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Joined: July 31 2004
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Posted: August 17 2010 at 06:25
Textbook wrote:
Trouserpress: I know. It's even becoming socially acceptable to mention hip-hop, if only in this forum, though there are still a few members who, predictable as the tides yet twice as tedious, march into any rap thread and go "I DON'T LIKE A GENRE I'VE NEVER LISTENED TO. PS I AM OPEN-MINDED."
Also, Thus:Owls. I totally forgot to mention them. They're awesome.
Joined: March 02 2009
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Posted: August 17 2010 at 06:29
^I've recently been getting into some hip hop myself (I think, not sure if what I've been listening to can be defined as hip hop)!! A friend made me a mix CD with some stuff by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Sugarhill Gang, A Tribe Called Quest and some other groups on it, all of which I've immensely enjoyed.
As far as bands who aren't progressive, but still great go, here are my favourites:
This Town Needs Guns American Football I Would Set Myself On Fire For You Phoenix The xx A Genuine Freakshow Death Cab For Cutie Vampire Weekend Foals Band Of Horses
Joined: May 27 2005
Location: NE Indiana
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Posted: August 17 2010 at 12:33
harmonium.ro wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
CinemaZebra wrote:
No, 1984. The Unforgettable Fire was the terrible change of style.
I disagree intensely with this. U2 didn't start to go bad until 1997.
Do you mean before or after POP? I never got to listen to POP in it's entirety, but I've always loved the singles coming from it.
After that yeah, I stopped caring.
Staring at the Sun is a good song, if overly routine, and Discotheque it alright, but here the band ran out of really good ideas and went too far into adult contemporary as well as let the image outweigh the quality of the music.
You should listen to No Line on the Horizon if you have not yet. It doesn't totally redeem the band, but it has a great Unforgettable Fire kind of production, as well as a rather experimental (for that band at this stage of their career) palette of sounds and songwriting techniques. There are a couple All You Can't leave Behind-esque Modern Rock Top 40 kind of songs, but the change of pace on Side B makes up for it. "Cedars of Lebanon." Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaah.
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Posted: August 17 2010 at 13:08
I think I gave No Line On The Horizon a listen back when it came out and, while I appreciated the intent (style, production, etc.), I had a major problem with Bono's voice. I'm not sure whether I should try to revive my interest in them...
Joined: May 27 2005
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Posted: August 17 2010 at 13:13
harmonium.ro wrote:
I think I gave No Line On The Horizon a listen back when it came out and, while I appreciated the intent (style, production, etc.), I had a major problem with Bono's voice. I'm not sure whether I should try to revive my interest in them...
It does seem to be fading a bit, but I didn't have an overt problem with it.
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