Comments on: Today’s Most Dubious Statement From The Microblogging Arm Of A British Music Tabloid http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 22:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869092 Anonymous Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:56:21 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869092 <p>I hate the Foo Fighters also.</p> I hate the Foo Fighters also.

]]> By: KurticusMaximus http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869262 KurticusMaximus Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:34:14 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869262 <p>This is false.</p> <p>The most popular band in existence is the Foo Fighters.</p> <p>See, while very few people love the Foo Fighters, absolutely nobody hates the Foo Fighers. Everybody just likes the Foo Fighters.</p> <p>They are the single most universally well-liked band on the planet.</p> This is false.

The most popular band in existence is the Foo Fighters.

See, while very few people love the Foo Fighters, absolutely nobody hates the Foo Fighers. Everybody just likes the Foo Fighters.

They are the single most universally well-liked band on the planet.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869272 Anonymous Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:30:39 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869272 <p>oh, i used to be a huge fan of the cure. then i met robert smith backstage at the end of the 2004 tour, and uh, yeah...he was really really really lame. the experience kinda ruined them for me.</p> <p>that and the fact he has become a self parody and hasn't put out a decent album since 1992.</p> oh, i used to be a huge fan of the cure. then i met robert smith backstage at the end of the 2004 tour, and uh, yeah…he was really really really lame. the experience kinda ruined them for me.

that and the fact he has become a self parody and hasn’t put out a decent album since 1992.

]]> By: fakehardcore http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869102 fakehardcore Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:01:14 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869102 <p>i feel like the cure gained a lot in popularity a few years ago, around the time that curiosa tour took place, if only because a lot of the popular younger bands were citing them as a influence. i've always liked them, and always taken a lot of shit for it, especially during most of the 90s. 4:13 dream is actually a good record, much better than anything since wish. but sales are horrible, and this is the 3rd trip they've made stateside since the release (tour, a spate of tv appearances in december, coachella.) those god awful remixes certainly didn't help matters.</p> i feel like the cure gained a lot in popularity a few years ago, around the time that curiosa tour took place, if only because a lot of the popular younger bands were citing them as a influence. i’ve always liked them, and always taken a lot of shit for it, especially during most of the 90s. 4:13 dream is actually a good record, much better than anything since wish. but sales are horrible, and this is the 3rd trip they’ve made stateside since the release (tour, a spate of tv appearances in december, coachella.) those god awful remixes certainly didn’t help matters.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869112 Anonymous Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:08:07 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869112 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid#c11000798">relaxing</A>: Hey now that you mention it I hate Christgau. And I dont't like the Cure and Christgau doesn't like the Cure. If the enemy of my enemy is my friend does that mean I really like the Cure or Christgau. I'm so confused</P> @relaxing: Hey now that you mention it I hate Christgau. And I dont’t like the Cure and Christgau doesn’t like the Cure. If the enemy of my enemy is my friend does that mean I really like the Cure or Christgau. I’m so confused

]]> By: Homage http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869122 Homage Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:37:55 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869122 <p>By this definition The Cure are merely the least unpopular band in existance, which is a funny thing to be a part of.</p> By this definition The Cure are merely the least unpopular band in existance, which is a funny thing to be a part of.

]]> By: JohnOO http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869132 JohnOO Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:21:24 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869132 <p>@<a href="#c11003349">Chris N.</a>: <br> Er, I don't hate "The Band", but I'm not too fond of them either! <br> Anyway, take a huge pinch of salt with anything the NME writes, I gave up reading it years ago when they had an article on how women were the worst thing that could ever happen in successful bands. They gave Courtney Love and Yoko Ono as examples of the worst offenders, and then a few pages later they had a huge ass kissing interview with Yoko Ono about how misunderstood she is, and how we are all bad people who say she is the the reason the Beatles broke up...</p> @Chris N.:
Er, I don’t hate “The Band”, but I’m not too fond of them either!
Anyway, take a huge pinch of salt with anything the NME writes, I gave up reading it years ago when they had an article on how women were the worst thing that could ever happen in successful bands. They gave Courtney Love and Yoko Ono as examples of the worst offenders, and then a few pages later they had a huge ass kissing interview with Yoko Ono about how misunderstood she is, and how we are all bad people who say she is the the reason the Beatles broke up…

]]> By: Ned Raggett http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869142 Ned Raggett Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:47:30 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869142 <p>@<a href="#c11000750">relaxing</a>: Ah, thank you for quoting that, because I knew it would come up, and because I am profoundly irritated by Achewood and its cult. (It doesn't help that they have posted defenses of Bruce Springsteen, my hatred for whom makes everyone's complaints about the Cure here seem like mere pinpricks.)</p> @relaxing: Ah, thank you for quoting that, because I knew it would come up, and because I am profoundly irritated by Achewood and its cult. (It doesn’t help that they have posted defenses of Bruce Springsteen, my hatred for whom makes everyone’s complaints about the Cure here seem like mere pinpricks.)

