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11-15-2009 , 03:26 PM

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General Tsao

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btw, i go with The Who. They're not part of my generation, at all, but they're playing during my time, and they are awesome.

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11-15-2009 , 03:29 PM

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Yeti

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taso, i think you just blew a very obvious joke

edit - looks like you got saved

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11-15-2009 , 03:29 PM

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mr.giggles

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Title should be renamed to

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Radiohead: The biggest suckfest of our time.

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11-15-2009 , 03:34 PM

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meh i tried to think of a better band from the past 20 years (what i thought of as "our time") and couldn't. the metric im using in my head is some sort of combination of staying power, relevance, quality and innovation. one of the "lol no" guys give me some other candidates.

I wasn't lol no at the OP. I was lol no at

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Oddly enough, the 2000s are far and away the best decade for music ever imo.

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11-15-2009 , 03:38 PM

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Right cause something like that isn't subjective. I'm not saying there wasn't some really great stuff for it's time back in the 60s/70s that revolutionized a lot of what we hear today. But to pretend that music hasn't progressed in the last 30-40 years and that better stuff isn't available today than was back then is incorrect, in my opinion. There is also a ton of crap today too, but the best of today is better than the best of 40 years ago if they were both released today, which is really the only way to look at it. Look, I like a lot of older stuff, but I'd be lying if I didn't say it felt dated listening to it in the 2000s because people have taken it to the next level since then.

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11-15-2009 , 03:39 PM

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http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/79...thread-375844/

is a good place for anyone interested in what 2p2ers consider good these days to start.

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11-15-2009 , 03:41 PM

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TexArcher

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Originally Posted by Adam Monroe

the best of today is better than the best of 40 years ago if they were both released today, which is really the only way to look at it.

It doesn't matter when they were released.

Most modern guitarists can't hold a freaking candle to Page, Clapton, Hendrix, Alvin Lee, and tons of other guitar players from 40 years ago. Look at the crap that passes for R&B now compared to Motown. There are a few exceptions, but to say that the average level of musicianship among recording artists now is anywhere close to what it was 40 years ago is, well, crazy talk.

MTV made how you look more important than how you sound, and music has suffered for it.

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11-15-2009 , 03:42 PM

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pnazari

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sorry tool wins, they're very good though.

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11-15-2009 , 03:45 PM

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There are a few exceptions, but to say that the average level of musicianship among recording artists now is anywhere close to what it was 40 years ago is, well, crazy talk.

Except that isn't what I said. I said the best of today is better than the best of 40 years ago. And again, that's just my opinion. I'd definitely agree average quality has gone down, at least as far as what the masses seem to enjoy.

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11-15-2009 , 03:47 PM

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You called the decade "far and away" better. That's objectively wrong, even if this was the best decade (which it wasn't).

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11-15-2009 , 03:49 PM

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Fair enough wrt "far and away".

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11-15-2009 , 03:52 PM

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They were definitely the greatest band during the time that I was most engaged in pop music (around 1995-2003). So I answer "yes" to the poll.

OK Computer and The Bends are both in my Top 10 albums of all time, and Kid A is pretty amazing too. Not as into their most recent stuff.

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11-15-2009 , 03:52 PM

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Everything after OK Computer is bland, boring, insipid. Can't believe they don't have it out of their system yet.

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11-15-2009 , 03:54 PM

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markksman

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Not even close.

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11-15-2009 , 03:59 PM

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MicroBob

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Anyone voting yes I can immediately dismiss any other musical recommendations from. Desperately needed this to be a public poll.

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11-15-2009 , 04:01 PM

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General Tsao

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mayb it is

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11-15-2009 , 04:03 PM

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Joe Pulaski

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ughh i hate it when people just slob all over old music at the expense of newer stuff. there is plenty of great music now, dont be so biased because it reminds you of when you were young, smoked weed, and went to rock shows.

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11-15-2009 , 04:05 PM

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im 21 fwiw. the Who is just ****ing awesome. And they're still awesome even though they're old (whoever said that **** earlier from My Generation). They might be even better now.

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11-15-2009 , 04:13 PM

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Everything after OK Computer is bland, boring, insipid. Can't believe they don't have it out of their system yet.

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11-15-2009 , 04:19 PM

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Omar Comin

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im 21 fwiw. the Who is just ****ing awesome. And they're still awesome even though they're old (whoever said that **** earlier from My Generation). They might be even better now.

lol I thought you were like 35, stop posting like an old person.

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11-15-2009 , 04:21 PM

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eazyNY

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Everything after OK Computer is bland, boring, insipid. Can't believe they don't have it out of their system yet.

NO. Depressing maybe but in a good way.

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11-15-2009 , 04:23 PM

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Phish

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11-15-2009 , 04:24 PM

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Also, as far as I'm concerned, no band that has played in the 1990s + comes even close to comparing to older bands like The Beatles or Zeppelin, etc...