DEATH CAB!

[robsadler]

is all intelligent music pretentious?

is it the same with literature and film or just music?

what is wrong with a bit of intelligence anyway?

robx

[scottt]

I dont think intelligent music is pretentious. I just think people who like intelligent music are often pretentious, cause they like to think it makes them better.

[Lithium05]

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Edited June 17, 2009 by Lithium05

[Lithium05]

I dont think intelligent music is pretentious. I just think people who like intelligent music are often pretentious, cause they like to think it makes them better.

[Obsydyan]

I dont think intelligent music is pretentious. I just think people who like intelligent music are often pretentious, cause they like to think it makes them better.

[tomisnothere]

lith, i don't see anyone arguing that death cab are good because they have a cult following...so that argument's void here.

Edited June 17, 2009 by tomisnothere

[Lithium05]

lith, i don't see anyone arguing that death cab are good because they have a cult following...so that argument's void here.

[robsadler]

I dont think intelligent music is pretentious. I just think people who like intelligent music are often pretentious, cause they like to think it makes them better.

Edited June 17, 2009 by robsadler

[scottt]

how do you know that this is the reason that someone likes a certain band?

i've never heard anyone say they like a band for this reason.

oh.....and isn't using the word pretentious as a derogatory term, to describe someone actually quite......

pretentious?

perhaps they want to challenge themselves.

don't get me wrong i do really enjoy blink 182, the mad caddies, seth rogen films, dan brown books and other fun art forms.

don't you ever like to stimulate yourself with radiohead, a darren aronofsky film or an ian mcewan book (i'm not hugely cultured myself before we get too many 'guffaws' at these examples!)?

robx

[Im_in_a_tent]

Nah, what would be the fun in that?

Someone has to point out that just because a band have a cult following, doesn't mean they're good!

Deathcab for me fall under the same bracket as Arcade Fire - I'm sick of people w*nking over them when they're not actually that good!

[The_Functions]

Nah, what would be the fun in that?

Someone has to point out that just because a band have a cult following, doesn't mean they're good!

Deathcab for me fall under the same bracket as Arcade Fire - I'm sick of people w*nking over them when they're not actually that good!

[tombenj]

I think Lithium thinks we're all like

I RLY LYK DEF CAB COS ALL MY FREINDS DO

I LV SOLE MEATS BRONDY

But really, we're just mellow, and he's just heartless

It's not our fault we're more cultured than him.

Please note, that was a joke, I can't imagine anyone being less cultured than me.

[tombenj]

PS

DEATH CAB

[Lithium05]

Gigs 2009

Reel Big Fish (27/02) Metallica (02/03), Nightwish (11/03/), AC/DC (14/04), InMe (22/04), NOFX (03/05), AC/DC (26/06), The Offspring (25/08), The King Blues (09/10), Black Stone Cherry (15/10), Green Day (23/10)

[Lithium05]

I think Lithium thinks we're all like

I RLY LYK DEF CAB COS ALL MY FREINDS DO

I LV SOLE MEATS BRONDY

[tombenj]

Not at all. If anything it's more like "I like Deathcab, anyone who doesn't is wrong"

All I was saying is that I don't think they deserve such a blinkered following, as they seem pretty average to me.

[Lithium05]

Blinkered? I like other bands too, but thanks for the input, i'll work on it

Edited June 17, 2009 by Lithium05

[tombenj]

Sorry, I wasn't trying to imply that you were off your rocker, and I love that turn of phrase haha.

I can understand why people would think Death Cab are a bit bland, but I don't just like them because they're popular.

They're popular because I like them

[thomasowen]

I like death cab. Im just saying. Alot of people seem to think it makes thme beetter. Such as who ever said you just dont get them cause they are intelligent, or something along those lines. You must be really up your own arse to say that.

Dont get me wrong, i like gay artsy films, music, as well as limp bizkit and naked gun. Just to point out that they are intelligent and use that as a reason why someone doesnt like them, when it could just be they dont think they sound good, seems pretty pretentious to me

[Timmah]

Ah, Radiohead fans! (Time to take cover)

[dip]

Muse fans too! (Incoming!)

I'd like to point out I like Death Cab, Radiohead and Muse. But I agree with the holier-than-thou fans thing. Not all of them, just quite a few.

Muse's "Rock for Intelligent People" slogan (unofficial albeit) is proof enough.

[pearlegs]

This thread is getting pretty similar to the Neil Young one on the IOW forum, but more polite and intelligent

Never come across Death Cab before, but I reckon I'm a convert. Anyone think they sound a bit like the Lightening Seeds and Travis ?

[hearing_aid]

Muse aren't a really an inteligent band are they?!

[robsadler]

what is an intelligent band?

robx

[ste4_20]

what is an intelligent band?

robx