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Post by Phil Maurice on Nov 6, 2018 15:42:28 GMT -5
But just because something isn't to your taste doesn't make it crap. Just because it is to your taste doesn't make it good either. This is very true, and while Icctrombone may know crap when he reads it, I apparently don't know it when I hear it. See, I absolutely adore Dread Zeppelin, the band that fuses Led Zep, Elvis and Bob Marley. I joined their fan club (with a single-digit member number!), have their first single on numbered, clear vinyl, and own an autographed picture of the band. You know who doesn't like Dread Zeppelin? Seemingly every single person I've mentioned them to over the past 25 years, including all of my immediate family. I am forbidden from playing them in the house unless I am alone or it is a VERY special occasion, like Halley's Comet passing by, or I've won a Tony Award. Now, are all of these haters simply uncultured slobs whose taste has been eroded by a steady diet of dubstep and America's Got Talent? No, probably not. Is Dread Zeppelin a band whose musical facility can only be grasped by sparkling intellectuals like me? I must admit that seems less than probable. I'm forced to conclude then that I love something that is almost certainly objectively terrible. And that's alright (Mama). I kinda like Spider-Gwen too, but that's another post. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 16:04:06 GMT -5
But just because something isn't to your taste doesn't make it crap. Just because it is to your taste doesn't make it good either. This is very true, and while Icctrombone may know crap when he reads it, I apparently don't know it when I hear it. See, I absolutely adore Dread Zeppelin, the band that fuses Led Zep, Elvis and Bob Marley. I joined their fan club (with a single-digit member number!), have their first single on numbered, clear vinyl, and own an autographed picture of the band. You know who doesn't like Dread Zeppelin? Seemingly every single person I've mentioned them to over the past 25 years, including all of my immediate family. I am forbidden from playing them in the house unless I am alone or it is a VERY special occasion, like Halley's Comet passing by, or I've won a Tony Award. Now, are all of these haters simply uncultured slobs whose taste has been eroded by a steady diet of dubstep and America's Got Talent? No, probably not. Is Dread Zeppelin a band whose musical facility can only be grasped by sparkling intellectuals like me? I must admit that seems less than probable. I'm forced to conclude then that I love something that is almost certainly objectively terrible. And that's alright (Mama). I kinda like Spider-Gwen too, but that's another post. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I got your back on Dread Zeppelin, man! -M
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Post by Phil Maurice on Nov 6, 2018 16:13:42 GMT -5
I got your back on Dread Zeppelin, man! Finally!! I'm clipping out your post and pasting it in my scrapbook.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 6, 2018 16:14:38 GMT -5
Mia culpa. It’s a masterpiece.
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Post by brutalis on Nov 6, 2018 16:22:08 GMT -5
I occasionally have the Beatallica urge. I will watch their videos on Youtube and check out their internet site but as yet haven't purchased any of their CD's. Couple of my friends will just stare at me when I pull them up. Same thing happens with Steam Powered Giraffe. And yet they LOVE Weird Al Yankovic of which I can enjoy some of his stuff but not all. Go figure the oddities of our individual tastes.
I also got weird looks for listening to Dr. Demento while growing up and liking Barnes and Barnes so much that I could break into Fish Heads lyrics at any moment.
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Post by kirby101 on Nov 6, 2018 16:33:15 GMT -5
But just because something isn't to your taste doesn't make it crap. Just because it is to your taste doesn't make it good either. This is very true, and while Icctrombone may know crap when he reads it, I apparently don't know it when I hear it. See, I absolutely adore Dread Zeppelin, the band that fuses Led Zep, Elvis and Bob Marley. I joined their fan club (with a single-digit member number!), have their first single on numbered, clear vinyl, and own an autographed picture of the band. You know who doesn't like Dread Zeppelin? Seemingly every single person I've mentioned them to over the past 25 years, including all of my immediate family. I am forbidden from playing them in the house unless I am alone or it is a VERY special occasion, like Halley's Comet passing by, or I've won a Tony Award. Now, are all of these haters simply uncultured slobs whose taste has been eroded by a steady diet of dubstep and America's Got Talent? No, probably not. Is Dread Zeppelin a band whose musical facility can only be grasped by sparkling intellectuals like me? I must admit that seems less than probable. I'm forced to conclude then that I love something that is almost certainly objectively terrible. And that's alright (Mama). I kinda like Spider-Gwen too, but that's another post. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I dig Dread Zeppelin. Their version of Song Remains the Same is classic.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 6, 2018 17:17:18 GMT -5
Man, I haven't listened to anything by Dread Zeppelin in ages, but I remember liking them.
