Tenacious D

Evans wrote: Yes, steve howe is definitely an abomination of nature. Actually, Rick might be the hottest member of yes, which is kinda worrying. Strange, if i were to choose one to start a family with in the early 70's, Bill is the one i would have picked last (apart from Steve howe, but hey, i don't even want to think about that), and nowadays he's quite the babe for his age. Relative to the other proggers, of course.

 Jack Black looks like a friggin' stud out of that group

jimmy_row wrote: cuncuna wrote: I can't say the same thing for Frank Zappa albums. That takes a genius. he wrote a song called Titties and Beer...

And "Inca Roads".

^ Send me a tape when you're finished ... then I'll let you know whether it's funny and/or musically sound.

BTW: What's a "natural chord"?

I'm starting to think that today, especially with games like Sing Star or Guitar Hero, people are getting a wrong impression of how difficult it is to become a decent musician.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: I'm starting to think that today, especially with games like Sing Star or Guitar Hero, people are getting a wrong impression of how difficult it is to become a decent musician.

Decent is one thing; popular, other story. If by decent you mean "fair", there is a whole music industry based on that adjective. Christina Aguilera would be a decent musician, good singer and all. Same for Shania Twain, that guy from n' sync Justin something, Oasis and the else. They all know how to play their incredibly predictable songs with a fair amount of skills. ¿Is that what youe mean? ¿mediocre composition is ok if they play it nicely?. 100 Jack BLacks are not worthy even the 0.1% of Peter Sellers, who's silent performances are like humor zen.

Tolerance..... Tolerance......

MikeEnRegalia wrote: My problem with your attitude is that you obviously think that knowing some basic chords and being able to play them on a keyboard is all that it takes to record an album like Tenacious D - The Pick of Destiny. It's much, much more complex than that - even if you don't have to care about engineering, mixing etc.. BTW: There's nothing mediocre about that album. You just don't like pop or simple rock/metal music, that's all IMO. I'm having a similar discussion with BaldJean/BaldFriede in another thread ... if you don't like something - ok, but do you really have to start a "thumbs down" thread about it?

Well, I do like pop and among "simple rock / metal" I can certainly found things to be thrilled about. I'm sorry to cause you problems with my attitude... it is just a thread. The guy here at works who likes tenacious d that much knows very well how much I respect personal and furthermore acoustic space. The thumb down is an emoticon that shows my feelings regarding that album (wich by now is getting more annoying as topic than the original item). A simple song is one thing, an obvious song (or some other product of artistic expresion) is a very different one. Using little intuition, I can randomly guess the next chord / chorus / harmony / whatever. That leaves little to one's imagination, and it is almost a paradigm that a piece or art without any "mistery" (a really short way to put it, I don't want to writte a book here), both in terms of formal elements will not reach it's possibilities of keep gaining new meanings in time, and just die after the first impression. Believe it or not, humor is as complicated as construction as any other sign (songs, drawings etc.). An effective construction create timless pieces. I originaly wrotte a lot about this, semi quoting texts and etc., but I really think it's not worthy. I just started a thread about the irony of freedom related to tenacious d, a band I think it's annoying "just because", and I end uo listening to it at least 2 days of each week. That's the price of my own freedom to listen to Boards of canada or whatever and that's it. Then your post, a bit irritated, but that's your thing. And as for the songs... maybe you think they are complicated. I think Ginastera's "Danzas Argentinas" are complicated.

sircosick wrote: Tolerance..... Tolerance......

Off course. Believe me, I really don't care if someone decides to listen to Britney Spears around here; eventually that same freedom will strike back. This is mainly about freedom; it is a funny thing...  

MikeEnRegalia wrote: ^ complexity comes in different forms and levels. I'm sure there are musical compositions which are more complex than "Danzas Argentinas" ... the point is that I can enjoy simplistic music as well as complex stuff. Tenacious D is not about creating original compositions, it's just a bit of fun. And I'm just trying to say that given these circumstances, the guys are doing a very good job musically.

¿Ever heard of a group called "Les Luthiers"?. You need some spanish to get it. I just can't laugh at expected jokes, nor my imagination can get driven away by things that I can think of or predict with no effort. Yes, god job, they sound. Bad job would be a soundless music album. That I might like. I'm sorry that the Keith Emerson plan won't work, being a bad tempered musican according to some stories. Maybe I'll just throw Britney, she's berzek. At least the proximity will give them 50 diseases.

With karate I'll kick your ass!