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I understand some of you have a problem with The Mars Volta

I'm Rick Jones, bitch

18:08 / 17.11.04

I'd like you to use this thread to explain what these problems are, and in 25 words or less, why I shouldn't unleash the fucking fury on you.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

19:32 / 17.11.04

They're shit. Shit shitty shit shit. It means you're sucking whiny whiny earnest "every chord is my life" self important bore-fest dick. Actual penis! I mean, like, ew. Just unleash the fury already. Go on.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

19:35 / 17.11.04

And they're ugly! Holy jeez but they are! I only listen to music by pretty people. Don't think they get let off because they play "instruments" and write "songs". God no.

I do not have to validate this. Music is only worthwhile if you find the perpetrator sexually attractive. This is a FACT.

Benny the Ball

19:38 / 17.11.04

They smell like soup.

ONLY NICE THINGS

22:31 / 17.11.04

They signed to Universal. They are total sell-outs. Not in the sense of ever having sold out a venue, obviously. In a more abstract sense.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

23:29 / 17.11.04

The abstract sense is all that matters, Haus. I thought they made real music, but it turns out it is fake! I now only listen to music made by people in their bedrooms and secretly recorded by people (REAL fans) while the music makers are unaware. This ensures maximum reality, as well as making concrete the fact that all real music must be homemade lo fi DIY and nothing else. And it must only be distributed secretly, as opposed to in shops.

Seth

06:45 / 18.11.04

And once again...

They sound like Dream Theatre. Exactly like them. They're limp wet rags compared to At The Drive In.

Limp wet rags.

Your arm will fall like a limp wet rag.

haus of fraser

08:19 / 18.11.04

Mars Volta end of semester report card simply reads

'Capable of so much more'

Seth

08:59 / 18.11.04

Plus they have the worst album title and cover art in living memory.

Apart from Cam'ron's Confessions of Fire.

Elegant Mess

09:13 / 18.11.04

Are those leather dungarees?

Regrettable Juvenilia

09:36 / 18.11.04

Previous Mars Volta thread.

I'm Rick Jones, bitch

11:56 / 18.11.04

UNLEASHED.

Haus of Mystery

12:02 / 18.11.04

DEFLECTED.

I'm Rick Jones, bitch

12:44 / 18.11.04

ADAPTING...

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT CAN DEFLECT BASEBALL FURY:

ONLY NICE THINGS

13:02 / 18.11.04

Maybe we should move this to the Conversation, eh?

So, anyway, moving briefly back on topic, is there anybody here apart from Dudders who _doesn't_ have a problem with the Mars Volta?

In their defence, I really liked "Bedshapes".

haus of fraser

13:27 / 18.11.04

As i said capable of so much more- i don't mind them - i even quite liked televators- but it ain't at the drive in- i downloaded the album but never really got into it..
sorry

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

13:31 / 18.11.04

Where is the fury? I was quite looking foward to it.

Haus of Mystery

13:40 / 18.11.04

Sorry for density, but who are Dream Theatre? nd why do comparisons to them make people shudder?
Re: Mars Volta - what I heard left me unmoved, but I know a number of people who worship at their alter. Why anyone would change their name from 'At the Drive in' (great) to 'The Mars Volta' (proggy wank) is beyond me...

jeff

14:31 / 18.11.04

My opinion hasn't changed since I started the previous thread. I can't really say why I like any bands, let alone this one, I just do.
I kind of can and can't see the Dream Theatre comparison, now I've had the chance to hear them. I felt with the latter band that they were trying to show me how many notes they could play, so I couldn't help being drawn to other concerns, like whether I'd left the oven on or not. I don't do this with the Mars Volta. They hold my attention, and while you would clearly beg to differ, I hear a passion and energy thats entirely absent in Dream Theatre's work.
I also think they surpass ATDI. ATDI were alright, but in the music they always seemed to promise something without ever attaining it. The Mars Volta to me are all the bits in ATDI that I liked but were never expressed properly. Then again few agree, but we're not forcing music on each other so it's cool.

The Falcon

16:58 / 18.11.04

Dream Theater was AWESOME!!!11!!11!

The guy had a seven string guitar. I saw it on Noisy Muthas!!!.

I quite like TMV.

haus of fraser

17:12 / 18.11.04

Macgyver meet dream theatre

Haus of Mystery

23:49 / 18.11.04

They look...

amazing

Spatula Clarke

02:08 / 19.11.04

I can hear the noodling just by looking at them.

Jack The Bodiless

03:57 / 19.11.04

Seth used to really like Dream Theatre.

FYI, they tend to sound (and used to look) like Whitesnake with a Rush fixation. 'Pull Me Under' was awesome, but ridiculous, in the same way that Evil Dead III: Army Of Darkness is awesome, but ridiculous. Unfortunately, Dream Theatre were not aware of how ridiculous they were, and thought they were much more awesome than they actually were. And you were unlikely to drag your mates back after the pub to stick on Images And Words. Still, in every other respect, Dream Theatre and Army Of Darkness are EXACTLY THE SAME THING, and it is NOT A SHIT ANALOGY.

Haus of Mystery

08:06 / 19.11.04

And you were unlikely to drag your mates back after the pub to stick on Images And Words

And you wouldn't with Army of Darkness?

For shame Jack.

Regrettable Juvenilia

10:53 / 19.11.04

Looking at that first photo of someone from Dream Theatre... I would never have guessed that Furio from The Sopranos was into prog.

Jack The Bodiless

11:27 / 19.11.04

No, you would> drag your mates back after the pub to watch Army Of Darkness. That's one of the respects in which my BRILLIANT ANALOGY falls down. As detailed in my post. The one up there. Go on, look up. Therrrrrre it is, see? All shiny and hopeful that the day will bring berries and things of goodness abounding. Then someone stepped on it. The post you are reading is vengeful. Careful, now.

Sir Real

12:47 / 19.11.04

they tend to sound (and used to look) like Whitesnake with a Rush fixation.

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Man should not even imagine such things.

Haus of Mystery

13:24 / 19.11.04

Bodiless one speak with forked tongue.

diz

19:32 / 19.11.04

So, anyway, moving briefly back on topic, is there anybody here apart from Dudders who _doesn't_ have a problem with the Mars Volta?

they had a pretty good live set at Coachella the year before last.

of course, i was high at the time, so your mileage may vary.

The Falcon

23:16 / 19.11.04

'Lie', that was the song.

The vocalist was a bit Joey Belladonna, when I liked the replacement guy in Anthrax. Bit much, but it was pretty cool.

Jack The Bodiless

03:29 / 21.11.04

I was high at the time, so your mileage may vary.

A caveat for the ages.

nedrichards is confused

15:47 / 21.11.04

Televators has a not entirely crap video.

Ganesh

21:49 / 21.11.04

I've absolutely no idea who The Mars Volta actually are. That's my "problem".

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