klootfan Advanced Member Posts:851  
| 2/24/2005 10:31 AM |
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I duno about the rest of you but I always get a lot of hassle/friendly banter in work for being the guy who:
- Is always going to gigs
- Always follows bands who "no-one else has ever heard of, so they must be crap"
- Wears tshirts of bands who "no-one has ever heard of"
- Follows irish bands who will "never be as big as u2"
Does anyone else get this grief in work ? |
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klootfanAdvanced Member Posts:851
| 2/24/2005 10:44 AM |
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I should add though, that as soon as these "unknown" bands get any sort of radio airplay, its a case of ..."oh i heard that band you listen to on the radio this morning..its not bad, can i borrow their album off you..."
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spurtacus Basic Member Posts:229
| 2/24/2005 10:50 AM |
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yeh exact same story here,it haunted me through me school/college days aswell, loada b****x!
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mutchBasic Member Posts:392
| 2/24/2005 11:44 AM |
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thank God someone else has the same problem...except with some of my heavier tastes they will NEVER be on the radio or listened to by most of my generally great to work with except when they talk about U2 being the best band ever and Aslan as being the nearest thing to them yet collegues.
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Ianofthedead New Member Posts:28
| 2/24/2005 11:47 AM |
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Get that all the f***ing time. The most annoying thing is getting accused of having narrow tastes beceause I don't like 99% of the stuff on the radio/TV.
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KarlitoBasic Member Posts:210
| 2/24/2005 1:45 PM |
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Thing about that is right! You, me and al of us here are big into music, most have a fairly eclectic taste. The people who say these things don't really have an open mind - and I have foudn that these people will watch mostly Hollywood Blockbuster films rather than lower budget international films, same applies when going on holidays, they will go on sun Holidays to Ballymun in the sun etc....
It's all relative - they're never gonna beinto the musci until it becomes mainstream, and if they did the stuff that the people of this message board like, then that would be the norm, and then what would be "indie", "underground" or "out-there"??? Westlife and the usual??
No thanks, I'd rather be known as the guy who goes tog igs and wears the weird t-shirts.
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roseanne barrs armpitNew Member Posts:40
| 2/24/2005 2:45 PM |
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yeah i know what you mean. i used to always get hassle over my napalm death tattoo and for wearing my clothes backwards when kriss kross where on the underground scene. people just cant handle us radical people messing with their heads. the man doesnt like a subversive. their all fascist  |
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Bez Light yearNew Member Posts:28
| 2/24/2005 3:37 PM |
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s**t man, same problem i always thought eye patches were the way forward when gabrielle burst on the scene. Its great now that i can finally talk about it.
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ArchieBasic Member Posts:458
| 2/24/2005 6:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by klootfan
I duno about the rest of you but I always get a lot of hassle/friendly banter in work for being the guy who:
- Is always going to gigs
- Always follows bands who "no-one else has ever heard of, so they must be crap"
- Wears tshirts of bands who "no-one has ever heard of"
- Follows irish bands who will "never be as big as u2"
Does anyone else get this grief in work ?
Not in work, cos I as yet a student, but I do get the "you only listen to bands cos no-one else has heard of them crap" grrrrrrrrrr...
oh and i HATE with a passion t-shirts with band-names on em. s |
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klootfanAdvanced Member Posts:851
| 2/25/2005 9:02 AM |
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Why the hatred for t-shirts with band names ?
Personally, if a bands tshirt is worth purchasing then i do.
Mully, i know you surely have something to say on this ?
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KarlitoBasic Member Posts:210
| 2/25/2005 10:39 AM |
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So do I!! Band Tee's are great, not all of them but some classic's
SFA Tee - I'm a Minger
Got a wicked Belle and Sebastian one from their gig in Edinburgh form a few years back, it's old and in bits but deadly...
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klootfanAdvanced Member Posts:851
| 2/25/2005 10:50 AM |
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Sounds like the start of a new thread....on the way
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 2/25/2005 11:22 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by klootfan
Mully, i know you surely have something to say on this ?
My RagingSpeenHorn (ahem) has always been a good conversation starter at Singer/Songwriter nights ... on the back it says "Sniff Glue, Worship Satan"  |
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ArchieBasic Member Posts:458
| 2/25/2005 11:40 PM |
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It stems from Curt Cobain, to be quite honest. The hatred is more of people wearing bands t-shirts just to portray an image, don't use music to do that. People like to show off how they're cool by advertising their music tastes on their chest. just get on with it I say.
Sorry that's not a little bit more erm..what' the word again...articulate, but I'm tired. hope you know what I mean though.
