tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216066561826697576.post8594248760392434590..comments2023-11-29T00:37:03.771-08:00Comments on Burn Your Hits: 100 Songs Week: 81-100Aaron Bergstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16241234019286748070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216066561826697576.post-90509867477835588502009-12-08T12:17:26.068-08:002009-12-08T12:17:26.068-08:00(1) Yeah, you're gonna win this argument. Gr...(1) Yeah, you're gonna win this argument. Green Day and AFI are both pretty clearly in the "rock" category at this point. Basically, I just found out that Train was from SF and kinda went off the deep end with "Wait ... does our music actually suck?" ideas.<br /><br />(2) Re: Omaha. I mean, I do love Bright Eyes and most of Conor's side projects, but as far as my next favorite Saddle Creek act ... Two Gallants? The Good Life? I dunno ... Cursive never really did anything for me, and The Rural Alberta Advantage would definitely be on my Most Overhyped of 2009 list.<br /><br />Although Tilly and the Wall are from Omaha, and I do like them quite a bit. Probably not enough to put Omaha on my personal map, though.Aaron Bergstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16241234019286748070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216066561826697576.post-42459829623063706412009-12-08T12:01:41.041-08:002009-12-08T12:01:41.041-08:00First of all the three cities you are forgetting a...First of all the three cities you are forgetting are Seattle, Los Angeles (personal musical bias that I am forcing upon you), and Omaha (I am almost certain that you are a sucker for all Saddle Creek realeases). Relating to your Punk/ Rock dichotomy I stated Green Day b/c they really havn't made a punk album since Niomrod (pushing it) and AFI hasn't since The Art of Drowning. <br /><br />Does this dilute your argument re: indie music? Not really.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06801960593733410864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216066561826697576.post-61060525895464906822009-12-08T11:02:12.626-08:002009-12-08T11:02:12.626-08:00Yeah, I'm kinda cherry-picking here by excludi...Yeah, I'm kinda cherry-picking here by excluding the punk scene. Besides Green Day and AFI, you could mention Rancid, NOFX, Op Ivy, and probably a few more I'm forgetting.<br /><br />Not sure why I'm making the differentiation between "punk" and "rock" here, but, basically, I just think there should be more good indie bands from the area. It seems like every band I listen to comes from about five cities: London, Brooklyn, Austin, Portland ... and maybe one I'm forgetting. Why not San Francisco?<br /><br />I mean, we have Rogue Wave ...Aaron Bergstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16241234019286748070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216066561826697576.post-66436496883369873452009-12-08T10:55:40.195-08:002009-12-08T10:55:40.195-08:00two comments:
1) Break through bay area rock ban...two comments: <br /><br />1) Break through bay area rock bands in our lifetime include Green Day and AFI. I am not sure if this makes your point from #96 more or less strong, but glaring omissions none the less. <br /><br />2) I felt the same way as you about the Yeah Yeah Yeah's until a couple months ago when I got Y Control stuck in my head and had to listen to it 20 times in the span of a day to rectify the situation. They all of a sudden clicked in my brain as being brilliant rather than super anoyying with a couple good songs. Give it a try though I am not sure it will work equally well.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06801960593733410864noreply@blogger.com