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December 20, 2004

Where Did I Go Wrong?

Every year, my default position with my siblings at Christmas is to get them music they don't know they want. In the course of figuring out what that may be, I received the disturbing news that my little brother likes Linkin Park.

Seriously, I don't know how to react to that. I feel like I've somehow not held up my responsibilities here. I let this happen. Had I been a better brother when he told me he liked Evanescence, I might have been able to stop him before it was too late.

So this year, it's not a Christmas gift as much as an intervention of sorts. It took me a couple of days of thinking about bands and running through stuff on Rhapsody, but I have at least one band that will scratch that particular itch much better, along with some other just good stuff. I don't think he's reads the site, but I'll leave it at that just in case.

Posted by notabbott

Comments

> Posted by: x on December 22, 2004 10:19 PM

You went wrong by thinking there's a problem with liking Linkin Park or Evanescence.

Their music, songs and playing is better than 95%+ of the bands you recommend, so learn something from your borther. and them!

> Posted by: Niki on December 23, 2004 1:17 PM

Borther.and them.

Heh.

Proof-reading. It's a lost art.

> Posted by: notabbott on December 28, 2004 9:55 AM

Dude, I recommend bands here because they have funny names. And most of those are *still* better than Linkin Park.

I bought my bro Chevelle and Incubus on the hard rock front, and Gomez on the general "you should check this out" front. I'd take any of those three over LP or Evanescene any day of the week.

> Posted by: x on December 29, 2004 7:57 PM

chevelle and incubus are "hard rock"? that's funny. what are you 85 years old?

and, yes, a band named after an Addams Family character is pretty funny. i guess.

not sure it's a good reason to check them out, though.

you should be checking out the linkin park and evanescence. yeah, that Chevelle is sooo much better...

> Posted by: x on December 29, 2004 8:00 PM

[sarcasm on] maybe this will show up.

your software thought "" was scripting

hmm...

[evil grin]

> Posted by: notabbott on December 30, 2004 9:27 AM

Yeah, MT-Blacklist can be pretty aggressive sometimes, sorry 'bout that. And it's my website, so it's my definition of hard rock, thankyouverymuch. The recommending bands with funny names was in reference to ongoing stuff in LITC, not the matter at hand.

I don't have as much of an issue with Evanescence as LP, to be fair, but their vocal melodies on the stuff I've heard are just way too bland for me. And by dating someone in the band, Amy Lee is giving way too much validation to Seether, who are just awful. I want to give them props for fucking with Wal*Mart, but I still can't figure out what that story is all about.

We're going to have to agree to disagree on Linkin Park, though, because I just don't hear anything worthwhile there.