]]> By: Chris N. http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869152 Chris N. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:46:18 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869152 <p>My new theory is that The Band is the most well-liked ... er, band ever. Nobody hates The Band.</p> My new theory is that The Band is the most well-liked … er, band ever. Nobody hates The Band.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869202 Anonymous Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:22:18 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869202 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid#c10993338">Whigged</A>: Store clerks who had to put the latest Motorhead album on the racks, only to have to remove them from the racks 6 months later would probably fault Lemmy for rehashing the same Motorhead formula every album.</P> @Whigged: Store clerks who had to put the latest Motorhead album on the racks, only to have to remove them from the racks 6 months later would probably fault Lemmy for rehashing the same Motorhead formula every album.

]]> By: relaxing http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869162 relaxing Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:17:13 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869162 <p>Pornography [A&M, 1982]<br> "In books/And films/And in life/And in heaven/The sound of slaughter/As your body turns . . ."--no, I can't go on. I mean, why so glum, chum? Cheer up; look on the bright side. You got your contract, right? And your synthesizers, bet you'll have fun with them. Believe me, kid, it will pass. C<br> <a href="http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=The+Cure">[www.robertchristgau.com]</a></p> Pornography [A&M, 1982]
“In books/And films/And in life/And in heaven/The sound of slaughter/As your body turns . . .”–no, I can’t go on. I mean, why so glum, chum? Cheer up; look on the bright side. You got your contract, right? And your synthesizers, bet you’ll have fun with them. Believe me, kid, it will pass. C
[www.robertchristgau.com]

]]> By: relaxing http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869172 relaxing Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:15:53 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869172 <p><a href="http://achewood.com/index.php?date=06262002">The Cure is silly. It is silly to like The Cure.</a></p> The Cure is silly. It is silly to like The Cure.

]]> By: BawstonSean http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869182 BawstonSean Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:10:15 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869182 <P>Wings is pretty lame too.</P> Wings is pretty lame too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869192 Anonymous Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:41:23 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869192 <P>I also hate the Foo Fighters.</P> I also hate the Foo Fighters.

]]> By: Whigged http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869212 Whigged Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:22:06 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869212 <p>@<a href="#c10993169">Brad Nelson</a>: Hey - nobody faults Lemmy for rehashing the same Motorhead formula every album.</p> <p>It's what the fans want, so why not give it to them? There's a reason that some fans hated the self-titled one from a few years back.</p> @Brad Nelson: Hey – nobody faults Lemmy for rehashing the same Motorhead formula every album.

It’s what the fans want, so why not give it to them? There’s a reason that some fans hated the self-titled one from a few years back.

]]> By: Brad Nelson http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869222 Brad Nelson Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:13:56 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869222 <p>@<a href="#c10992394">Whigged</a>: Maybe that's the problem? That fat Bob can't seem to move beyond referencing high water marks from the '80s, not to mention that there are severely diminishing returns each time? And when he does attempt to break out of the box, he shames all surrounding parties (<i>Wild Mood Swings</i>)?</p> @Whigged: Maybe that’s the problem? That fat Bob can’t seem to move beyond referencing high water marks from the ’80s, not to mention that there are severely diminishing returns each time? And when he does attempt to break out of the box, he shames all surrounding parties (Wild Mood Swings)?

]]> By: Whigged http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869232 Whigged Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:31:30 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869232 <p>@<a href="#c10991344">eriq78</a>: <i>that and the fact he has become a self parody and hasn't put out a decent album since 1992. </i></p> <p>Wow - have you not heard the brilliance of <i>Bloodflowers</i> or the latest, <i>4:13 Dream</i>?</p> <p>You're missing out my friend. The opener for the latter is pure <i>Disintegration</i>.</p> @eriq78: that and the fact he has become a self parody and hasn’t put out a decent album since 1992.

Wow – have you not heard the brilliance of Bloodflowers or the latest, 4:13 Dream?

You’re missing out my friend. The opener for the latter is pure Disintegration.

]]> By: Ned Raggett http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869242 Ned Raggett Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:09:43 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869242 <p>@<a href="#c10991344">eriq78</a>: <i>then i met robert smith backstage at the end of the 2004 tour, and uh, yeah...he was really really really lame.</i></p> <p>Yeah, but how much of your disappointment was in realizing that the person whose image you built up in your head didn't equal the actual person?</p> @eriq78: then i met robert smith backstage at the end of the 2004 tour, and uh, yeah…he was really really really lame.

Yeah, but how much of your disappointment was in realizing that the person whose image you built up in your head didn’t equal the actual person?

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869252 Anonymous Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:06:43 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869252 <p>I hate the foo fighters.</p> I hate the foo fighters.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5160519/todays-most-dubious-statement-from-the-microblogging-arm-of-a-british-music-tabloid/comment-page-1#comment-869282 Anonymous Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:32:33 +0000 http://695ee8925f064e55b2ae346bfded3e8a#comment-869282 <p>It must've been a typo - I think they meant, "the most polarizing band in existence"</p> It must’ve been a typo – I think they meant, “the most polarizing band in existence”

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