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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:34 PM
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The Ultimate "Your Music Sucks" Test
If I'm in my car and the windows are rolled up and I'm listening to "traffic-n-weather" reports and your car is facing me on the OPPOSITE side of the intersection and I can still hear your music playing.... IT SUCKS.

If I'm in my home and my windows are closed and the TV is playing and I can hear (and feel) your bass beat as you drive by... then YOUR MUSIC SUCKS.

If I can't understand the English words: IT SUCKS.

If it doesn't have a tune that's "hummable": IT SUCKS.

If the video can only be played on MTV after 10PM and it still has "censored" pixelized areas: IT SUCKS!

-- Allen

Can anyone add anything else?



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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:36 PM
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1. If the performer went to art school and claims that he's a rocker:
IT SUCKS.

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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:38 PM
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3. A lot of great bands were art school bands.
Clash, Blondie, Talking Heads, the Sex Pistols....
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elcondor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:42 PM
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10. Didn't John Lennon also go to art school?
Topic: if I can duplicate the singing/instrumentals . . . it SUCKS! (I have no musical talent.)

If the "lyrics" are just people screaming as loud as they can . . . it SUCKS!

Hey, this is fun! :D
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:48 PM
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15. UM _ R.E.M met in art school I do believe
and tho they suck now they didn't used to!

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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:37 PM
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2. if
arwalden is listening to music. It sucks! ;)
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:38 PM
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4. If the vocal artist has had breast augmentation AND
..is blonde AND her navel is showing it sucks.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:38 PM
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5. If The Singer Is An American Idol Contestant... IT SUCKS.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:39 PM
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6. If the lead singer was replaced
IT SUCKS!!!

Van Halen, not Van Hagar!!!!!!!!!

There, I feel better.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:57 PM
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19. AC/DC replaced lead singers
Before Back in Black.

Perhaps it is the exception that proves the rule.
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Bat Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:30 AM
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22. It helped that their original singer died.
Personally, I think Brian Johnson sings like a cartoon duck, but that's just me.

Perhaps the ruling would be replacement while still living.

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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:40 PM
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7. IF Clive Davis had a hand in your creation
YOU FUCKING SUCK.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:41 PM
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8. If it celebrates misogyny and homophobia, it SUCKS.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:42 PM
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9. If The Singer's Voice Sounds Like Michael Bolton Or Rod Stewart...
(even if it really IS Michael Bolton or Rod Stewart)... then it SUCKS!

EXCEPTION: Kim Carnes.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:44 PM
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IF your song makes more than ONE reference to God/Jesus
YOU FUCKING SUCK HARDER BECAUSE CHRISTIAN ROCK IS THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL.
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:44 PM
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11. If "The Original" is part of the band's name...
..it sucks.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:45 PM
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12. Corollary: If "The New" Is Part Of The Band's Name... IT SUCKS
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:45 PM
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13. If you call yourself punk and you are a new "on the radio" here in 2004
YOU SUCK!
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:47 PM
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14. Pony Tail
the end
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:50 PM
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16. If you like it
IT SUCKS! :P
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:51 PM
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17. If only white people listen to it: IT SUCKS!
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:53 PM
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18. If Weird Al Made A Parody Of It... Then the original SUCKED!!
Rice rice baby!
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-19-04 11:57 PM
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20. If The Album Cover Art Sucks... The Music SUCKS
Edited on Sat Jun-19-04 11:58 PM by arwalden
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Bryan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 01:18 AM
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26. That's hardly fair
Artists seldom have control over whether their album art sucks or not.

For an example, let's take... I dunno...

THE BEATLES!!!!





Group photo... okay, fairly representative of albums of the time...



Group photo...



Group photo...



Group photo! How daring!



Group photo, except it's trippy... Ooh, trippy.



Scary. This looks like the winning entry from a fan art contest in Tiger Beat.



Honestly, what IS this shit?



Obviously reflective of the strong contemporary influence of the "Fuck it, it'll sell anyway" school.


Does this wretched display invalidate the contents of the records? Heavens no. And to give you an idea of what the boys had to cope with, this awesome cover was rejected by Capitol:

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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:16 AM
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21. If The Group's Name Or The Singer's Name Is Spelled PHONETICALLY...
IT SUCKS
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 01:20 AM
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27. Or if the group's name is an intentionally misspelled English word...
IT SUCKS.
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:36 AM
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23. You better not move to my neighborhood
You've pretty much summed up all the music my neighbors listen to, particularly when they are driving slowly down the street in their pimped out rides. :-)
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Bat Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:38 AM
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24. If there is only one member of the band left...
...and they are still touring as that band, they suck.

Even if they didn't suck before, the minute that one member goes on the "I've got a car payment due" tour, they cross the line into suckage.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-20-04 12:43 AM
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25. If It's Anyone's High School Prom "Theme Song"... IT SUCKS!
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