A political science report from the future....

[OrnotBitwise]

Tumerous humor. to be humor, it would have to grow on you.

For this outrage, you will be pun-ished.

 

[uscitizen]

Sonny Bono ? Wasn't he already in politics ?

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

I never really liked the 80's. A wasted decade.

 

[uscitizen]

I am stuck in the 70's and 80's on music and like it that way.

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

I am stuck in the 70's and 80's on music and like it that way.

Well, it's just that in the 80's music became so overproduced and digitized. It wasn't even the clean digitization they have today - it's like everything sounded like it came from a MIDI keyboard. Even the rock sound started to use a ridiculous amount of distortion, reverb, and other effects which really made the music sound a bit to crowded. I just don't like the overall sound of the decade.

I never really liked the "digital" sound at all, especially whenever they replace real intruments with digital effects. And I still think music sounds better if recorded in analog, even if you transfer it over to a digital medium later on.

The best music, I think, was made in the 50's, 60's, and 70's, whenever they just kept it simple.

 

[uscitizen]

Kinda hard to beat good old hard rock to me. Gets my endorphins going.

 

[Litmus]

Well, it's just that in the 80's music became so overproduced and digitized. It wasn't even the clean digitization they have today - it's like everything sounded like it came from a MIDI keyboard. Even the rock sound started to use a ridiculous amount of distortion, reverb, and other effects which really made the music sound a bit to crowded. I just don't like the overall sound of the decade.

I never really liked the "digital" sound at all, especially whenever they replace real intruments with digital effects. And I still think music sounds better if recorded in analog, even if you transfer it over to a digital medium later on.

The best music, I think, was made in the 50's, 60's, and 70's, whenever they just kept it simple.

the only valid effects processor is the compressor. everything else should be thrown out the window.

 

[Litmus]

Well, it's just that in the 80's music became so overproduced and digitized. It wasn't even the clean digitization they have today - it's like everything sounded like it came from a MIDI keyboard. Even the rock sound started to use a ridiculous amount of distortion, reverb, and other effects which really made the music sound a bit to crowded. I just don't like the overall sound of the decade.

I never really liked the "digital" sound at all, especially whenever they replace real intruments with digital effects. And I still think music sounds better if recorded in analog, even if you transfer it over to a digital medium later on.

The best music, I think, was made in the 50's, 60's, and 70's, whenever they just kept it simple.

the only valid effects processor is the compressor/gate. everything else should be thrown out the window.

 

[doniston]

For this outrage, you will be pun-ished.

Sorry, I've been "PUN"ished most of my life. I got a stage bug when I was about 20.

 

[/MSG/]

C'mon, President Bono would be awesome.


P.S.: I challenge anyone to name more than three bands in the last 30 years, who've put out a string of albums as good as Boy, War, The Unforgettable Fire, and Joshua Tree

Good in regards to what? Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath have all sold more. Fear Factory, Disturbed, Mushroomhead, Iron Maiden are all far more talented. Venom, Motorhead, and Ozzy have all been more infulential.

And thats just metal. And its not all encompassing of those who would qualify either.

 

[Cypress]

Good in regards to what? Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath have all sold more. Fear Factory, Disturbed, Mushroomhead, Iron Maiden are all far more talented. Venom, Motorhead, and Ozzy have all been more infulential.

And thats just metal. And its not all encompassing of those who would qualify either.

Uhhh....yeah, Megadeth has sold more albums than U2....riiiight.

Have another beer, kid!

 

[/MSG/]

Just checked the numbers and unfortunatly Megadeth doesnt outsell U2. But they came pretty close, especially at an international level (heavy metal sells better then soft "rock" in alot of foreign markets).

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

Just checked the numbers and unfortunatly Megadeth doesnt outsell U2. But they came pretty close, especially at an international level (heavy metal sells better then soft "rock" in alot of foreign markets).

Yeah, rap makes up 70% of global sales. Popularity doesn't equate to quality. Even I know that U2 is much higher quality than meangless, trite shit like Megadeth, and I don't even like U2!

 

[Damocles]

Yeah, rap makes up 70% of global sales. Popularity doesn't equate to quality. Even I know that U2 is much higher quality than meangless, trite shit like Megadeth, and I don't even like U2!

U2 is just more meaningless trite crap. They battle with the Rolling Stones for the most albums ever, they'll win because they aren't quite so geriatric...

 

[Battleborne]

U2 is just more meaningless trite crap. They battle with the Rolling Stones for the most albums ever, they'll win because they aren't quite so geriatric...

Hey I take notice to this...I like the Rolling Stones..albeit I suppose I could be classified as 'Geriatric'.............

 

[DigitalDave]

Aerosmith....

 

[Cypress]

Just checked the numbers and unfortunatly Megadeth doesnt outsell U2. But they came pretty close, especially at an international level (heavy metal sells better then soft "rock" in alot of foreign markets).

I checked wikipedia and corroborated against other sources.

Megadeth has sold about 20 million worldwide.

U2 has sold about 150 million worldwide.


I don't know how you characterize that as even remotely being close.

