Crap bands and their crap songs

[Amy Lawn]

Satire doesn't have to be obvious

[dentalplan]

[Gucci Piggy]

Yellow's face is a satire.

[TheSilence]

Satire doesn't have to be obvious

It sort of does though because satire has to be funny or ironic or something and humour/irony doesn't work unless its obvious.

[kaosmark2]

humour doesn't work unless its obvious.

Even after the watershed, I wouldn't feel comfortable articulating my sentiments about this statement.

[mrtourette]

I think by obvious he means 'there'. At least I hope so.

[Yellow_Fellow]

It sort of does though because satire has to be funny or ironic or something and humour/irony doesn't work unless its obvious.

wrong

[mattgimmeshelter]

The whole "Reading is dead" argument gets on my nerves

Festival goers who first attended when they were 15/16 are getting pissed off when they are 20 and seeing lots of 16 year olds.

[dentalplan]

It wasn't saying Reading was dead. How do you miss the point so consistently Matt? Is reading dead?

[mattgimmeshelter]

It wasn't saying Reading was dead. How do you miss the point so consistently Matt? Is reading dead?

He was alluding to the fact that it's a festival that's long and gone, which is not the reality at all.

It just sounds like a guy who is struggling to understand the concept of time and ageing.

[dentalplan]

It doesn't at all. It acknowledges the festival has changed to suit the demo but it bemoans the shift in youth culture.

[lightning1000]

Matt reminds me of drax in guardians of the galaxy

[mattgimmeshelter]

It doesn't at all. It acknowledges the festival has changed to suit the demo but it bemoans the shift in youth culture.

Yes but I struggle to see this 'massive shift', youths are going to see the most popular acts around right now.

What were they doing back then? Seeing the most popular bands of their time.

Nothings changed. Apart from what styles of music are more popular right now.

Edited August 28, 2014 by mattgimmeshelter

[the wonderwhy]

Fuck sake.

[mrtourette]

Yes but I struggle to see this 'massive shift', youths are going to see the most popular acts around right now.

What were they doing back then? Seeing the most popular bands of their time.

Nothings changed. Apart from what styles of music are more popular right now.

This coming from a guy who moaned for months about Jake Bugg subbing.

[dentalplan]

Yes but I struggle to see this 'massive shift', youths are going to see the most popular acts around right now.

What were they doing back then? Seeing the most popular bands of their time.

Nothings changed. Apart from what styles of music are more popular right now.

So the shift from Marilyn Manson to Macklemore isn't substantial? Or the one day Dance Arena expanding into a three day 1xtra stage and a massively popular three day dance stage isn't substantial? The kids that go changing from ones in Slipknot hoodies to ones in Topman vests isn't substantial? That's the shift in youth culture it's talking about.

[the wonderwhy]

People sending Instagram selfies into the main stage screens rather than texts shit-talking their best mates girlfriend, Oasis or the band on next.

[TheSilence]

I think by obvious he means 'there'. At least I hope so.

Yeah you've articulated it much better.

[rawaudioinput]

People sending Instagram selfies into the main stage screens rather than texts shit-talking their best mates girlfriend, Oasis or the band on next.

Hang on; were there not any band shit-talking texts this year?

[TenInchToenaiIs]

http://www.nme.com/news/weezer/79431

who's gonna play the japanese girl he's obsessed with

[the wonderwhy]

Hang on; were there not any band shit-talking texts this year?

Nope it was all social media. In fact the feed didn't change all day.

[Yellow_Fellow]

It didn't change all weekend, well done Zeitgeist

[mattgimmeshelter]

So the shift from Marilyn Manson to Macklemore isn't substantial? Or the one day Dance Arena expanding into a three day 1xtra stage and a massively popular three day dance stage isn't substantial? The kids that go changing from ones in Slipknot hoodies to ones in Topman vests isn't substantial? That's the shift in youth culture it's talking about.

Hang on though, System only played in 2013. (I know you're gonna target me for comparing Manson to System) but it's not now suddenly unheard of for a heavy band to play R&L.

50 Cent subbed green day in 2003, and he's a 'massive star'.

I have no objection to the dance stage, I feel it actually made the Queens crowd better, full of people that wanted to be there. Those who wanted D&B and EDM went to see Netsky.

I don't even think the Queens crowd was that small, and almost everyone who saw them (from my friend group) said they were "really really good" and glad that I recommended them.

I'd say the whole Topman thing is not the fault of reading, but the fault of youth culture as a whole, pretty sure there were annoying trends in the early 2000's that people moaned about. Pretty sure some people who adapted those trends attended reading.

[the wonderwhy]

It didn't change all weekend, well done Zeitgeist

It definitely changed everyday because there were tweets from bands about playing the day before

[Yellow_Fellow]

Those who wanted D&B and EDM

D&B is a kind of EDM you doofus

also. Drenge know http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a592901/drenge-royal-blood-are-way-too-pop-and-clean-for-us.html