Shitty band with shitty music IMO
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I'm currently listening to the album for the... 10Th time maybe. I agree with you that hero of war is awesome. The lyrics are just amazing. I like entertainment too, collapse, hairline fracture are the best imo.
For those who say that RA is becoming mainstream, they aren't. Like haffey said, listen to their lyrics, not mainstream at all. It just doesn't sound like the other albums, but again every album is different. And no, it's not screamo, not this album at least. Maybe a couple of songs on SSoCC and RPM could be qualified as screamo, but RA most of their song aren't screamo at all.
I must say Rise Against is my favorite band. The album is pretty good, lyrically one of the best, but not musically as good as RPM or SSoCC.
Can't wait to hear their new stuff live.
For those who say that RA is becoming mainstream, they aren't. Like haffey said, listen to their lyrics, not mainstream at all. It just doesn't sound like the other albums, but again every album is different. And no, it's not screamo, not this album at least. Maybe a couple of songs on SSoCC and RPM could be qualified as screamo, but RA most of their song aren't screamo at all.
I must say Rise Against is my favorite band. The album is pretty good, lyrically one of the best, but not musically as good as RPM or SSoCC.
Can't wait to hear their new stuff live.
One thing comes to mind:
Men without hats: Safety Dance
Look it up.
Also, Me first and the gimme gimme's: Eastbound and Down
Men without hats: Safety Dance
Look it up.
Also, Me first and the gimme gimme's: Eastbound and Down
Last edited by jamiet757 (2008-10-17 19:10:34)
gotta argue that.haffeysucks wrote:
Rise Against is the easily the best band out there lyric-wise;
maybe out of that genre they are the best, but hell would freeze over and they still wouldnt be the best out right now.
Uzique wrote:
screamo rubbish
The screaming in that song drowned out your good points
One of my favorite songs of theirs btw
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Sgt Slutterzz wrote:
[03:35] steve lol: tell those fagets that rise agaisnt sucks balls and is not lyrically deep at all
[03:37] steve lol: circa survive and coheed and cambria rape rise against lyrically
Last edited by The Sheriff (2008-10-17 19:43:20)
Neither of those bands are screamo, haha, oh dear.MadKatter wrote:
Rise Against isn't screamo OR mainstream, ya'll are retarded. Take a fucking look at the lyrics, Rise Against is no "My Chemical Romance" or "Greenday".
Those lyrics are mind-blowing, seriously; Rise Against have a mastery of the rhyming couplet that rivals that of Alexander Pope! And the patronising and predictable songs about global warming and the environment, whilst they jet around the world to play shows to crowds of angsty "Save the planet man!" 14 year olds and mass-produce millions of CD's with packaging and printing. How radical they are, how truly thought provoking. They're basically like our modern generation's Bob Dylan, only way cooler! Really bringing creative lyricism to the forefront of the music scene, whining incessantly in a musical adaptation of an Al Gore presentation.
Last edited by Uzique (2008-10-17 22:52:37)
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Lol?Uzique wrote:
And the patronising and predictable songs about global warming and the environment, whilst they jet around the world to play shows to crowds of angsty "Save the planet man!" 14 year olds and mass-produce millions of CD's with packaging and printing.
U r a smart one.
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I lol'edUzique wrote:
whining incessantly in a musical adaptation of an Al Gore presentation.
I like RA though, good band IMO.
i loled as well. although i can't find anything to argue against it, i doubt they would do that; can you find proof that they do? as for the CD part, i can't deny it. yet the production impact of CDs is so insignificant when you're trying to spread the word.DefCon-17 wrote:
Lol?Uzique wrote:
And the patronising and predictable songs about global warming and the environment, whilst they jet around the world to play shows to crowds of angsty "Save the planet man!" 14 year olds and mass-produce millions of CD's with packaging and printing.
i won't pressure you to do this, but try and take a look at the ready to fall video. i just want to convince you to not hate them.
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
You're spreading the word to a bunch of angsty 14-year old teens that need mommy to drive them to the local Wal-Mart to buy the album in the first place. I'm sorry but you can't have some environmentalist / political / social tirade against any cause when the average listener to your music is about as capable of bringing about change as a paraplegic is of winning the 100M sprint.
Rise Against are doing nothing new, stop heralding their lyricism as some sort of genius. Angsty teenage bands have been complaining about the same shit for years, I listened to it too and loved it as well. The difference is that I didn't compare their writing skill to Milton or Shakespeare in terms of creativity and awesomeness.
So, I argue that the cost of mass-production and jetting all over the world to play various gigs in different continents (you doubt they do that? What, they only play gigs in the Chicago area- getting from venue to venue via bicycle or something) isn't worth it for "spreading the word". Leave the 'spreading the word' to Al Gore, at least he got a Nobel Prize for it
Oh, and I saw the video when first did the rounds on the satellite music stations. It makes me feel ill. I don't want to be patronised with 'emotional' and pretentious video footage of polar bears and fucking dolphins whilst some corporate-owned hypocrit screams into a microphone- fuck that! The shameless self-promotion of their album is killing polar bears and dolphins as we speak with their industrial by-products and touring pollutants, the wankers. Plus the only people that find a fragment of impact or influence in this video are raging teenagers- and I'm sure Rise Against know who their main political 'congregation' and following are when their gigs are full of the fuckers. Therefore, they're dumb as fuck, and they're cashing in on this 'Save the planet!' shit that every fat corporation and record label is peddling nowadays.
