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Visitor13
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Posted: October 08 2006 at 13:26 |
Love both, but Opeth it is. If only "10 000 Days" had been better...
BTW, I don't watch MTV, so maybe the people here who seem to do could tell me what makes an "MTV band".
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Clark Ashton
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Posted: October 08 2006 at 14:19 |
Visitor13 wrote:
Love both, but Opeth it is. If only "10 000 Days" had been better...
BTW, I don't watch MTV, so maybe the people here who seem to do could tell me what makes an "MTV band".
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MTV band: act or artist who are given plenty of daylight airtime to promote their music. Tool was given such exposure as soon as "Undertow" was released. They were a buzz band. "Prison Sex" & "Sober" were regularly on MTV's playlist.
I'm not saying the band themselves "sold their souls" or "cashed in" for what fame they have. But that exposure made them a household word. I attribute their large fan base to this fact. I don't think Tool is the worst band I ever heard, their music just isn't that interesting. There are many other bands, worthy of the praise laid on Tool, that don't recieve the recognition they deserve.
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wodaemang
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Posted: October 08 2006 at 20:28 |
Clark Ashton wrote:
Visitor13 wrote:
Love both, but Opeth it is. If only "10 000 Days" had been better...BTW, I don't watch MTV, so maybe the people here who seem to do could tell me what makes an "MTV band". |
MTV band: act or artist who are given plenty of daylight airtime to promote their music. Tool was given such exposure as soon as "Undertow" was released. They were a buzz band. "Prison Sex" & "Sober" were regularly on MTV's playlist.
I'm not saying the band themselves "sold their souls" or "cashed in" for what fame they have. But that exposure made them a household word. I attribute their large fan base to this fact. I don't think Tool is the worst band I ever heard, their music just isn't that interesting. There are many other bands, worthy of the praise laid on Tool, that don't recieve the recognition they deserve. | i dont know if you could be more wrong, for you to say that tool is/was a "buzz band" is ridiculous, just so u know, their style of music has long since been all but banished from mtv, and even if undertow was played a lot on mtv, which it was, it still pushed the boundaries of the style of music, if u dont believe me, go listen to sober and tell me that there was a band in 1993 in the metal genre that recorded a song that sounded similar. mtv is now a haven for pop punk and emo bands, for you to even throw tool in that is completely absurd and for lack of a better word offensive. tool pushes the boundaries on what metal is supposed to be, its as simple as that, try and find one band that sounds like them, their sound is completely original, ill agree that many bands dont get the recognition they deserve, but for you to say that tool doesnt deserve the recognition they get is completely offensive and misinformed.
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wodaemang
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Posted: October 08 2006 at 20:30 |
and if u cant tell, my vote goes to tool....not that i dont like opeth, its just tool does more for me
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Empathy
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Posted: October 08 2006 at 20:44 |
Clark Ashton wrote:
I don't think Tool is the worst band I ever heard, their music just isn't that interesting to me. |
Edited by Empathy - October 08 2006 at 20:45
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Pure Brilliance:
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: October 08 2006 at 20:51 |
Clark Ashton wrote:
Visitor13 wrote:
Love both, but Opeth it is. If only "10 000 Days" had been better...
BTW, I don't watch MTV, so maybe the people here who seem to do could tell me what makes an "MTV band".
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MTV band: act or artist who are given plenty of daylight airtime to promote their music. Tool was given such exposure as soon as "Undertow" was released. They were a buzz band. "Prison Sex" & "Sober" were regularly on MTV's playlist.
I'm not saying the band themselves "sold their souls" or "cashed in" for what fame they have. But that exposure made them a household word. I attribute their large fan base to this fact. I don't think Tool is the worst band I ever heard, their music just isn't that interesting. There are many other bands, worthy of the praise laid on Tool, that don't recieve the recognition they deserve. |
"Pull Me Under" and "Take the Time" got regular rotation on MTV, does this make Dream Theater an "MTV buzz band"?
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hamham
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 19:41 |
Eh, the two bands have almost nothing common between them, not gonna vote on this poll.
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nowayman121
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Posted: October 10 2006 at 03:07 |
I'm a big fan of both bands, but Opeth takes my vote here due to there extreme contrasting sections. I think Opeth has done more experimentation in there music then Tool even though Tool has done alot too
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darkshade
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Posted: October 10 2006 at 23:18 |
Falling Flower wrote:
Clark Ashton wrote:
Tool does have it's merits, but at the end of the day they are just commercial radio/mtv/hot topic mall-core darlings from Sharon Osbourne's stable of dog and pony acts.
Opeth are a class act all the way. |
On what planet do you live.
On mtv here they play Opeth, but never have they played Tool.
They don't even talk about Tool on tv or radio here. |
on what planet do YOU live?
on mine, MTV doesnt play music videos
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cuncuna
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Posted: October 10 2006 at 23:34 |
TOOL, because they got two "o" and opeth only has one...
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Erpland316
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Posted: October 10 2006 at 23:48 |
Even though I love Opeth(saw them last week in Atlanta) I would say in the long run I love TOOL more.
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KoS
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Posted: October 11 2006 at 00:02 |
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Prog-man
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Posted: October 11 2006 at 02:07 |
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MadcapLaughs84
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Posted: October 11 2006 at 12:34 |
Maynard is the man. TOOL
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