Now that spek is turned off...

[TMcGee86]

I have to get this off my chest.



I don't like the Flaming Lips.




I'm sure I just dont listen enough, or I'm just not in the right mood when I do, but I have this crazy notion in the back of my head that if this band was from Austin, they would never be mentioned on this board, much less revered.








There, I said it. Carry on. Maybe if spek gets turned back on in the future you can all neg me into bolivian. :D

[sooner_born_1960]

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[Hot Rod]

There, I said it. Carry on. Maybe if spek gets turned back on in the future you can all neg me into bolivian. :D

I don't think relocating to South America would be the answer.

[iwannabelikesam]

I'm obviously new here. Why did they turn off the spek?

[Howzit]

I'm obviously new here. Why did they turn off the spek?

Just to keep you from getting any.

Can you believe that?

[TexasSooner01]

Just to keep you from getting any.

Can you believe that?


you forgot to add the :texan:




:D

[iwannabelikesam]

Just to keep you from getting any.

Can you believe that?

thanks....I think

[BigRedJed]

Yeah, I seriously doubt you would have been negged for revealing such. They are DEFINITELY an acquired taste. Plus, there are a lot of current Lips fans who can't deal with the eardrum-shearing sounds they used to make, and lots of old-school Lips fans who can't stand what they've become.

Add to that fact that there are people in OKC who have known them as people for years, hung out with them, do art-related stuff with them, etc., and yet don't care for their music. Plus, there is a whole new crop of people who know precisely dick about them, but now love them because it's the popular thing to do around here.

They are really an extremely mixed bag. And weird. Let's not forget that they are weird.

[frankensooner]

AT least we can all agree that Stumpy's is only so-so.

[BigRedJed]

:les: WRONG!!!

[frankensooner]

I wish there was some way to voice my disagreement with you that wasn't in such a public forum.

[soonerinabilene]

You know, I never wanted to admit that I hate the Beatles because I knew I would get an entire page of negs. But i really, really, really cant stand them. Or Led Zepp. Or the Rolling Stones. Or Radiohead.

[BigRedJed]

I wish there was some way to voice my disagreement with you that wasn't in such a public forum.
You're talking to the wrong person.

[frankensooner]

Okay, where is BSG? ;)

[Scott D]

You know, I never wanted to admit that I hate the Beatles because I knew I would get an entire page of negs. But i really, really, really cant stand them. Or Led Zepp. Or the Rolling Stones. Or Radiohead.

well it's not like radiohead ever recorded anything that wasn't best used as a coaster.

[BigRedJed]

Okay, where is BSG? ;)
You're getting colder.

[frankensooner]

Well, Besides Norm, thats all the folks I know with any real power. ;)


So, are you saying you are more powerful than BSG? I would have to disagree. Her tounge alone... ;)

[Sooner04]

You know, I never wanted to admit that I hate the Beatles because I knew I would get an entire page of negs. But i really, really, really cant stand them. Or Led Zepp. Or the Rolling Stones. Or Radiohead.
One of these four bands does not belong.

That's like saying you hate The Godfather, Rocky, Casablanca and Leonard Part 6.

[sooneron]

Great, now Huey Lewis fanboy is piping in.

[bri]

Zero stars. We needs them. :D

[Sooner04]

Great, now Huey Lewis fanboy is piping in.
Get back to me when Radiohead ever produces an album as good as Sports.

[BigRedJed]

Well, Besides Norm, thats all the folks I know with any real power. ;)


So, are you saying you are more powerful than BSG? I would have to disagree. Her tounge alone... ;)
Nope. We have pretty much exactly the same power. I'm just on more these days.

[Scott D]

Get back to me when Radiohead ever produces an album as good as Sports.

you know....I don't care for the corporate band, but 04 does have a point, Sports is better than anything Radiohead foisted on the people.

[silverwheels]

You guys just don't understand Radiohead. ;)

[OUMallen]

I'm obviously new here. Why did they turn off the spek?

Seriously guys, what does ENA stand for?

[Boarder]

One of these four bands does not belong.

That's like saying you hate The Godfather, Rocky, Casablanca and Leonard Part 6.
This post is funny.

[iwannabelikesam]

Seriously guys, what does ENA stand for?

HEY! Even I know what ENA stands for and who it is! Just because I'm new here doesn't mean I'm new at other Sooner message boards too.

[KC//CRIMSON]

Get back to me when Radiohead ever produces an album as good as Sports.


Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

[Big Red Ron]

I don't like the Flaming Lips. Say it with pride.

I get that they're from OKC but their music is crap. There I said it!

[def_lazer_fc]

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself

[KC//CRIMSON]

Do you like Genesis?

[NYC Poke]

In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself

Subtle, but good.
I'd spek you if I could.

[def_lazer_fc]

Do you like Genesis?

Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying

[SouthFortySooner]

The most disappointed evar was in a band was aerosmith at the loyd noble sometime in the 70's. :(

[Rogue]

My all time least favorite band...Faith No More.
One good song, terrible live show, and well I don't like them.

