Bands that should and shouldn’t be here

One tries to do the right thing ie use emoticons to take the fire out of situations and whilst you find my latest preoccupation childish, or overdone at best,that is your perogative.

The trouble is that whenever one uses humour in "tense" {Who's tense? I'm not. Calm down and stop taking it all so seriously!}  situations everyone else seems to lose their sense of humour.The fireman smiley was a double-entendre for putting out the flames but also colonic irrigation (oh how we laughed!-NOT!) which was apt given my post.

Which part of "my intention is not to flame" was so hard to understand?

I fail to understand {That is obvious - as I said, and Robert Plant before me; "Communication Breakdown..."} -you might wish to educate me {No, I wish to correct you} - how you can opine that a certain band pushes the limits of anything (even patience) and make that a statement of fact {It's easy, if you'd care to actually have that discussion instead of this character assessment thing you'd find out how I discovered the facts that disprove your opinion. Don't take it so personally - it's only debate about music}.They might be a little more thoughtful than your average Indie band but avant-garde they aint. {*Sigh* 1) Who said they were Avant-garde? 2) What has their being avant-garde got to do with anything? 3) Actually, you are wrong again. "Kid A" is Avant Garde. 4) There are so many prog bands that aren't Avant-garde that this is irrelevant. 5) Avant-garde applies to music of the 1920s-50s (mainly). I stated that I thought they liked to experiment but I feel this is as far as they go.I dont present this as fact but opinion. {Now you're talking opinion, but you've missed a lot of points in their music if that is really what you think. Since you don't want to be educated, I will wait until you ask before I attempt to provide enlightnement.}

I feel it is sometimes too easy for certain individuals to confuse heated debate with confrontation. {Yes - you are making this mistake! Instead of disputing the points I am making about the music, you're getting into some kind of philsophical debate - out of my depth really; I came here to discuss music, not philosophy} I understand this is quite often the "nature of the beast" with forums as you cant see the person who is posting and read their body language.Whenever you have a group of people who are passionate about a subject, whether it be Films. Football or Music, discussing the merits and demerits of their favourites there is inevitable raised voices, hoots of derision and a large chunk of momentary disrespect. Then the next topic comes up it's all forgotten and lfe moves on-until the same topic is raised again. {But that's exactly the point you're missing - let's get away from opinion, and start talking about what's really in the music!}

Getting a pompous blast of air from someone {Thank you very much} (who isnt a member of the band {So what? Does that mean we shouldn't be discussing bands if we're not actually members of those bands? Excuse me for thinking that's extremely silly!) who feels their opinion on Radiohead or who/whatever is the word of God {Did I say that?} is fine by me.I enjoy the "banter".What I do mind is the constant insinuation that "persons who shall go unnamed" are  ridiculing,or underminding (or whatever other paranoid nonsense), the more "erudite" forum members. {Someone here is definitely paranoid, in my very limited opinion} Get a life for Goddssake! {I have a very good life, thank you. Take a chill pill!} I use smileys,large script and different colours to brighten up the page. If I use capitals I AM NOT SHOUTING. {YES YOU ARE!!! THIS IS CALLED CONVENTION ON THE INTERNET. YOU MAY NOT MEAN TO SHOUT, BUT TO EVERYONE ELSE, YOU ARE SHOUTING!!!} This is supposed to be fun! {Too right!} I have never knowingly disrespected someones opinion. If making a silly comment undermines or troubles certain individuals then they should go and lie down until the feeling subdsides. {Or maybe you should read what you are about to post before clicking submit to see if it could be misunderstood in any way by people not familiar with your thought patterns}

As I tried to say I dont like to take life too seriously-I am happy for people to make jokes at my expense. But do not bloody well insult my intelligence {Absolutely not - I would not dream of it}. I refuse to censor everything I write before posting {Maybe not, but at least THINK}, I do not believe that a mere music forum warrants this.I think that anyone who spends any longer than a few seconds considering their posts should get out to the pub and join in some "real-life" debate.This is something I enjoy and I aint watching my back any longer. {It's not about watching your back, it's about thinking about other people. You will probably read this as some kind of beration, a telling-off if you like, and you will probably remonstrate my apparently authoritative style with more comments along the lines of "get off my case". However, as long as you direct ill-considered comments like these at me, I will react much the same.

But that's boring.

Let's talk about the music.

Please?