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 6, 2018 17:17:47 GMT -5
I've only heard about a lot of the variations Marvel has been throwing into their 'universe' the last twenty years or so, so not sure I could comment on much of it. Did they retire May Parker already? Oh well, never read those either. I know in 1976-7 there were people took umbrage at Jessica Drew as Spider-Woman. I'm staring to sing "In the morning laughing happy Tortelvis" in a silly voice so I might want to stop typing here. ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png)
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Post by Chris on Nov 6, 2018 22:15:08 GMT -5
just because something isn't to your taste doesn't make it crap. No, it's all crap. Just ask the expert.
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Post by Chris on Nov 6, 2018 22:16:17 GMT -5
I'm staring to sing "In the morning laughing happy Tortelvis" in a silly voice so I might want to stop typing here. ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) Is that Dread Zep's version of "Shiny Happy People"?
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 7, 2018 8:45:07 GMT -5
Well, Ms. Marvel did alright. And all of the female children in my family between ages 8-13 own multiple Raina Telgemier comics. Talking completely out my ass here, but maybe G. B. never developed a decent size underground comic scene like the US did - possibly because British mainstream comics were more appealing to adults than American books - and that meant that the UK never built up the audience or the talent pool that led to Bone-style huge smash hits for the kiddy market. Sorry, but that's just wrong. Comics were incredibly popular with British kids for most of the 20th century, and many of the most popular were titles like The Beano (which is still running and still successful today) which were aimed squarely at the younger market. The adult market didn't really take off until the eighties. And Ameican imports were never as popular or as widespread as the British produced stuff. As for not building up a talent pool: there were and are hundreds of talented comics creators in the UK, but you will nver have heard of most of them because they never wanted to break into American comics.
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Post by The Captain on Nov 7, 2018 10:20:33 GMT -5
My daughters, 13 and 10, LOVE Raina Telgemeier! They each have all of her books, because they absolutely had to have their own copies.
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 7, 2018 14:01:39 GMT -5
As for not building up a talent pool: there were and are hundreds of talented comics creators in the UK, but you will never have heard of most of them because they never wanted to break into American comics. Mike Noble, Ron Embleton, Frank Hampson... and I hate to think about how much I have never seen.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Nov 7, 2018 14:12:53 GMT -5
Well, Ms. Marvel did alright. And all of the female children in my family between ages 8-13 own multiple Raina Telgemier comics. Talking completely out my ass here, but maybe G. B. never developed a decent size underground comic scene like the US did - possibly because British mainstream comics were more appealing to adults than American books - and that meant that the UK never built up the audience or the talent pool that led to Bone-style huge smash hits for the kiddy market. Sorry, but that's just wrong. Comics were incredibly popular with British kids for most of the 20th century, and many of the most popular were titles like The Beano (which is still running and still successful today) which were aimed squarely at the younger market. The adult market didn't really take off until the eighties. And Ameican imports were never as popular or as widespread as the British produced stuff. As for not building up a talent pool: there were and are hundreds of talented comics creators in the UK, but you will nver have heard of most of them because they never wanted to break into American comics. I'm not insulting British kids comics, but (and I could be wrong) never got the impression that their was a British equivalent to Bone, or Tintin. From the little I've read British comics were short form and gag oriented. Which isn't a problem unto itself - I think John Stanley is the greatest writer in comics ever - but the super popular American kids' comic creators are doing more long-form work.
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 8, 2018 3:37:26 GMT -5
As for not building up a talent pool: there were and are hundreds of talented comics creators in the UK, but you will never have heard of most of them because they never wanted to break into American comics. Mike Noble, Ron Embleton, Frank Hampson... and I hate to think about how much I have never seen. Offhand, I'd add to that list Mike Western, Joe Colquhoun, Ron Smith, John M. Burns, Don Harley, Leo Baxendale, Ken Reid, Arthur Ranson, David Sque, Don Lawrence, Bryan Talbot, Cam Kennedy, Ian Kennedy, Bryan Hitch, Frank Bellamy, Harry Lindfield, Martin Asbury...and probably three dozen or so more...and that#s without mentioning any who have successfully crossed the pond, or any of the European artists who built their careers in the UK...
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