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DevinBelow t1_ixdrohk wrote

Reply to Musicians: If you are a headliner then play the headlining spot. by biingcherry_

Depending on the day of the week, the amount of bands on the lineup, and the crowd, the "headliner spot" doesn't necessarily always mean the last band to play.

If you've got 6 bands playing on a Tuesday night, and the show is starting at 7PM, the headliner should probably go on around 10PM because people aren't going to stay out past midnight on a Tuesday to catch a headnling act. So you might have to bump one of the support acts to the late night spot. Basically...whenever the headliner plays is the "headlining spot".

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DevinBelow t1_iwvxsgr wrote

Reply to comment by elevenghosts in What's the worst thing an otherwise great artist has put out? by samx3i

This is the answer. Anyone who tries to defend that album is completely missing the point of the album. It is supposed to be indefensible. It was meant as a fuck you to the record label who wouldn't release him from his contract.

I will say, I remember buying that album for $45 in 1999 or, back in high school. It was out of print in NA, so I had to import it from Germany through this little local record store. I had a friend over and I'm like "we're going to listen to this god dammit, I paid $45 for it." About half an hour in, another friend shows up and walks into my room and we're just sitting there with this noise just blaring through my speakers and he's like "What the fuck are you guys doing?", and I'm like "listen this part coming up is the best part" BLEEEEECCCHHEHHEJEKELASOKEJANEINAELLEAM....and we broke down laughing. That was the only time I ever listened to it in full, but it's just feedback and noise. Like I've seen noise rock shows including a Thurston Moore solo show, that arguably sounded similar, but he had a drummer and a bass player...and MMM isn't noise-rock, it's just noise without anything else. I can almost guaruntee you Lou reed just put a microphone up to an amp, hit record, walked out of the studio and came back an hour later and hit STOP. Then gave that to the record label.

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DevinBelow t1_iujpcwh wrote

Reply to I enjoy new music. I assume I am of the minority in thinking that music is constantly improving, and the previous decade was the best decade of music in history. Thoughts? by TofuVic

If you really listened to 3000+ new songs in the past year, I get the feeling you didn't spend much time listening to anything this year other than new music. Which is fine, it's just that maybe listening 50-65 new songs each week on average has tainted your opinion slightly. Don't get me wrong, it's not more tainted than someone who listens to 50-65 songs from the 1950's each week, but I bet you if you did switch your habits to listening to 3300 songs per year from the 1950's, you'd probably be in here telling how how the best music ever was made in the 1950's. It just stands to reason.

I try to listen to a (fairly) even spread of music from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's, 2010's and the current decade, maybe not as much 50's, but lots of 50's jazz and blues. I just think there has always been good music and there has always been bad music (see 90% of the pop charts for the last 7 decades), but I do think it's easy to get trapped in this mindset of "Whatever music I happen to be into the most right now is the best music in history", and that most of us do that a lot, because like "why would I be listening to it if it's not the best music ever?". But that's why, like I say, it's good to not just limit yourself, or even mostly just listen to, music from one decade or one year or just whatever happens to be coming out in a given week. But obviously you should listen to what you enjoy. And I'm glad to hear you're enjoying what you're hearing.

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DevinBelow t1_iujatej wrote

Reply to comment by DeadBallDescendant in What's the best one hit wonder in your opinion? Do they still exists? by Necessary_Comfort812

Yeah. Like I was gonna say Blind Melon, but their second album (and the singles from it), did very well in Canada (even though they are not Canadian), and if they didn't, I probably wouldn't be as big of a fan, and be mentioning them in this thread. Also, No Rain, isn't even a top 10 Blind Melon song imo.

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DevinBelow t1_iu5jot5 wrote

Reply to When music stores were way more prominent, did you ever just ask an employee for a random recommendation that ended up blowing your mind? What did they recommend? by duomtl

Dude who ran this tiny little local record store turned me onto some great shit over the years including Big Star, Spacemen 3, 13th Floor Elevators and I think Suicide, though I think I may have gone in looking for Suicide and he just happened to actually have it. I wouldn't go into the major chain stores looking for music recommedations, but this guy was cool as hell. He told me a story about being at a party with Gene Clark from the Byrds one time, but he was too drunk to go up and talk to him, and after that he quit alcohol. And yeah, he just ran this tiny little record store where he carried lots of metal and obscure alternative stuff like I mentioned above. He would take the c.d.'s out the packaging and throw it on the stereo in the store for you to listen to before buying. Great dude. I hope he's still doing alright.

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DevinBelow t1_itv9m4q wrote

Reply to All Time by 4dgrz

Beatles, Phish, The Replacements

Apocalypse Now, Top Secret, Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Expanded)...(it's all one movie if you never get off the couch)

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DevinBelow t1_itux18s wrote

Reply to I don’t like Kanye as a human by notaversilfgaming

Yeah, I'm not listening to that clown and haven't for years. It'd be like listening to a Donald Trump record or something. Maybe if he were really talented and made outstanding music, I would be harder pressed to stop listening to him, but he's average at best and there are thousands of better artists out there, and my time is precious, so Kanye gets none of it.

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DevinBelow t1_itt3ksk wrote

Reply to comment by kestrelkev24 in Help me understand Billy Eilish by kestrelkev24

Why then single out this one artist? It seems like you're specifically calling out this one particular artist, not asking for people to broadly expand your mind about music and their passion for it.

Why do you need to share this passion for this one particular artist, who you seem to not enjoy?

Sorry..I'm not trying to call you out in particular. It just feels like a common thread format on this subreddit is often "I don't like this", "I don't understand why people like this", "How do people actually like this" and I just always wonder; why not post about things you like instead?

That's all. I'm sure you will get some actual responses you're looking for in here. Sorry mine likely isn't one of them.

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DevinBelow t1_itt2ao9 wrote

Reply to comment by kestrelkev24 in Help me understand Billy Eilish by kestrelkev24

I just feel like beginning with the premise of "defend this thing you like" is the wrong to approach any conversation about art of any kind. People don't have to justify liking what they like. And you don't have to "get it". That's the great thing about music. You find something out there that works for you and that's an incredible thing. No part of it ever needs to be understood by someone else.

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DevinBelow t1_itt04wl wrote

Reply to Help me understand Billy Eilish by kestrelkev24

You don't have to like everything, and more than that, you don't need to announce to the world everything you don't like. There is no point having people convince you to like music you don't enjoy. There is plenty of music out there. Spread the word about the music you do like.

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DevinBelow t1_itqe9bl wrote

Reply to I need help from you 80s music lovers! by Ordinary_Car_5077

My favorite 80's acts include REM, The Replacements, Prince, Sonic Youth. I'd highly recommend some of the earlier REM stuff like Murmur, Life's Rich Pagaent and Document, and some of that mid-era Replacements stuff like Tim and Pleased to Meet Me. Great music that holds up impeccably today.

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