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BritGAF |OT6| Dark Souls? More like Arse Holes
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Pal? I ain't your pal, buddy.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
She ain't your buddy, guy!
WHY WONT IT STOP SHOUTING
dapperbandit
Banned
I think I preferred this thread when no one posted in it.
I THINK I PREFERRED YOUR FACE WHEN IT HAD NO FACE IN IT
Drunk Souls
Damn Souls
Whoa. Same first letters as Dire Straits. I remember that interview when Miyazaki said he loved Mark Knopfler's sterling guitar work on Brothers In Arms. He's a big Whitesnake fan too.
You know, Brits, we really are the dankest of souls.
Sorry... Y'know I've popped in here before, but never had much to say.
Anyway, off for a flat viewing tomorrow. Was just told by the girl I'm potentially letting it with that the tenant might expect us to be a working couple, though...
Wait a second, this is starting to sound like the plot to S.P.A.C.E.D.
Daffy Duck
Member
She wants you.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I'm sick of your UK drummer bashing! Oh yeah, maybe in yer high falutin famous bands they aren't hench or beast or whatever you kids call it, but you be looking all wrong ways, innit? Grass roots, man, that's where the good shit be.
Shitwife have Aphex Twin's younger brother on drums. Not literally. GAWD. White Devil White Devil have a monster for a drummer. Punching Swans' drummer is all over it. Nitkowski have a crackin drummer boy on toms who'll put most US bands to shame. TO SHAME! Fucking Screenwives' one plays with his cock! HIS COCK! YES, HIS COCK! I SEEN IT! Do your Arctic 'George Formby ooo Ain't I So Northern LaDeeDa' Bellends do that?! Eh?
EH?!
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...yeah. sorry.
stop being so edgy with your unknown bands & put on some Coldplay, like the rest of us
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
....I actually like Coldplay
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
BUT THEY DON'T PLAY DRUMS WITH THEIR COCKS SO WHATS THE POINT EH
In between snippets of Tristan and Isolde and Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Bless. Let me fix that for you:
You're welcome.
Also: I like my coffee like I like my men; hot and mean.
I don't trust people.
I hate people.
Every single one of them.
Including myself.
dapperbandit
Banned
You know if I actually listened to bands that still played analog instruments made out of wood (FUCKING LMAO) I might give a shit about up and coming indie bands with names for Novice tier rebellious youngsters.
My taste is augmented.
My taste is augmented.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
You forget, sir, I've been subjected to your "taste". If it were food, it would be gruel... without seasoning.
Actually, you might like Shitwife. It's mostly electronic.
dapperbandit
Banned
I'm sure feral apes also have trouble appreciating Yeats poems.
Why apologise? I'm happy for the tips! I'll have a listen.
Hey - super late to this and I'm aware it makes me look a bit like a Coldplay fan (MIKE HA HO HA) but you ever hear the Mars Volta? I was a massive ATDI fan (saw them back in the early 2000s when they were touring Relationship of Command and it was life affirming) but for some reason I decided Mars Volta were prog and as I physically despise The Floyd I thought I'd leave it to the Yes fans. How wrong I was! I've only heard the first album so far but it's a belter. Great great great drums too. And guitar. But that's obvious with Omar there.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Are you equating your yacht music to Yeats? Ballsy.
Ha! Just my tongue in cheek way of highlighting some good UK drummers.
Yeah, MV are super talented. I got onboard with the early stuff (hipster, that I am) but never kept up. Yeah, the drummer(s) is (are) out of this world.
No, but they have a cock operating the mic, so it's not that different.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
You're mistaking a cock for a penis. Completely different timbres.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
Got uncharted and finished it in a few days....Pretty bloody good I must say, such a reliable franchise for gameplay, story and hot damn this one was like playing a fucking action movie (Not that the others aren't like that, but they got me again.) Problem is those kind of games are the one I play once. Wish they let me play it on the hardest difficulty without having to unlock it via a slightly easier playthrough.
Verdict:
Good game, still not as good as Uncharted 2 though.
Thinking I might trade it in tomorrow so I have the maximum money from CEX or game to reinvest in more gams
Verdict:
Good game, still not as good as Uncharted 2 though.
Thinking I might trade it in tomorrow so I have the maximum money from CEX or game to reinvest in more gams
Meanwhile, mine is still in its wrapper and I'm waiting until the weekend to start it. Man, fuck working full time.
Easy target.
JonathanEx
Member
The level of dislike for them is a bit interesting. I wonder if it's partly because of:
- The standard 'they're very popular so they're shit, ugh, MAINSTREAM'
- Overexposure to certain songs in talent shows/charity things
- Chris Martin generally seems quite happy and positive. And as a cynical nation, we hate that. GOD, stop being so jolly about your success. And enjoying it. Yet mostly remaining normal. WHAT A PRICK. We want a reason to hate him, and 'some songs are a bit average' isn't enough, so that drives us more mad. WHAT A TERRIBLE PERSON.
