Comments on: What Does It Take To Get Music On The Front Page Of The “New York Times”? http://idolator.com/5097661/what-does-it-take-to-get-music-on-the-front-page-of-the-new-york-times Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:52:22 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Plsk1n http://idolator.com/5097661/what-does-it-take-to-get-music-on-the-front-page-of-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1#comment-776962 Plsk1n Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:30:08 +0000 ef34035186e10d8be353c251cc123231#comment-776962 <p>The Accolade Facebook has their song lyrics posted. Unfortunately I cannot link it atm because my ISP doesn't allow me to verify its link.</p> <p>The article only has the lyrics from Hasan Hatrash band Most of Us. I'v been following up on Most of Us for a while now and I am glad to see another group make the scene that is not deathmetal or grung! Being all female is just the icing for me!</p> <p>It's unfortunate that a lot of people try to compare them to standards in North American industry and not as an emerging scene from an underground rock enthusiast youth in conservative Saudi Arabia. Even though they sound amateur, the number of bands that have decent vocalists is extremely rare to see here in SA. I'd say for now the most capable vocalists in the Saudi Rock scene are The Accolade, Most of Us, Final Serenade and outlive.. I hoped a few years back to have softer rock than the casual deathmetal screaming.. The Accolade have overwhelmed my expectations. To me the sound more Like an Italian band called Lacuna Coil (which is one of their influences) I happen to like those guys as well.</p> The Accolade Facebook has their song lyrics posted. Unfortunately I cannot link it atm because my ISP doesn’t allow me to verify its link.

The article only has the lyrics from Hasan Hatrash band Most of Us. I’v been following up on Most of Us for a while now and I am glad to see another group make the scene that is not deathmetal or grung! Being all female is just the icing for me!

It’s unfortunate that a lot of people try to compare them to standards in North American industry and not as an emerging scene from an underground rock enthusiast youth in conservative Saudi Arabia. Even though they sound amateur, the number of bands that have decent vocalists is extremely rare to see here in SA. I’d say for now the most capable vocalists in the Saudi Rock scene are The Accolade, Most of Us, Final Serenade and outlive.. I hoped a few years back to have softer rock than the casual deathmetal screaming.. The Accolade have overwhelmed my expectations. To me the sound more Like an Italian band called Lacuna Coil (which is one of their influences) I happen to like those guys as well.

]]> By: Chuck Eddy http://idolator.com/5097661/what-does-it-take-to-get-music-on-the-front-page-of-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1#comment-776972 Chuck Eddy Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:42:00 +0000 ef34035186e10d8be353c251cc123231#comment-776972 <P>I actually liked the Times piece, for whatever that's worth, and I liked that the put it on the front page. Better the Accolade than, I dunno, TV on the Fucking Radio or whoever. The article made my wife and I want to hear the Accolade's music. But what I wonder about is why Mike thinks the band writes "standard issue lyrics about relationships." The only lyrics quoted in the piece, as far as I could tell, were not from the Accolade, but from a metal band called Most Of Us, featuring a male "journalist and bass player" named Hassan Hatrash. That confused me at first, because I did think that the lyrics were standard-issue (not that I'd probably be able to tell if I heard them), and since I hadn't quite woken up yet, I thought they belonged to the Accolade. But they don't. Did I miss something?</P> I actually liked the Times piece, for whatever that’s worth, and I liked that the put it on the front page. Better the Accolade than, I dunno, TV on the Fucking Radio or whoever. The article made my wife and I want to hear the Accolade’s music. But what I wonder about is why Mike thinks the band writes “standard issue lyrics about relationships.” The only lyrics quoted in the piece, as far as I could tell, were not from the Accolade, but from a metal band called Most Of Us, featuring a male “journalist and bass player” named Hassan Hatrash. That confused me at first, because I did think that the lyrics were standard-issue (not that I’d probably be able to tell if I heard them), and since I hadn’t quite woken up yet, I thought they belonged to the Accolade. But they don’t. Did I miss something?

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