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  • #76
    Originally posted by Asher View Post
    I'm not a big fan of punk rock, but it was influential in many ways.
    More or less influential than Lionel Ritchie?
    "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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    • #77
      Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post
      Only modern rock I like is Jack Johnson, Coldplay, Maroon 5... stuff like that.
      So the poppy side of things.

      Jack Johnson and Maroon 5 are pop-rock, Coldplay is pop-alt-rock (not that there's anything wrong with that)

      Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post
      More or less influential than Lionel Ritchie?
      More. Definitely. Punk music in the 80s directly influenced just about every non-rap and non-country artist today, directly or indirectly.
      "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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      • #78
        No Genesis on that list! Really?
        "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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        • #79
          Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post
          No Genesis on that list! Really?
          What single song of theirs was exceptional?

          None, really.
          "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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          • #80
            Originally posted by Asher View Post
            More. Definitely. Punk music in the 80s directly influenced just about every non-rap and non-country artist today, directly or indirectly.
            non-rap and non-country... so it influenced R&B? Yeah, I can really see the punk rock influences on R.Kelly and Ne-Yo.
            "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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            • #81
              Asher:

              Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight

              And I wasn't aware Weezer's Buddy Holly is considered exceptional.
              "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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              • #82
                Coldplay is good, I have to admit.
                Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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                He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                • #83
                  Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post
                  non-rap and non-country... so it influenced R&B? Yeah, I can really see the punk rock influences on R.Kelly and Ne-Yo.
                  I forgot about R&B by virtue of its awfulness.

                  Yeah, didn't influence them either.
                  "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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                  • #84
                    Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post
                    Asher:

                    Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight

                    And I wasn't aware Weezer's Buddy Holly is considered exceptional.
                    Of Weezer's songs, it is certainly exceptional. FWIW, the music video for the song was the first music video ever to be digitized for home use. It was shipped on the Windows 95 CD.

                    In the air Tonight is not a Genesis song.
                    "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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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by Asher View Post
                      I forgot about R&B by virtue of its awfulness.


                      Wow... just wow. I'm starting to see the underlining issue here, Asher... Dissing Jazz, rap, and r&b... I see a pattern forming. I guess "Coloured music" isn't real music, is it, Asher?
                      "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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                      • #86
                        Smokey Robinson is R&B; and Asher already acknowledged Blues, so it's not that. He's voicing his opinion.
                        I like Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Dave Koz which are Jazz.
                        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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                        • #87
                          Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post


                          Wow... just wow. I'm starting to see the underlining issue here, Asher... Dissing Jazz, rap, and r&b... I see a pattern forming. I guess "Coloured music" isn't real music, is it, Asher?
                          I love Blues.
                          And I didn't diss Jazz either.

                          In fact, right now the band I'm really into is heavily Jazz & Blues inspired:


                          Fun fact: the song she's covering here was originally a Punk song. It's about a guy raping a girl.

                          Edit: Another version of the song is the Bayou Percussion mix, which is also great:
                          "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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                          • #88
                            Originally posted by SlowwHand View Post
                            Smokey Robinson is R&B; and Asher already acknowledged Blues, so it's not that. He's voicing his opinion.
                            I like Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Dave Koz which are Jazz.
                            I like oldschool R&B. The new **** is just awful, NeYo and the like...
                            "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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                            • #89
                              I fail to see how let's say John Legend or Raphael Saadiq or (I daresay) Robin Thicke are not the spiritual successors to Smokey Robinson or Luther Vandross. Or how Musiq or D'Angelo are not the spiritual successors to Stevie Wonder.
                              "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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                              • #90
                                I'll get the Florence and the Machine album and see how it is. Pretty good, I'm sure.
                                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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