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 2/28/2005 9:50 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Archie
It stems from Curt Cobain, to be quite honest. The hatred is more of people wearing bands t-shirts just to portray an image, don't use music to do that. People like to show off how they're cool by advertising their music tastes on their chest. just get on with it I say.
Sorry that's not a little bit more erm..what' the word again...articulate, but I'm tired. hope you know what I mean though.
Rearrange into a sentence ... Off. Fcuk.
Thats nonsense, advertising your musicals taste. If that was the case, then I'd be running around shoving my mp3 player into peoples faces. |
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| 2/28/2005 1:34 PM |
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if a band wishes to pay me to wear their shirt and advertise them, or if i get it free then I'd wear one. the idea of buying a tee shirt to advertise someone else it crazy
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ArchieBasic Member Posts:458
| 2/28/2005 5:48 PM |
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Originally posted by Mully
[brRearrange into a sentence ... Off. Fcuk.
Thats nonsense, advertising your musicals taste. If that was the case, then I'd be running around shoving my mp3 player into peoples faces.
people do it though. What I mean about Kurt Cobain, everybody wears tshirts with his face on it because they want to be seen as the profound and alternative grungers. I'm not being cynical it's true at least around my town, anyway. |
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 3/1/2005 9:41 AM |
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I do know where you're coming from, Archie. I think for the kids, a Tshirt with a band on it is a badge, as in "hey, I'm with you". They're at the age where the desire & need to be accepted is high.
For myself, I wear Tshirts, so I buy Tshirts. Lots of 'em !
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AntistarAdvanced Member Posts:544
| 3/1/2005 12:08 PM |
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Yeah, I hate that 'never heard of em' s**t. Interpol? Whooooo? Mogwai? Who the f**k are they? Sun Kil Moon? That's a strange name for a band, never heard of em anyway....blah, blah, blah...
Once in a previous job, a colleague mentioned he was going to see Garth Brooks at Croke Park. I burst out laughing, saying 'good one, good one', thinking this guy had a keenly dry and ironic sense of humour.
Imagine my surprise then to see him looking back at me with a blank and vaguely bemused expression on his face.
He actually WAS going.  |
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The_Thin_ManBasic Member Posts:137
| 3/1/2005 12:32 PM |
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Originally posted by maccor
if a band wishes to pay me to wear their shirt and advertise them, or if i get it free then I'd wear one. the idea of buying a tee shirt to advertise someone else it crazy
Got it in one maccor. Reminds me of the time I asked a surly pub singer did he sing any Shane MacGowan songs. His response?
"No. He doesn't sing any of mine." |
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klootfanAdvanced Member Posts:851
| 3/1/2005 2:09 PM |
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if a band wishes to pay me to wear their shirt and advertise them, or if i get it free then I'd wear one. the idea of buying a tee shirt to advertise someone else it crazy
I dont understand the logic of this. Does this mean that you dont wear any clothing which has any sort of branding on in it because you do not want to advertise those brands ? |
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curling is greatNew Member Posts:22
| 3/1/2005 7:24 PM |
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Lads don't worry about getting slagged, when your heading off to a cool gig the people that are slagging you are going home to watch all the s**t soaps that start from 7 through to 10 and then go to bed. Great life that, i think you'll find there the sad bastards and deep down they know your cool.
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strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 3/1/2005 8:14 PM |
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Once in a previous job, a colleague mentioned he was going to see Garth Brooks at Croke Park. I burst out laughing, saying 'good one, good one', thinking this guy had a keenly dry and ironic sense of humour.
Imagine my surprise then to see him looking back at me with a blank and vaguely bemused expression on his face.
He actually WAS going.
I had a similar experience when I was DJing last week. A guy came up to the booth looking for the usual stuff Doors, Franz etc and then he asked if I had More Than A Feeling by Boston. I started laughing thinking he was taking the p*ss. But God love him, he was serious. He got really offended and walked off in a huff. |
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mutchBasic Member Posts:392
| 3/2/2005 12:04 PM |
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RE: T-SHIRTS:
A T-shirt is a great way to say you're into band. It's certainly better than a tattoo. But I much prefer gig t-shirts, it communicates certain possible truths about the wearer. Ask yourself what you make of someone who is wearing a Cradle of Filth T-shirt (particularily the "Jesus is a..." T-Shirt), versus someone who is wearing a "Bob Dylan at Slane" t-shirt(1984 was it?). Depending on your perspective, either one can be viewed as silly rubbish. So its easier to spot a member of whichever sex you prefer whom you might have something in common with.
(...or is that a bit freudian?!)
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ArchieBasic Member Posts:458
| 3/2/2005 6:22 PM |
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Interesting thought mutch, but you know its true, everything revolves around sex.
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