Like, U2. They're ubiquitous in a similar way. But Bono being weird and then names like 'The Edge' give us things to pin on to go 'UGH' about. And in Bono's case, rightly so. Chris Martin? Doing STARJUMPS? Cos he's happy? TWAT.
Some of it's dross, but I'm good with some of their work. I remember really liking the Viva La Vida album at the time.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I can't speak for anyone else but - apart from the fact that Yellow was ubiquitous at a particularly horrible time in my life - I find everything about them offensively inoffensive. Like Enya, I guess. I can't get anything out of it. It's just so dull. The level of adoration they receive considering how anodyne and one note it all is seems a little disproportionate to me.
People like what they like though.
They're kind of bland, maybe? I admire Chris Martin for putting up with Gwyneth Paltrow though, as pretty as she is she seems batshit mental.
It's like being annoying with a colour though.
Rage against beige.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I like it. Could be a Dulux slogan.
I enjoyed it more than UC2 TBH it was a classier affair and DEM EASTER EGGS.
Mistake Crushing destroys pacing, seriously.
MP is amazing you shouldn't trade, also single player DLC on the way.
NinjaBoiX
Member
Coldplay are alright man, as others have said, it's just they're an easy target. You just sound like you've run out of ideas taking shots.
Also, Chris Martin seems like a top dude, for reals. Funny, smart, humble and generous almost to a fault. Really self-deprecating humour too. To be honest, he's like the quintessential example of "likeable British bloke", he also just so happens to be disgustingly rich and famous.
Full-time service industry job
Helping my bro with his business
Spending some time with pals
Buying new clothes
Housework
Masturbating
Vidya games
I started Tales of the Borderlands over a week ago and haven't even reached chapter 2 yet.
Also:
Also, Chris Martin seems like a top dude, for reals. Funny, smart, humble and generous almost to a fault. Really self-deprecating humour too. To be honest, he's like the quintessential example of "likeable British bloke", he also just so happens to be disgustingly rich and famous.
I feel you b, I've all but given up on playing games these days. Literally, about two hours a week is all I've really got time for. My time pie chart would be divided thusly (I'm not actually making a pie chart, visualise innit):
Full-time service industry job
Helping my bro with his business
Spending some time with pals
Buying new clothes
Housework
Masturbating
Vidya games
I started Tales of the Borderlands over a week ago and haven't even reached chapter 2 yet.
Also:
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
dapperbandit
Banned
Was it Coldplay that recently had the music video where they're all chimps?
That video filled me with indescribable rage for some reason, it was just so fucking horrid.
That video filled me with indescribable rage for some reason, it was just so fucking horrid.
The one about doing it like they do on the discovery channel? Yeah, that's Coldplay. Fucking awful.
NinjaBoiX
Member
The part where the chimp picks up the bluetooth speaker and his fingers coincidentally leave a perfect gap for the Beats by Dre logo to be clearly visible:
Ugh...
You see U2 had Achtung Baby and Zooropa. Still occasionally irritating but some neat ideas and sounds. Pop was shit but it was an interesting failure.
Coldplay actually don't annoy me. They disappoint me.
a rush of blood was good - elegant pop with a little bit of mystery to it, viva la Vida had some good moments too, but since then they've gone full pop and I feel it's a bit of a waste of the interesting stuff. Loads of people hate whoever is the stadium band du jour. When it was Oasis, it was the same. Muse get it too, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol, Kings of Leon etc.
For me it's the same principle as Coldplay. I don't like it when the quirks and uniqueness of early stuff gets polished into standard Big Mid Tempo Rock. Radiohead are the only one I can think of who stuck to their own path. Will wait to see what the next Arctic Monkeys album is like, but they seem to be doing their own thing too.
I guess I also buzz off of interesting musicianship and a lot of the Big Mid Tempo Rock bands never seem to have that (they seem to disregard that in favour of simple hooks a stadium can sing along to). Ultimately ive never been to a stadium gig ive enjoyed.
dapperbandit
Banned
Both Coldplay and U2 are also balls deep into their "SAVE THE SHTARVIN CHILDRUN" preaching.
NinjaBoiX
Member
Parachutes was decent (never got Yellow though, those blunt, off-key chords always fucked me off), A Rush of Blood was good, didn't really listen to much after that apart from the singles.
I've basically always thought they were a solid band that just never really excited me. The title track from Parachutes is a pretty little ditty though, simple and concise (45 seconds):
Coldplay - Parachutes
I've basically always thought they were a solid band that just never really excited me. The title track from Parachutes is a pretty little ditty though, simple and concise (45 seconds):
Coldplay - Parachutes
Um, what a bunch of dicks, I guess?