25 Random Bands
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Topic: 25 Random Bands
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Subject: 25 Random Bands
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:07
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You know what I like? Random polls. Nothing captures the essence of online music discussion like trying to compare bands that have nothing in common. Because in order to vote, you must compare them, and then you must justify your comparison, both to yourself and to us, and reading the steps required to make this process appear logical pleases me because it allows me to gaze at the architecture of other people's thoughts without being intrusive like in a politics thread.
I am going with ASMZ because I have always found their acronym aesthetically pleasing. Perhaps it is the mirroring of the S and Z, so the SMZ is sort of a mini-palindrome, and I've always enjoyed palindromes. Unrelated, but when I'm on register at work, I always inform the customer when her total is a palindrome, and I always get a weird look after they look at it for a few seconds and realize I'm right. They don't understand that waiting for the ecstasy of a palindrome is the most interesting part of being on register. :( ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:09
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I prefer R myself, with Y 2nd. ------------- 
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:10
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GY!BE because the use of punctuate in an acronym is so amusing and unnecessary. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:14
| HC, UZ, AZ, HATN....all favorites. Never could get into post-rock, so whatev. |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:17
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Great Gadzooks!!! Golly Glinda. Gotta Go. Green Goobers.
And so forth.... ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:18
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I vote tangerine dream
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:18
I didn't know Scott was a Residents fan. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
rushfan4 wrote:Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:20
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By the way, did you omit VDGG, FZ, and JT OP, or were they just an OS? -------------
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:21
Ratt -------------
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Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:29
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^ Thanks Scott, now I've got "Round and Round" stuck in my mind.
------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:31
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:33
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PFM, just over SBB and GY!BE. Isn't GY!BE actually GYBE! these days? |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:42
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 15:50
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 16:13
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I randomly picked SGM. And can't remember what is stands for. ------------- 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 16:17
| WTF |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 16:20
PFM hold the M  ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 16:59
I always pronounce it Gibe in my head, but with an exclamation point, like this: "Gibe!!!" |
Posted By: Darklord55
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 17:01
What? No GFR!? 
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Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 17:31
| I am a bit classic - voted for RTF |
Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 17:35
| TMV |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 17:58
Acronyms confuse me.  Let's see if I've got these right:
GG - Good Golly!
PFM - Pretty Fine Music
EITS - Exceptional in Time Syndrome
BTBAM - Before They Bang Another Musician
SMM/ZMM - Umm, I can't print this on a public site
ASMZ - After Sometime More Zing
MO - This could mean More Oldfield or More Ozrics, not sure
SGM - Super Giant Musculature
UZ - UZi
AZ - Arizona
RTF - Righteous Truthful Foundation
MOTW - MOToWn (don't know why this would be on ProgArchives)
DMST - December March September Tuesday
SBB - Sounds Bad Brother
POS - Point Of Sale
SM - this is another I can't print on a public site
HATN - Hate Nothing
COL - Color Of Life
GIAA - Isn't this like the RIAA?
65DOS - I didn't think they even had that many versions
GY!BE - Good Year! Bye Everybody
TD - Touchdown!
HC - Hack 'n' Cough
KS - Kansas (I'm pretty sure about this one)
AMT - American Musical Theater
How'd I do? ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: dAJaro
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 18:48
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not much love for soft machine, eh? i dont get every abreviation but there are some fine bands up there! cool poll that actually demands some thought besides the classic A VS B. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/dAJaro/?chartstyle=basic10"> 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 19:05
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I gave HATN a much needed vote.
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Posted By: santiagomo87
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 20:01
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Voted PFM because of beautfull melodies and use of violin as I play the violin myself. But it was difficult between SM and PFM because SM is the band I'm most into right now. Couldn't sort out most of the bands listed anyways. Very difficult poll ------------- Santiago |
Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 20:11
| 65DOS, I never heard of them, but cool acronym! |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 20:17
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Is MO Mahavishnu Orchestra or Mike Oldfield? I went for TD. ------------- 
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 20:30
Good question Alex, I intended Mahavishnu, but I suppose you could vote for it as either. It doesn't really matter. ;-)
------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 20:30
I hate Mike Oldfield, so it stands for Mahavishnu. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: October 29 2009 at 14:47
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: October 29 2009 at 18:55
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PFM :) ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |