fun!
A couple nights ago, I was really bored and decided to email a bunch of
ppl I haven't talked to in awhile. I wrote Rachelle, I wrote Brianna, oh! and of course I wrote Amish, I often do cuz I'm
always so curious about where the hell everyone is in Europe and his
emails are always super funny so I love getting them when I'm on break.
I mailed Mani to see how he's enjoying England with his brother.
Then I emailed my ex ex ex Eric. he's so immature. I remember he had a
problem with my putting pics of Mani up on msn even though we had been
broken up for YEARS and all that stupidness and he hadn't signed on to
msn in soo long but when he does he just sits and waits for me to msg
and when I refuse to give in he signs out. Like seriously this guy is 5
years older than me and he acts like he's 13. I started the email off with
First of all, I think you're a really crappy friend but I wanted to email you and discuss the Eraser
Anyways the only reason I mailed him was because I really wanted to discuss Thom Yorke's new album " the Eraser" which i think is brilliant... not for strictly guitar ppl .. must love their recent electronic influences. But his voice is lovely and he's just a complete genius. He put together the worlds and lyrics AFTER he had bits of music alreayd which would seem like an impossible task.. but he made things fit so perfectly.. it's disgusting. My friend Geoff said, " aw man, I thought it would be Thom just singing with his acoustic but I guess that is just wishful thinking"
omg.. how can he really not have known this? Get over it ppl! The Bends was in 1995.. he's evolved and moved on!
Anyways, then I headed over to my friend Geoff's house with a six pack of Guinness ( ech.. I got to drink his Budweiser) and mostly ALL my Radiohead assets ( which is oodles.. we couldn't get through all of them so I left something like 18 CD/DVDs there. He kept pushing his U2 crap on me and tells me that he always has to defend them and that it's annoying..
I guess U2 can be good... if you're 99 years old and like elevator music. They were good back in the day for that day but now they keep writing the same bullshit song over and over. And they say that about the Rolling Stones ( which is true but they are not in denial about it)..ok whatevs I don't hate... soft rock on peops
Sometimes, I'm surprised that Geoff is such a Radiohead fan considering all the other garbage he listens to. He gets so angry at me but I really think that if anything sounds like a Radiohead song from the Bends he thinks they are the next best thing. I told him that to be the next best thing, bands can't just go and obviously rip off someone's sound and try to be relevant on that alone. Yeah back in the Creep days Radiohead got enough grief about ripping off The Smiths, REM and one song, Stop Whispering, sounds too much like a U2 song. But then they found their own sound and just catapulted and left everyone else in their dust.
If what made a band great was simply just to steal the sound of an already Great band then we'd all be great rock stars now, wouldn't we? Chee.. he doesn't seem to get it. He's like, "stop comparing all these bands to Radiohead" as if I'm just crazy and do that on purpose. The reason for the comparisons ( he's talking Coldplay and this Cdn band called Pilate, which by the way, basically cut pieces of OKC and Bends together and tried to sound EXACTLYL like thom yorke) and I'm like.. well if they tried to rip off Oasis' sound ( which sucked after the first two albums) then I would make that comparison.. but they aren't! And he's so surprised that Pilate doesn't sell out shows.. they are so transparent.. not all of us like recycled half-ass cut and paste jobs!
arhg!
I hate talking to ppl who listen to soft rock and wish everyone sounded the same and think they are big time music connoiseurs... I don't pretend to be one, I'm always the first to admit it when I like a song, even the most cheesiest kind.. but I am really picky and am brutally honest.
ew.. this guy likes bands like Dashboard confessional, what else was there... Muse... blech..
then he has the nerve to accuse me of only listening to Radiohead. He's like.. I have a 150 CDs.. well.. so what! I have like 500! What does that prove? That I like to spend more money than you! that's what!
Currently, I'm listening to a lot of The Verve, Beck, Velvet underground, PJ Harvey, DJ Shadow, The Smiths and other 80's bands and some little UK bands (keeping an eye out for something special) and the Beatles.. even their cheesy shit, I love the Beatles. I would have totally been Lennon's Yoko :P er.. she's kinda scary.. I'll be May pang
anyways, it bothers me when ppl who I think listen to shit, try to sell me the relevance of their favourite band. But I'm such an asshole because when I try to explain the relevance of Radihoead in the music world and ppl don't get it, I end up exasperated and feel sorry for them that they have no ear for music. This is a double standard, I realize but FFS ppl it's Radiohead. .. ugh.. nevermind.. keep listening to ur Muse.
In other news, Syd Barrett died the other day.. what a sad story his is.. it's just unfortunate.
Oh! But I had so much fun at Geoff's. we drank beer and he played Radiohead songs ( he's soooo good! really bang on!.. only OKC and the bends but I LOVE them.. anything is great to hear live) and sang and traded Radiohead paraphernalia. This has inspired me to get on with learning the guitar and at a faster pace.
