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Beatle_soul

Jul 10, 2003, 10:30 PM

I like 54-40. (if you live in canada you know who 54-40 is)

alternative music is interesting im kinda into alternative cuz my uncle is a manager of a few alternative bands

[ Jul 19, 2003, 09:41 PM: Message Edited By: Beatle_soul ]

ringo_rama

Jul 10, 2003, 10:54 PM

Um, I hate to break it to you but Alice Cooper's a dude.

Clark Kent

Jul 11, 2003, 04:55 AM

What exactly does "alternative" mean?

leonardobeat

Jul 11, 2003, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted By Clark Kent:
What exactly does "alternative" mean?Not commercial? graemlins/thinker.gif

leonardobeat

Jul 11, 2003, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted By ringo_rama:
Um, I hate to break it to you but Alice Cooper's a dude.I don't think he has got the most masculine appearance then graemlins/laugh5.gif

[ Jul 11, 2003, 05:41 PM: Message Edited By: leonardobeat ]

Rellevart

Jul 11, 2003, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted By Clark Kent:
What exactly does "alternative" mean?Doesn't mean anything anymore, really. images/icons/smile.gif

And Beatle_soul, I hope you were joking about Alice.... images/icons/smile.gif

Beatle_soul

Jul 19, 2003, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted By ringo_rama:
Um, I hate to break it to you but Alice Cooper's a dude.I know but he sounds like a girl i thought he was a boy images/icons/smile.gif

Beatle_soul

Jul 19, 2003, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted By Clark Kent:
What exactly does "alternative" mean?ALTERNATIVE MUSIC!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHH
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Yu....yu dont know wut alternative music is!!!!!!
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you all call yourself music fans and you dont know wut alternative music is!!!!!! graemlins/angry8.gif

o my god........ * graemlins/barf5.gif

ringo_rama

Jul 19, 2003, 11:38 PM

I like Nine Inch Nails and Beck, but my fave alternative artist is Alanis Morisette.

onosideboards

Jul 22, 2003, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted By ringo_rama:
I like Nine Inch Nails and Beck, but my fave alternative artist is Alanis Morisette.hate to break this to you, but alanis is about as sold out as sold out can be. she was "alternative" for maybe 1 second just as "jagged little pill" first came out. alternative is dead. it sort of existed as an indie rock/punk lite in the early 90s and has since completely disapated. anyone who gets played on commmercial radio or mtv is not "alternative."

listen to indie rock on a college radio station or radio @ netscape plus if you want something other than pop.

ringo_rama

Jul 22, 2003, 11:55 AM

I think she sold out when she did that naked video. But she's still good.

Paolo Meccano

Jul 22, 2003, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted By Clark Kent:
What exactly does "alternative" mean?Acts who describe themselves as 'alternative' would like to believe it means that they're cutting-edge and deliberately opposed to the mainstream: in reality, it's more likely to mean that they're not very good, and so fail to sell enough records to chart highly...

ringo_rama

Jul 22, 2003, 04:29 PM

Well, my three picks are all from Weird Al's "The Alternative Polka."

ringo_rama

Jul 22, 2003, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted By Paolo Meccano:
in reality, it's more likely to mean that they're not very good, and so fail to sell enough records to chart highly...Um, no it doesn't. Alternative music is pretty much any music that doesn't fit a typical formula. Take Alanis, for example. Back in the mid-90s, she wasn't your typical "all body, no talent" female singer.

Paolo Meccano

Jul 22, 2003, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted By ringo_rama:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Paolo Meccano:
in reality, it's more likely to mean that they're not very good, and so fail to sell enough records to chart highly...Um, no it doesn't. Alternative music is pretty much any music that doesn't fit a typical formula. Take Alanis, for example. Back in the mid-90s, she wasn't your typical "all body, no talent" female singer.<hr /></blockquote>Um, so 'music that doesn't fit a typical formula' isn't 'opposed to the mainstream'? 'Alternative' obviously doesn't mean the same over there as it does over here...

ringo_rama

Jul 22, 2003, 05:13 PM

Well, you were saying it means it's not as good. Which is totally off.

Magill

Jul 23, 2003, 12:00 AM

Alternative, to me, is like Enigma, Moby, Four Non Blondes, NIN, and the likes thereof. I could be wrong, tho... images/icons/wink.gif

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Paolo Meccano

Jul 23, 2003, 04:29 AM

I insinuated that it was more likely to mean that those artists were 'not as good'. In Britain, the charts are still a free-for-all (thankfully) which means that a record can come from nowhere and achieve a high chart position, regardless of genre or style. Over the years, some acts (and their fans) who have failed to convert their critical acclaim into high sales have argued that it was because their music was too 'non-mainstream' (or 'alternative' if you like), rather than because it wasn't any good in the first place: which, whichever way you look at it, is a cop-out.

HeyBeatle

Jul 23, 2003, 05:32 PM

Ok, though now I am a tid bit confused as to what I even think alternative music is I will say that one of my favorite "alternative" music groups is Travis. Cause it's an "alternative" to listening to mainstream music. images/icons/wink.gif

ringo_rama

Jul 23, 2003, 10:17 PM

One of the reasons I like Alanis is because people say I do a great impression of her. I don't know if that's a good thing or not, but I'm sure it will get me far in life.

hippychicky1970

Jul 30, 2003, 10:21 AM

i do like alanis morissett but i also like nirvana. is nirvana alternative graemlins/images/icons/confused.gif

LuvLennon

Jul 30, 2003, 10:54 AM

Well I really like Coldplay...I guess they fit the alternative category. Does anyone know what the defining feature is that makes alternative music alternative? I have no idea!