The old adage about reaping what you sew is so true.
But the music I drove my parents nuts with is nothing like the fucking wierd shit my kid is listening to.
First off, some of it sounds like a fucking bear growling into a microphone with some asshole killing a guitar in the background.
Then there’s Slipknot. Have any of you seen these fucking guys? What the fuck?:eek: Are they trying to look like they climbed directly out of hell or what?
Hey, I was a teen in the 70’s, so my fav groups were Kiss, Nuggant, and the like. But even they are nothing like this shit. At least you could understand what the hell they were singing and they weren’t just fucking screaming into a mike.
I like Slipknot, its nice and relaxing. As far as not understanding the vocalist, its pretty easy to make out him repeating “People = shit” over and over. Good solid sound, 3 drummers, a DJ, and a pissed off singer makes for a good band.
Damn straight I did! With no shoes! Uphill! Both ways!
Jesus, Revtim, I’m only 42. It’s not like I listen to Perry Como. But some of the shit my 17 year old is playing in his room is creepy! Even his older brother thinks it’s crap!
Damn you, pkbites! You totally beat me on the “both ways” part! I didn’t think you could talk about walking that far in the snow without adding that it had to be both ways.
I remember when I was in high school, Mad Magazine had a … well … thingy (they aren’t exactly articles) about how much trouble future kids are going to have finding music more offensive than the Beastie Boys. I thought to myself “How true. Good luck, whippersnappers.”
And boy, have they.
Of course, my dad said the same thing that you said, PK, about modern music about all of the music that I listened to. And his dad hated Led Zepplin, claiming that it was “nothing but noise.”
It may be good for you to know that one day your son will be saying the same thing about his own kids’ music.
Makes you wonder whether parents bitched about their kids’ tastes in Mozart’s day. “Eine Klein Nachtmusik? Keep that shit down!”
I don’t see the difference between the two. I simply see Slipknot as the angry crowd’s answer to N’Sync. Coordinated head banging? Check. Rebel Slipknotter, cute Slipknotter, ugly Slipknotter, demon Slipknotter? Check, check, check, check. Demographically targetting highschoolers? Check.
All the elements are there. They parallel each other nearly identically. If ever you hear some kid laud their praises and claim that their such an alternative to The Backstreet Boys, point and laugh at them.
Hey, a little incoherence would have done wonders for the aural felonies spewed out by the likes of Kiss and Ted Nugent. Slipknot is annoying, sure, but at least you can’t understand them.
I still think Intensities in ten cities is a hell of an album title. And what’s he doing in your building?
He’s still alive?? I haven’t thought about him for years
pk, I think you should give the kid a White Stripes CD. I’m going to use the Little Room clip next time one of my cow-orkers has their speakers up too loud.
:insert evil grin here:
Yeah, Ted Nugent’s still alive. He has a new cookbook for freshly killed game.
Well let’s see, N’SYNC don’t go around bleating about killing your parents like Slipknot do, and N’SYNC don’t hide their faces like Slipknot do. And N’SYNC don’t scream fuck or shit or cocksucker every 3 seconds in any of their songs, unlike Slipknot.