Alright. I have to get going now. I'm currently reading "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" I read it about 5 years ago but I don't think I appreciated it enough cuz I almost forgot everything. I'm also eyeing two books at Chapters/Indigo ... really excited. Also tomorrow I get to go to a sugar museum at a sugar factory.. yay... fun... *smacks head with palm*
I'll talk to you later!
byeeee
Tchocky
music-snob-extraordinaire
First of all, I think you're a really crappy friend but I wanted to email you and discuss the Eraser
Anyways the only reason I mailed him was because I really wanted to discuss Thom Yorke's new album " the Eraser" which i think is brilliant... not for strictly guitar ppl .. must love their recent electronic influences. But his voice is lovely and he's just a complete genius. He put together the worlds and lyrics AFTER he had bits of music alreayd which would seem like an impossible task.. but he made things fit so perfectly.. it's disgusting. My friend Geoff said, " aw man, I thought it would be Thom just singing with his acoustic but I guess that is just wishful thinking"
omg.. how can he really not have known this? Get over it ppl! The Bends was in 1995.. he's evolved and moved on!
Anyways, then I headed over to my friend Geoff's house with a six pack of Guinness ( ech.. I got to drink his Budweiser) and mostly ALL my Radiohead assets ( which is oodles.. we couldn't get through all of them so I left something like 18 CD/DVDs there. He kept pushing his U2 crap on me and tells me that he always has to defend them and that it's annoying..
I guess U2 can be good... if you're 99 years old and like elevator music. They were good back in the day for that day but now they keep writing the same bullshit song over and over. And they say that about the Rolling Stones ( which is true but they are not in denial about it)..ok whatevs I don't hate... soft rock on peops
Sometimes, I'm surprised that Geoff is such a Radiohead fan considering all the other garbage he listens to. He gets so angry at me but I really think that if anything sounds like a Radiohead song from the Bends he thinks they are the next best thing. I told him that to be the next best thing, bands can't just go and obviously rip off someone's sound and try to be relevant on that alone. Yeah back in the Creep days Radiohead got enough grief about ripping off The Smiths, REM and one song, Stop Whispering, sounds too much like a U2 song. But then they found their own sound and just catapulted and left everyone else in their dust.
If what made a band great was simply just to steal the sound of an already Great band then we'd all be great rock stars now, wouldn't we? Chee.. he doesn't seem to get it. He's like, "stop comparing all these bands to Radiohead" as if I'm just crazy and do that on purpose. The reason for the comparisons ( he's talking Coldplay and this Cdn band called Pilate, which by the way, basically cut pieces of OKC and Bends together and tried to sound EXACTLYL like thom yorke) and I'm like.. well if they tried to rip off Oasis' sound ( which sucked after the first two albums) then I would make that comparison.. but they aren't! And he's so surprised that Pilate doesn't sell out shows.. they are so transparent.. not all of us like recycled half-ass cut and paste jobs!
arhg!
I hate talking to ppl who listen to soft rock and wish everyone sounded the same and think they are big time music connoiseurs... I don't pretend to be one, I'm always the first to admit it when I like a song, even the most cheesiest kind.. but I am really picky and am brutally honest.
ew.. this guy likes bands like Dashboard confessional, what else was there... Muse... blech..
then he has the nerve to accuse me of only listening to Radiohead. He's like.. I have a 150 CDs.. well.. so what! I have like 500! What does that prove? That I like to spend more money than you! that's what!
Currently, I'm listening to a lot of The Verve, Beck, Velvet underground, PJ Harvey, DJ Shadow, The Smiths and other 80's bands and some little UK bands (keeping an eye out for something special) and the Beatles.. even their cheesy shit, I love the Beatles. I would have totally been Lennon's Yoko :P er.. she's kinda scary.. I'll be May pang
anyways, it bothers me when ppl who I think listen to shit, try to sell me the relevance of their favourite band. But I'm such an asshole because when I try to explain the relevance of Radihoead in the music world and ppl don't get it, I end up exasperated and feel sorry for them that they have no ear for music. This is a double standard, I realize but FFS ppl it's Radiohead. .. ugh.. nevermind.. keep listening to ur Muse.
In other news, Syd Barrett died the other day.. what a sad story his is.. it's just unfortunate.
Oh! But I had so much fun at Geoff's. we drank beer and he played Radiohead songs ( he's soooo good! really bang on!.. only OKC and the bends but I LOVE them.. anything is great to hear live) and sang and traded Radiohead paraphernalia. This has inspired me to get on with learning the guitar and at a faster pace.
Alright. I have to get going now. I'm currently reading "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" I read it about 5 years ago but I don't think I appreciated it enough cuz I almost forgot everything. I'm also eyeing two books at Chapters/Indigo ... really excited. Also tomorrow I get to go to a sugar museum at a sugar factory.. yay... fun... *smacks head with palm*
I'll talk to you later!
byeeee
Tchocky
music-snob-extraordinaire
