I think I found my Halloween costume...

[lashbear]

My musc doesn't extend beyond Burt Bacharach !

[CoasterMatt]

Your WHAT?!?!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by DisneyFan25863

I'm still confused...is comparing Green Day to Mel Torren or whatever his name is a good thing or a bad thing?????

Saying that Green Day is "as punk as Mel Torme" is akin to saying that Green Day is not at all punk. And it's not particularly a statement of opinion-- "punk" is The Sex Pistols. Patti Smith. The Ramones.

By the way, one does not need to live in a cave to avoid whatever talentless hack band the studios are foisting upon the unsuspecting (and not yet discerning) target demographic.

One amasses a collection of actually interesting music and one puts it on one's iPod. One might also limit all radio settings to KCRW or other worthy NPR stations.

[CoasterMatt]

Or if you're stuck in the 80s like me, radionigel.com

[DisneyFan25863]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Oh, THAT song. You're right, that is pretty good. I do have some appreciation of rap.

Mel Torme - a poor man's Sinatra, an older Tom Jones. He's a lounge crooner.

I know who Sinatra is..but Tom Jones?

And didn't Sinatra sing The Christmas Song?

By the way, one does not need to live in a cave to avoid whatever talentless hack band the studios are foisting upon the unsuspecting (and not yet discerning) target demographic.

One amasses a collection of actually interesting music and one puts it on one's iPod. One might also limit all radio settings to KCRW or other worthy NPR stations.

You do realize that, when you were the target demographic for the studios, people were saying the same thing? I appreciate classic music, but I also enjoy listening to current music as well. There are quite a few current bands out there who play interesting music that isn't crap.

[Not Afraid]

I know who Green Day is. They're the band people call punk but they're not. The people quoted below should know.

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

One of the more contentious issues is genre labeling. In reaction to both the style of music and the background of the band, some fans and musicians have taken heavy objection to the usage of the term "punk" when applied to Green Day. This is evidenced by the following comments issued by John Lydon, former front man of both the 70s punk band the Sex Pistols and 80s post-punk act, Public Image Ltd.. [31]:

"Don't try and tell me Green Day are punk. They're not, they're plonk and they're bandwagoning on something they didn't come up with themselves. I think they are phony."

"So there we are fending off all that and it [really annoys me] that years later a [terrible] outfit like Green Day hop in and nick all that and attach it to themselves. They didn't earn their wings to do that and if they were true punk they wouldn't look anything like they do."

Steve Diggle of the Buzzcocks commented on the band after meeting them:[32]
"I didn't have a clue who they were. And they're not punks."

[CoasterMatt]

I'll forgive you for not knowing who Mel Torme is, but Tom Freakin' Jones!?!

[BarTopDancer]

Punk or not, I still like Green Day.

And I shop at Hot Topic

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by DisneyFan25863

You do realize that, when you were the target demographic for the studios, people were saying the same thing? I appreciate classic music, but I also enjoy listening to current music as well. There are quite a few current bands out there who play interesting music that isn't crap.

There are plenty of current bands out there that play interesting music. They just don't seem to get played on commercial radio very often.

I also realize that I was/am part of the target demographic for my age, but they seem to have a difficult time hitting this target.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

And I shop at Hot Topic

And that's not punk either.