Life-Changing Bands (or Songs)

The Suicide Machines' "Permanent Holiday" marked my retirement back in post 187. With the upcoming 5th anniversary (1 Jan), I look to Franz Ferdinand:

Not my favorite band by a long stretch but I do like the song. They also put on a fantastic show.

Nauga,
and a life of leisure
 
It’s interesting when they make a movie they tend to choose songs that are at least 40 years old if not older to set the mood. Who really wants to listen to Lady Gaga or a popular rap song integrated into a movie? Music peaked during the 80’s and has been downhill ever since.
 
Brad Smith said:
It’s interesting when they make a movie they tend to choose songs that are at least 40 years old if not older to set the mood. Who really wants to listen to Lady Gaga or a popular rap song integrated into a movie? Music peaked during the 80’s and has been downhill ever since.
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Nah, still plenty of good stuff being made. It's just not the stuff you hear on terrestrial radio. I love songs across a wide gamut of genres and time periods. Spotify/etc. are fantastic in that regard as they really opened up a portal to tons of bands/music you'd never hear if it were limited to what gets played on the local radio stations.
 
Going to get hate, but oh well.

Nickelback is my favorite band.
Do your worst.
 
Brad Smith said:
It’s interesting when they make a movie they tend to choose songs that are at least 40 years old if not older to set the mood. Who really wants to listen to Lady Gaga or a popular rap song integrated into a movie? Music peaked during the 80’s and has been downhill ever since.
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Gah! 80's was the worst. If it wasn't hair metal, it was synthpop. Gross.

There were a few gems mixed in, but for every Money For Nothing there were ten Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gos or Like a Virgins.

Mid 60's through 70's are my favorite. Followed by 90's grunge kicking synthpop in the teeth.

Well, and the ska bubble of the late 80's and early 90's. Which I expect will cause someone to reply, "Gross". :p

SoonerAviator said:
Nah, still plenty of good stuff being made. It's just not the stuff you hear on terrestrial radio. I love songs across a wide gamut of genres and time periods. Spotify/etc. are fantastic in that regard as they really opened up a portal to tons of bands/music you'd never hear if it were limited to what gets played on the local radio stations.
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Absolutely. I think, of all people, Weird Al nailed it. He said he doesn't make parodies of newer music because there isn't a point. He said his music worked because the songs were cultural touchstones created by the fact that everyone listened to the same three or four radio stations and knew all the same bands and songs. It doesn't work like that anymore. Some of my favorite modern songs, ones I listen to over and over, have essentially no fan base because they are sitting mostly undiscovered in the backwaters of spotify, bandcamp or youtube.
 
Lama1125 said:
Going to get hate, but oh well.

Nickelback is my favorite band.
Do your worst.
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Nickelback is certainly no worse than most any other popular rock band from the 80s/90s (lots of power chords and guitar distortion). It was pretty comical how they became a running joke if someone admitted to liking their music. I thought they made some decent songs, certainly plenty of catchy stuff. Chad Kroger's voice is polarizing/distinctive, which also probably leads to why a lot of their songs end up sounding the same. The fun part is, I'd bet that most of those who professed their hatred of Nickelback, would happily sing along to several of their songs when alone in the car. I did see them in concert when they came to OU in Spring of 2002, with Default and Injected as openers. The disdain for them hadn't started yet, so there was no public shaming involved, lol.
 
nauga said:
Nauga,
stealing the covers (h/t Teenage Bottlerocket)
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Speaking of which, this one's a favorite.

172andyou said:
Well, and the ska bubble of the late 80's and early 90's. Which I expect will cause someone to reply, "Gross". :p
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If you've followed this thread over the years you know it's not going to be me (Or @Racerx :cool: ).
With the theme established, Less Than Jake had this to say:

Nauga,
who can't work in fast food all his life
 
...and this happy duo has been occupying my time lately.


I stumbled onto them while going through KEXP's extensive catalog of in-studio performances by a lot of unusual musicians.

ETA: the astute listener will notice the sound like The Residents, except they can actually play their instruments :)

Nauga,
"like Devo on ketamine"
 
I was in middle school in the early 00's so I missed out on most of the ska era. But we had friends with older siblings that exposed us to how fun Less than Jake and Reel big fish were.

Since we're on Fat Mike and cover songs. I give you his cover band featuring Chris Shiflett from Foo Fighters.. Me First And The Gimme Gimmes "We rock songs that suck!"



And from that late 90's era here's some Gypsy Rock.