[TMcGee86]

The most disappointed evar was in a band was aerosmith at the loyd noble sometime in the 70's. :(

We had a pole one time on another board I frequent and the subject of most overrated band of all time came up.

I went with Aerosmith. I actually used to like them, but looking back, imho, their stuff just doesnt hold up. Most of it is really quite crappy.

[TMcGee86]

Do you like Genesis?

LOL. I used this joke in another thread just the other day or I would quote the whole scene. :D

[royalfan5]

This thread seems like a good place to reiterate that I believe U2 is very poor at music making.

[texas bandman]

Flaming lips, sounds like what happened to me when I was shooting Bacardi 151 and lit up a cigar. :D

I didn't even know they were a group, but if they were formed after 1979 I'm suing for intellectual property infringement!

[soonerboy_odanorth]

One of these four bands does not belong.

That's like saying you hate The Godfather, Rocky, Casablanca and Leonard Part 6.


Mr. Red. (I'll reserve your real alias.)

WTF MF! Where ya been, red?

'bout two weeks ago a certain... yes it is true... MOSOON made a visit. Now you!

WhereTF is OldSooner!?!?! Mike!?!?!

Ummmm... BTW.... it has now been for me... ten years on. Time flies, time flies..... I'll be at Nebraska, would love to say "hi" if you have the time.

[Big Red Ron]

This thread seems like a good place to reiterate that I believe U2 is very poor at music making.
Beyond their first album, I still don't understand their appeal.

[Rogue]

This was threadjacked.
Topic, people! :mad:

[CK Sooner]

Thread Jacking.

:D

[StormySooner-IN]

You know, I never wanted to admit that I hate the Beatles because I knew I would get an entire page of negs. But i really, really, really cant stand them. Or Led Zepp. Or the Rolling Stones. Or Radiohead.OK.




Im coming to get you.


:D;)

[StoopTroup]

I'm thinking of buying a hybrid.

[Cam]

I don't like the Flaming Lips.

I've said that on here many times and never got negged for it.

Just have never gotten into their music.

[GottaHavePride]

This was threadjacked.
Topic, people! :mad:

Natalie Portman what?

Wait, was that a different thread?

[BigRedJed]

I've said that on here many times and never got negged for it.

Just have never gotten into their music.
See?

[bri]

I like pie.

[BigRedJed]

Geez, we know.

[bri]

Bitch, I will end you like a preposition.

[BigRedJed]

Not if I have pie.

[bri]

Are you drunk? I'll REALLY end you then, just for hoarding pie.

[BigRedJed]

Well, I had planned on DISTRACTING you with the pie and making my escape.

[Cam]

Well, I had planned on DISTRACTING you with the pie and making my escape.

That should work as pie is like a shiny object to the rest of us.

[bri]

Nope, ending first, then pie.

[BigRedJed]

Dammit. What if I throw the pie?

[bri]

Dude, wasting pie?

Don't. Just...don't.

[StoopTroup]

I bet Jed don't use jelly.

[BigRedJed]

Is there such a thing as jelly pie? 'Cause I would use the **** out of that.

[Mixer!]

You know, I never wanted to admit that I hate the Beatles because I knew I would get an entire page of negs. But i really, really, really cant stand them. Or Led Zepp. Or the Rolling Stones. Or Radiohead.

:dean: What?!? How DARE you criticize any band that came before 1980!




;)

[SCOUT]

I have always avoided flaming lips because I believe it is a form of herpes.

[GottaHavePride]

What teh hell is this pie business? FOCUS, people!

http://thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/02/Natalie%20Portman%20London/gallery_main/gallery_main-0220_natalie_portman_london_04.jpg

[SCOUT]

What teh hell is this pie business? FOCUS, people!

http://thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/02/Natalie%20Portman%20London/gallery_main/gallery_main-0220_natalie_portman_london_04.jpg

Pad-Pie?

[proud gonzo]

she's not a role model

[bri]

Somebody needs to get her a pie. Or rather, a succession of pies.

[King Crimson]

i like the old stuff better up through Telepathic. i don't like Hit to Death. Priest is awesome.

this crooning stuff is not my fave and i almost never listen to it...but i'm real happy for those guys.

[Boomer.....]

:pop:



;)

[BigRedJed]

It's funny; Priest Driven Ambulance is the first time I actually paid attention to them. I had seen them a number of times, but was always sortof "meh." When I heard Priest Driven, I thought "wow, it seems like they're on to something..." The strange thing is that after that I really got into the old stuff.

The Lips are mos def an acquired taste. As much of a fanboy street teamer as I am, I am also well aware that far from everyone will dig it. Which actually makes it better, IMO. In fact, the way people have gotten on their junk locally over the past couple of years sortof disgusts me. I guarandamntee for most of them it's not about the music. At the same time, I'm happy for the Lips, and they're making the most of it.