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  • #31
    Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View Post
    Joshua Tree is wonderful, and most of Actung Baby is very good. True.

    But the main question is WTF, re: university course on U2?!
    They offered 3 modern Music History courses, I took two of them: "U2: Even better than the Real Thing" and "Rock Music of the 1980s". They also had one on Led Zeppelin, but it was full. They fulfilled some of my humanities credits.

    Best courses I've ever taken. Seriously. Only ones I had perfect attendance in, my other courses I skipped >50% of the time.

    The instructor was a retired oilpatch millionaire lawyer who had a genuine passion for the music. He retired to play and teach music he loves.
    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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    • #32
      So you admit that that list has an obvious rock bias so the position of a U2 song on it is affected by this bias?
      "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
      "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Asher View Post
        One is a ridiculously simple song, both in structure and melody. If you strip away the emotional component and lead to an auto-tuned singalong broadway version, it butchers the song.

        It's not a song Glee should've touched. Now they've pissed me off, while before I was indifferent.

        Stick with showtunes and madonna, stay away from music with meaning.
        I felt the same way when they did it to "Ice, Ice, Baby."
        Solomwi is very wise. - Imran Siddiqui

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        • #34
          Rock Music of the 1980s


          Accredited university?

          Clearly a BA in Canada means less than in America.
          "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
          "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post
            So you admit that that list has an obvious rock bias so the position of a U2 song on it is affected by this bias?
            It's a list of the only types of song that matters.

            I'm sure you're torn up that rap songs don't dominate, but such is life.
            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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            • #36
              Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post


              Accredited university?

              Clearly a BA in Canada means less than in America.
              Of course it's accredited.

              It's far more culturally relevant than the dance classes universities offer, or art history, etc. It's on par with film studies, really.

              If it wasn't offered I'd have to take Anthropology courses or something, which would be completely ****ing useless to me. Instead I ended up learning a lot about music that I appreciate and utilize to this day. It made me more well-rounded. I even used what I learned in that class to help build my algorithm in a CS course I was taking to algorithmically guess the genre of music of a provided mp3 file.
              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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              • #37
                From the Rolling Stone's list:

                489 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive.mp3
                ....
                497 - Weezer - Buddy Holly.mp3
                (appeal to homosexuality)Come on, Asher. I Will Survive only 8 songs better than Weezer? You know that's not right. The list is flawed.(/appeal to homosexuality)
                "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                • #38
                  Buddy Holly was a great song from the 90s. I Will Survive is another good one.

                  Great list.

                  Weezer was great in the 1990s. After 2000, they started sucking. Same with Green Day.
                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                  Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by Asher View Post
                    It's a list of the only types of song that matters.

                    I'm sure you're torn up that rap songs don't dominate, but such is life.
                    So EVERYTHING before 1956 does not matter? Really, Asher? Jazz is not music?
                    "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                    "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                    • #40
                      Meh. Anything from "American Idiot" was better than anything Weezer did, and I like Weezer (especially the blue album).
                      “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                      - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post
                        So EVERYTHING before 1956 does not matter? Really, Asher? Jazz is not music?
                        I said it doesn't matter, but it is music.

                        Opera doesn't matter either, but it is music.

                        Rap isn't even music.
                        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View Post
                          Meh. Anything from "American Idiot" was better than anything Weezer did, and I like Weezer (especially the blue album).
                          "American Idiot" was a fantastic album for 13 year olds from coast to coast in America.

                          It was far too poppy, far too predictable, far too preachy, and far too bland. Every song has exactly the same song structure. Their new album is even worse. My God.

                          I did love how Green Day filmed the "American Idiot" video live from the UK. Tens of thousands of Brits screaming "I don't want to be an American idiot" Inspired, Green Day, inspired. The idiots in America didn't even notice.
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                          • #43
                            Disclaimer: Green Day was the very first concert I ever went to (in Oakland in the late 90s). Also my first exposure to marijuana, by second-hand smoke. My dad went with me. Yes, my dad is awesome.
                            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                            • #44
                              I have it on good authority that this is the only good rap 'song' ever:

                              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                              • #45
                                Blues. Can't forget Blues. This is a Rock list though.
                                Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                                "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                                He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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