Just recently bought tickets to see a band who was named the greatest live band 20 years ago.


 
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Brad Smith said:
Music peaked during the 80’s and has been downhill ever since.
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Well, as much as I love some of the stuff from the '70s and early '80s, I don't think that was the end of rock and roll. There's been some good stuff done this century, but you have to hunt a little harder. Even the 1990s had some decent bands. I liked some of the stuff from Oasis.

Or "Hey Man Nice Shot" by Filter.

SoonerAviator said:
Nah, still plenty of good stuff being made. It's just not the stuff you hear on terrestrial radio.
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:yeahthat:

There are still decent bands writing some good music. Shinedown has done stuff I like, for example. This is one of my favorites from 2016:

 
Racerx said:
I was in middle school in the early 00's so I missed out on most of the ska era. But we had friends with older siblings that exposed us to how fun Less than Jake and Reel big fish were.

Since we're on Fat Mike and cover songs. I give you his cover band featuring Chris Shiflett from Foo Fighters.. Me First And The Gimme Gimmes "We rock songs that suck!"



And from that late 90's era here's some Gypsy Rock.


Just recently bought tickets to see a band who was named the greatest live band 20 years ago.


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Lol I like the video for I Believe I Can Fly having the band stereotypes from Beach Boys to the karaoke by Paris Hilton and what i think was Deryck Whibley of Sum41.

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Half Fast said:
...Or "Hey Man Nice Shot" by Filter.
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I saw a documentary on Netflix not too long ago titled "Hired Gun" about musicians hired to record and tour with "Rock Stars" (think "The Wrecking Crew" but with more distortion and body art). Richard Patrick (who wrote this song) talks about going big with Filter and then trying to keep headlining afterwards. It's interesting if you're into music documentaries.

Nauga,
who is into music documentaries - so take this with a brick of salt :D
 
nauga said:
..."The Wrecking Crew"...
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Oh, those were the days. Tommy Tedesco, Glen Campbell, Carol Kaye, Leon Russell,... Tedesco used to write a monthly column for Guitar Player magazine, which was one of my favorites. Usually funny, always informative and entertaining.
 
SoonerAviator said:
Lol I like the video for I Believe I Can Fly having the band stereotypes from Beach Boys to the karaoke by Paris Hilton and what i think was Deryck Whibley of Sum41.

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That was Whibley. Other cameos include Mike Dirnt from Green Day, Andrew Wk, Jello Biafra from the Dead Kennedy's. Chris Demakes from Less than Jake. Matt Skiba from Alkaline Trio. Kris Roe from The Ataris. Former MLB pitcher Barry Zito.
 
Half Fast said:
Ah, but there's never been a music documentary that holds a candle to Spinal Tap....
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Mockumentaries count?

The first time I saw spinal tap I was home from school legitimately sick. Knowing nothing of it at the time I thought it was an actual documentary.
 
172andyou said:
Gah! 80's was the worst. If it wasn't hair metal, it was synthpop. Gross.

There were a few gems mixed in...
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It was Social Distortion, the Mr. T Experience, Agent Orange, Op Ivy, Nomads, Jawbreaker, the Minutemen, the Replacements, and so on...
If all you had was commercial radio and MTV you were mostly ****ed, but nights spent listening to college radio or in dark dirty clubs provided lots of alternatives to plasticky prepackaged performers designed to sell images, not music.

Nauga,
old enough to know better
 
nauga said:
I saw a documentary on Netflix not too long ago titled "Hired Gun" about musicians hired to record and tour with "Rock Stars" (think "The Wrecking Crew" but with more distortion and body art). Richard Patrick (who wrote this song) talks about going big with Filter and then trying to keep headlining afterwards. It's interesting if you're into music documentaries.

Nauga,
who is into music documentaries - so take this with a brick of salt :D
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I have loved everything Dave Grohl has done. So take this with a grain of salt. But his Sound City documentary was fantastic.

Grohl ALMOST joined Gwar after Scream. But some dude named Kurt Cobain called.
 
Racerx said:
I have loved everything Dave Grohl has done. So take this with a grain of salt. But his Sound City documentary was fantastic.

Grohl ALMOST joined Gwar after Scream. But some dude named Kurt Cobain called.
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I liked Scream in small doses but never got into Nirvana, and Foo Fighters lost me after the first album, so take this with a grain of salt...his Sound City documentary was fantastic.