TL;DR: Fuck Rise Against, self-defeating wankstains.
Rise Against are doing nothing new, stop heralding their lyricism as some sort of genius. Angsty teenage bands have been complaining about the same shit for years, I listened to it too and loved it as well. The difference is that I didn't compare their writing skill to Milton or Shakespeare in terms of creativity and awesomeness.
So, I argue that the cost of mass-production and jetting all over the world to play various gigs in different continents (you doubt they do that? What, they only play gigs in the Chicago area- getting from venue to venue via bicycle or something) isn't worth it for "spreading the word". Leave the 'spreading the word' to Al Gore, at least he got a Nobel Prize for it
Oh, and I saw the video when first did the rounds on the satellite music stations. It makes me feel ill. I don't want to be patronised with 'emotional' and pretentious video footage of polar bears and fucking dolphins whilst some corporate-owned hypocrit screams into a microphone- fuck that! The shameless self-promotion of their album is killing polar bears and dolphins as we speak with their industrial by-products and touring pollutants, the wankers. Plus the only people that find a fragment of impact or influence in this video are raging teenagers- and I'm sure Rise Against know who their main political 'congregation' and following are when their gigs are full of the fuckers. Therefore, they're dumb as fuck, and they're cashing in on this 'Save the planet!' shit that every fat corporation and record label is peddling nowadays.
TL;DR: Fuck Rise Against, self-defeating wankstains.
Last edited by Uzique (2008-10-18 07:20:23)
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Wow, you really put too much thought into music. It's just music. You either like it or you don't.
But their shitty ostentatious facade attempts to make it more than music, thus opening it for scrutiny and ridicule.Ajax_the_Great1 wrote:
Wow, you really put too much thought into music. It's just music. You either like it or you don't.
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¯\(°_o)/¯Uzique wrote:
But their shitty ostentatious facade attempts to make it more than music, thus opening it for scrutiny and ridicule.Ajax_the_Great1 wrote:
Wow, you really put too much thought into music. It's just music. You either like it or you don't.
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
lol
that is supposed to provide an example of lyrical genius?haffeysucks wrote:
i loled as well. although i can't find anything to argue against it, i doubt they would do that; can you find proof that they do? as for the CD part, i can't deny it. yet the production impact of CDs is so insignificant when you're trying to spread the word.DefCon-17 wrote:
Lol?Uzique wrote:
And the patronising and predictable songs about global warming and the environment, whilst they jet around the world to play shows to crowds of angsty "Save the planet man!" 14 year olds and mass-produce millions of CD's with packaging and printing.
i won't pressure you to do this, but try and take a look at the ready to fall video. i just want to convince you to not hate them.
rarely do i agree with uzique, but this is complete crap. i cant believe i agreed to go see these guys
here is an example of ONE guy that has more lyrical talent in his left foot than that entire band.
and btw, did the lead singer really ONLY sing? does he not play any instruments?
thats horrible.
Last edited by Parker (2008-10-18 07:49:32)
Lolwut.Parker wrote:
rarely do i agree with uzique
Rarely do I see a Parker post without a picture of him holding a gun/banjo/knife.
Today is full of surprises.
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another fanboyUzique wrote:
Rarely do I see a Parker post without a picture of him holding a gun/banjo/knife.
sorry you lack talent beyond berating 14 year olds in a video game forum.
if you did, maybe you would have something else to post about
edit:
and just so i dont let you down
or wait, do i need to be holding those?
Last edited by Parker (2008-10-18 07:59:43)
DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA
It's just a band.
It's just a band.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
that was just a video about their animal cruelty stance.Parker wrote:
that is supposed to provide an example of lyrical genius?
there, something without distractions
how about we all agree on dispatch and leave it at that?
Last edited by haffeysucks (2008-10-18 08:22:25)
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
Used to like them, now from what I've seen they've decided to fall into the bucket of "Lets change the world with our music" shit that every band seems to fall into..
Ur rite, I lack any real talent and berating 14 year olds on Internet Forums is my actual sole occupation and station in life.Parker wrote:
sorry you lack talent beyond berating 14 year olds in a video game forum.
if you did, maybe you would have something else to post about
The 'acoustic' song that was posted was more bearable than the wanky 'Save The Animalsssss' stuff that they were whining on about, but it was no cigar.
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I'm quite aware of what "screamo" is. I was talking about mainstream. Greenday is the definition of sellout. My Chemical Romance is great if you're 13 and hate the world.Uzique wrote:
Neither of those bands are screamo, haha, oh dear.MadKatter wrote:
Rise Against isn't screamo OR mainstream, ya'll are retarded. Take a fucking look at the lyrics, Rise Against is no "My Chemical Romance" or "Greenday".
I love Rise Against so much
Oh, and lol @ the haters, 'cause they don't get it, foo'
Oh, and lol @ the haters, 'cause they don't get it, foo'