# The Band **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959 "2003-02-09T22:56:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A1C\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@A1C\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A1C_Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/1 "2003-02-09T22:56:48Z")
i dont know what it is about The Band, but it seems like they were trying to make their music boring. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/2 "2003-02-09T23:06:46Z")
Scathing rant there. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/3 "2003-02-09T23:12:26Z")
Why don’t you just let it all out. ---
**Author:** ![A1C\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@A1C\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A1C_Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/4 "2003-02-09T23:14:29Z")
sorry, im dry heaving. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/5 "2003-02-09T23:15:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by A1C Joe \* > \*\*i dont know what it is about The Band, but it seems like they were trying to make their music boring. \*\* Your post emulates them well, then. ---
**Author:** ![A1C\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@A1C\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A1C_Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/6 "2003-02-09T23:23:02Z")
Sorry, are you a friend of anyone in The Band? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/7 "2003-02-09T23:32:29Z")
No, but I took a load off fanny once. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/8 "2003-02-09T23:34:50Z")
File under “Bad Threads”. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/9 "2003-02-09T23:35:56Z")
Kids these days. No appreciation of the classics. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/10 "2003-02-09T23:40:00Z")
Euty, I love it when you talk dirty to me. ---
**Author:** ![A1C\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@A1C\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A1C_Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/11 "2003-02-09T23:42:51Z")
“take a load off” is a good song, but i was mostly refering to the 1st album; especially “across the great divide” ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/12 "2003-02-09T23:54:33Z")
It’s called “The Weight,” man. Get it straight. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/13 "2003-02-10T02:29:31Z")
The Band! I love threads! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/14 "2003-02-10T02:43:36Z")
haha **Ludovic**! I love The Band. Their live album **Rock of Ages** is damned good. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/15 "2003-02-10T03:19:15Z")
Okay, let’s get this pit thread going properly again. HOW can you hate **The Band**? In an era of soulless, packaged shit-pop and brain-dead hip-hop, mixed with snotty pop Divas that warble like a cat that’s had its nuts cut off, you pick on **The Band**? What are you, not on drugs? **Celine Dion** can kiss my white ass. Her heart may go on, but if I hear any more of her on the radio, I may kill myself. **Britney Spears** – You’re cute, but your voice is filtered through more electronic devices than C-3PO. And your breasts seem change sizes more often than Roseanne on the Atkins diet. **Mariah Carey** - Your spectacular melt-down was useful to show the world what they have to look forward to when Britney hits the ripe old age of 25 or so. At least she’ll probably give us a _Playboy_ spread while she burns out. You’ve been totally useless. And that 28 million dollar buy-out you got? Every time you spend a nickel of that, I hope you remember that there are REAL musicians out there eating dog food because they can’t get a record contract. **N’Sync:** May you burn like pigs in hell. **Various snot-nosed ‘rappers’ and their entourages:** The only good thing about you wastes of space is that you occasionally shoot each other in rage at being forced to earn millions of dollars to run around on a stage and yell at people who shower you with money. **Eminem:** Hey, Vanilla Ice called. He wants his 15 minutes of fame back. Unfortunately, you actually have some talent, which just encourages you. And you know what? I hope **Moby** turns out to be Bruce fucking Lee and kicks the living shit out of you one day, you greasy asshole. **Avril Levigne:** Oh yeah, you’re a real tough kid. I’ve got news for you, sweetie. Street cred isn’t earned by going through traumas like missing the Boxing Day sale at the Gap. Get the sneer off your face, pull up your damned pants, and go back to school. So far, you look like a younger Alanis Morrisette, without the talent. Not one of the ‘stars’ above is fit to catch the tobacco-juice spit from Levon Helm. Not one of them is capable of _tuning_ Robbie Robertson’s guitar. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/16 "2003-02-10T03:27:13Z")
Recently they were showing the rerelease of _The Last Waltz_ here. The cinema that was showing it had the decency to advertise **This movie will be played LOUD** and bless their hearts it was. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/17 "2003-02-10T03:27:32Z")
Wherein **Sam** achieves his life long ambition and becomes a curmudgeon. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/18 "2003-02-10T03:40:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*No, but I took a load off fanny once. \*\* For free? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/19 "2003-02-10T03:46:53Z")
Yeah but, pretty good rant, eh? Besides, it’s all true. **The Band** was one of the most talented bands that ever played. Think about the songs they’ve made: \*The Weight The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Up on Cripple Creek Ophelia The Shape I’m In Life is a Carnival Stagefright Tears of Rage - and the list goes on. And they were unique - their sound was a new, uniquely _American_ rock. And, they were Bob Dylan’s band during his best years. They were prototypes of the new Alt-Country sound of bands like Wilco crossed with The Rolling Stones. They were hugely influential. And Scorcese’s _The Last Waltz_ is the best rock documentary ever made. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959/20 "2003-02-10T03:51:39Z")
You, **Joe** , must not have heard their live tapes. And, I have an attraction to Celine Dion. I don’t know why. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-band/153959.md?page=2)