My favorite part of Foo Fighters is Pat Smear, who was a founding member of The Germs back in the late 70's and still kills it. We once again have tickets to see them (this summer), I hope he's still there. Last time we had tix Taylor Hawkins died and they cancelled the tour.

If you liked Spinal Tap, watch "The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization: Part II: The Metal Years." Like Spinal Tap but non-fiction. A lot funnier and a lot unfunnier, depending on which end of the camera seeing it from.

If you/we want to add life-changing music documentaries to the thread I'll queue up my list :)

Nauga,
live at 11
 
Well, my life has never been the same since “The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash.”
 
nauga said:
I liked Scream in small doses but never got into Nirvana, and Foo Fighters lost me after the first album, so take this with a grain of salt...his Sound City documentary was fantastic.

My favorite part of Foo Fighters is Pat Smear, who was a founding member of The Germs back in the late 70's and still kills it. We once again have tickets to see them (this summer), I hope he's still there. Last time we had tix Taylor Hawkins died and they cancelled the tour.

If you liked Spinal Tap, watch "The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization: Part II: The Metal Years." Like Spinal Tap but non-fiction. A lot funnier and a lot unfunnier, depending on which end of the camera seeing it from.

If you/we want to add life-changing music documentaries to the thread I'll queue up my list :)

Nauga,
live at 11
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Pat Smear is great!

 
nauga said:
...and this happy duo has been occupying my time lately.


I stumbled onto them while going through KEXP's extensive catalog of in-studio performances by a lot of unusual musicians.

ETA: the astute listener will notice the sound like The Residents, except they can actually play their instruments :)

Nauga,
"like Devo on ketamine"
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Just by coincidence… Angine de Poitrine burbled into my videosphere last week with this Mata Zyklek vid. I appreciate your comparison to art music’s too-clever-by-half mascot, The Residents, because, about 2 minutes in, that’s exactly who came to mind: once the novelty of the cosplay wears thin, the syrup just doesn’t pour and I’ve filed both bands under U, for Unworthy of Repeated Listening. (Yes, I bore witness to The Residents in their prime, but I haven’t kept an eye on them).

Some may also find Angine de Poitrine comparable to Confusional Quartet, who emit a rich syrupy elixir that I find more pourable.

>Disclaimer: none of the above are what I would consider to be life-changing.<​

But what I really want to say is, 八十八ヶ所巡礼 (88Kasyo Junrei). Say it with me: 88Kasyo Junrei. THIS is a band who might have actually been life-changing, if only I had encountered them during the impressionable years of my misbegotten youth. Yea verily amen.
 
nauga said:
Here's how I found out he was playing with Foo Fighters: https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/can-someone-identify-this.109884/#post-2491236

Nauga,
topically
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He was an OG foo when Grohl learned he needed other people to play to tour. Then Grohl got divorced and Pat sided with Dave's ex in the late 90's. I think Pat came back around 2006... That album had some instrumental tracks that Pat played on. Saw them live at that time and Pat was a touring member. Has been back in full since then.

Watching Pat play live is a treat.
 
Lama1125 said:
Going to get hate, but oh well.

Nickelback is my favorite band.
Do your worst.
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My wife likes Nickelback as well. We went to see them live in an outdoor arena, they put on good show, and it's rock and roll, I have no problems with it.

I tried to get her to go see Sara Bareilles, but she wouldn't go with me. Speaking of Sara, here she is reimagining the Elton John classic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".

 
she did a brilliant version of Stoney End to induct Laura Nyro at the Rock and Roll HOF ceremony
 
FormerHangie said:
My wife likes Nickelback as well. We went to see them live in an outdoor arena, they put on good show, and it's rock and roll, I have no problems with it.

I tried to get her to go see Sara Bareilles, but she wouldn't go with me. Speaking of Sara, here she is reimagining the Elton John classic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".

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Check out the Foxes & Fossils cover:

 
FormerHangie said:
My wife likes Nickelback as well. We went to see them live in an outdoor arena, they put on good show, and it's rock and roll, I have no problems with it.

I tried to get her to go see Sara Bareilles, but she wouldn't go with me. Speaking of Sara, here she is reimagining the Elton John classic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".

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My thumbs up is for the yellow brick road version. Nickelback sucks.
 
Half Fast said:
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Call me an effete, rejective snob if you must, but for the life of me I have never understood what sort of artistic gratification results from covering a cover. Bareilles took someone else’s huge hit and made it her own, arguably more impactful than the original. It seems pointless to record a version that doesn’t offer a fresh and unique perspective.
 
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