorry. I’m going to pretend these prequels were never made, and I recommend that everyone else does the same. I apologize for the rant. If you are a true Star Wars fan, viewing this film will only upset you.[/QUOTE]

You know what I haven't had in a while? Big League Chew.

(I apologize...I just had to say it.)

I never had any intention of seeing it. The first three were kinda "meh" and the last two were atrocious.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]You know what I haven't had in a while? Big League Chew.

(I apologize...I just had to say it.)

I never had any intention of seeing it. The first three were kinda "meh" and the last two were atrocious.[/QUOTE]

Don't apologize. It made me feel better. :lol:

I wish Vince or munky were here. They'd share my pain.

If I had just gone on a big league rant and someone had made a smarta[size=2]ss comment in reply, I wouldn't have handled it as well.[/size] In that respect you are a far better man than I.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]As for a top ten, here's something me and a friend hashed out online:
Miles
Bob Dylan
James Brown
Phil Specter
B.B. King
Lou Reed
Chuck Berry/Elvis Presley
John Lennon
Brian Eno
John Coltrane[/QUOTE]

That's a pretty good list. You know if Rolling Stone or someone made it, they would have Eminem and Kurt Cobain :rolleyes:

But you and your friend have beaten the system with that fine piece of work. But what about Russell Simmons?

He's top 20/top 25 I'd imagine; top 50 at least.

Rolling Stone's top 10 would be:

John Lennon
Kurt Cobain
Elvis Presley
Eminem
Madonna
Paul McCartney
Bob Dylan
Michael Jackson
Mick Jagger
Ozzy Osbourne

VH1's would be no different.

EDIT: Now here's a question. How come every Girls Gone Wild video is market as "THE HOTTEST GIRLS GONE WILD VIDEO YET!!!!" when they're all basically the same thing?

And how clever is the founder of that company? "I have an idea...let's film drunk college girls flashing their t[size=2]its and making out with each other, and then sell the tapes. Think there's a market for that?" Guy's probably a millionaire now.[/size]

Hey everyone, I'm Bruce Willis. If you'd like to get to know me a little better, you can feel free to add me on MySpace @ [url]http://www.myspace.com/wbwillis[/url]

Thanks guys, take it easy.

[QUOTE=Bruce Willis]Hey everyone, I'm Bruce Willis. If you'd like to get to know me a little better, you can feel free to add me on MySpace @ [url]http://www.myspace.com/wbwillis[/url]

Thanks guys, take it easy.[/QUOTE]

You'd better start getting funny quick, or else you're gonna get banned. I saw you in the Pit and I wasn't impressed.

I may buy the new gorillaz album... then again i may buy mesmerise instead... I don't know

cain- I disagree with you totally- I was expecting a bad film and saw an excellent conclusion to the star wars legend

my band practice was cancelled AGAIN... sometimes I don't know why I bother

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

that was wierd

what were you pointing out peticularly?