 

[DigitalDave]

Aerosmith, Eagles, and Led Zepplin

 

[/MSG/]

I checked wikipedia and corroborated against other sources.

Megadeth has sold about 20 million worldwide.

U2 has sold about 150 million worldwide.


I don't know how you characterize that as even remotely being close.

I know what Wiki says. Note that Megadeth albums sales aren't NEARLY as in depth as U2's. And I say that they're close because...... U2 blows.

Have you even listened to Megadeth before water? Dave Mustaine is a musical genius.

 

[uscitizen]

The Recording Industry Association of America's Top-Selling Albums of All Time*
29 Million

* Eagles: Their Greatest Hits, 1971–1975, Eagles (Asylum)

27 Million

* Thriller, Michael Jackson (Epic)

23 Million

* Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
* The Wall, Pink Floyd (Columbia)

21 Million

* Greatest Hits, Volumes I & II, Billy Joel (Columbia)
* Back in Black, AC/DC (Epic)

20 Million

* Double Live, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
* Come On Over, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)

19 Million

* The Beatles, The Beatles (Capitol)
* Rumours, Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)

17 Million

* The Bodyguard (soundtrack), Whitney Houston (Arista)
* Boston, Boston (Epic)

16 Million

* Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin (Swan Song)
* The Beatles: 1967–1970, The Beatles (Capitol)
* Greatest Hits, Elton John (Island/Mercury)
* Hotel California, Eagles (Elektra)
* Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (Atlantic)
* No Fences, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
* Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (Maverick)

15 Million

* Appetite for Destruction, Guns 'N Roses (Geffen)
* Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (Capitol)
* Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack), Bee Gees (Polydor/Atlas)
* Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
* The Beatles: 1962–1966, The Beatles (Capitol)
* Supernatural, Santana (Arista)

14 Million

* Metallica, Metallica (Elektra)
* Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
* …Baby One More Time, Britney Spears (Jive)
* Greatest Hits, Journey (Capitol)
* Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf (Epic)
* Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys (Jive)
* Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)

13 Million

* Purple Rain (soundtrack), Prince and the Revolution (Warner Bros.)
* Greatest Hits: 1974–1978, Steve Miller Band (Capitol)
* Millennium, Backstreet Boys (Jive)
* Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live: 1975–1985 (box set), Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (Columbia)
* Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (Arista)

12 Million

* Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
* Abbey Road, The Beatles (Capitol)
* No Jacket Required, Phil Collins (Atlantic)
* The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)
* Ten, Pearl Jam (Epic)
* Forrest Gump (soundtrack) (Epic)
* Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks (Monument)
* Yourself or Someone Like You, Matchbox Twenty (Atlantic)
* Hot Rocks, The Rolling Stones (abkco)
* II, Boyz II Men (Motown)
* Kenny Rogers's Greatest Hits, Kenny Rogers (Capitol Nashville)
* Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi (Mercury)
* Hysteria, Def Leppard (Mercury)
* Breathless, Kenny G (Arista)
* Pieces of You, Jewel (Atlantic)

11 Million

* Up!, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)
* Human Clay, Creed (Wind-Up Records)
* CrazySexyCool, TLC (LaFace)
* Dirty Dancing (soundtrack) (RCA)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (Capitol)
* James Taylor's Greatest Hits, James Taylor (Warner Bros.)
* Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. II, Eagles (Elektra)
* Falling into You, Celine Dion (Epic)
* No Strings Attached, 'N Sync (Jive)
* Devil Without a Cause, Kid Rock (Lava)
* Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
* Titanic (soundtrack) (Sony Classical)

10 Million

* 'N Sync, 'N Sync (RCA)
* Life After Death, Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy/Arista)
* Let's Talk About Love, Celine Dion (550 Music/Epic)
* Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, Aerosmith (Columbia)
* Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
* Greatest Hits, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (MCA)
* The Stranger, Billy Joel (Columbia)
* The Immaculate Collection, Madonna (Warner Bros.)
* Fly, Dixie Chicks (Monument)
* Eliminator, ZZ Top (Warner Bros.)
* Best of the Doobies, Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros.)
* Van Halen, Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
* Faith, George Michael (Columbia)
* Music Box, Mariah Carey (Columbia)
* Like a Virgin, Madonna (Sire)
* Unplugged, Eric Clapton (Reprise)
* Can't Slow Down, Lionel Richie (Motown)
* Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, Hammer (Capitol)
* Tapestry, Carole King (Ode)
* The Lion King (Soundtrack) (Walt Disney)
* The Joshua Tree, U2 (Island)
* Nevermind, Nirvana (DGC)
* Legend, Bob Marley & the Wailers (Island)
* Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt (Trauma/Interscope)
* 1984 (MCMLXXXIV), Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
* Dookie, Green Day (Reprise)
* The Hits, Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
* Daydream, Mariah Carey (Columbia)
* Come Away With Me, Norah Jones (Blue Note)
* Pyromania, Def Leppard (Mercury)
* Greatest Hits, Patsy Cline (MCA)
* Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Outkast (So So Def)
* Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park (Warner Bros.)
* Oops!…I Did it Again, Britney Spears (Jive)
* Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder (Motown)
* 1, The Beatles (Capitol)

*Through 3/8/2006.

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