Favorite Musical Performer??

[Turtle X]

ok, whos ur favorite MP, I love rap and pop, so Mine are Nelly and Justin Timberlake.

[FreshRazz]

Tupac Amaru Shakur... LEGEND

[prowler4]

Metallica and Sting (Interesting combo huh? :P )

[Shellfox]

Jimmy Beffett, you havn;t lived till a parrot head has passed out next to you and urinated on him self

[Greed]

My favs are DMX, Kid Rock, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Eminem

[MzTheInsomniac]

i listen to a bunch of unknown band, www.whensparksfly.net, www.punchkids.com are some good ones

[tasuki]

I like Chevelle and Unwritten Law and Trust Company and.............. um I don't have a favorite. I just like everything that I like in groups sort of. There is the real cool group, okay group, and the only listen to once in a while group.

[Kali]

My all time fav are The Dixie Chicks. Then probably SheDaisy, Garth Brooks, Reba...

I know there are others, I just can't remember them right now. And not just from country, but pop and soft rock, but I can never seem to remember the artists.

[heretic888]

Limp Bizkit, Deftones, System of a Down, Nirvana, Korn, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Tool.

[HorseTechie]

Uhm... I have a random assortment in all styles, so bear with me!

U2, Loreena McKennitt, Metallica, Creed, Disturbed, Linkoln Park, Rob Zombie, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, GnR, Peter Gabriel, Simon & Garfunkel, Beatles top hits, Enya, Technotronic, Beastie Boys, Cibo Matto, Boys 2 Men, LL Cool J, Eminem (sometimes Dr Dre), G O D (Korean hip hop)... *takes a breath* ...NewsBoys, Jars of Clay, Audio Adrenaline, Toby Mac, John Williams, James Horner, aaaand Howard Shore. Yeah, I think that's most of em. :D

[The Angel Queen]

:lol:

[The Angel Queen]

my favs are Nick Carter , Jutintimber Lake , Garth Brooks , Nelly , Eminem , Linckon Park , Limp Bizkit , Kid Rock , Tim Magraw , And a lot more !!!

[MzTheInsomniac]

[quote=]Linckon Parkquote]

linkin park bites

[Nickokapo]

I'ts not linckon park!!!
It's lincoln pork :ohwell:
As for my favorite musical performers...well i like certain songs of miranda!, daft punk, leo garcia...but the only one i'm a fan of probably is daft punk, i'm not a big fan of music, i just listen to anything that sounds good..

[heretic888]

my favs are Nick Carter , Jutintimber Lake , Garth Brooks , Nelly , Eminem , Linckon Park , Limp Bizkit , Kid Rock , Tim Magraw , And a lot more !!!

I can NOT believe you just lumped limp bizkit and eminem with the rest of those.......

linkin park bites

No, lp are very good at what they do.... no one ever claimed they were genius artists, you know.

[The Angel Queen]

sorry but just because i like em doesnt mean that im gonna know how to spell their name !! it took me from when Limp Bizkit first came out till 1 mounth ago to learn how to spell Limp Bizkit !!!!! :|


and im not kidding about that im 100 % seriuos !!! (sadly)

[Nickokapo]

's okay i was only kidding :ohwell:
I used to like limp bizkit a lot!Now i rarely listen to it tho...and linkin park, well i never really liked it, but my tastes in music are a bit weird anyways since i dont listen a lot of music...

[The Angel Queen]

's okay i was only kidding :ohwell:
I used to like limp bizkit a lot!Now i rarely listen to it tho...and linkin park, well i never really liked it, but my tastes in music are a bit weird anyways since i dont listen a lot of music...

sorry i didnt mean to sound like i took what you said as an insult cause i wasnt !!! :)

[The Angel Queen]

my favs are Nick Carter , Jutintimber Lake , Garth Brooks , Nelly , Eminem , Linckon Park , Limp Bizkit , Kid Rock , Tim Magraw , And a lot more !!!

I can NOT believe you just lumped limp bizkit and eminem with the rest of those.......

linkin park bites

No, lp are very good at what they do.... no one ever claimed they were genius artists, you know.

what do you mean by that ? i named them in order of best to not as good but still one of my favs !!!!

[Nickokapo]

It's all good dont worry :D

[The Angel Queen]

:lol: me worry ??? worry is not in my vocab !!! people should not worry they should take things as they come and make the best out of life !!! :)

[Nickokapo]

True!There is no place for worries in life...worrying is for zombies :P

[The Angel Queen]

i know people are so much happier when they dont worry !!! :lol:

[heretic888]

what do you mean by that ? i named them in order of best to not as good but still one of my favs !!!!


so.... am i to understand that you rank Nick Carter at the top, then??

LOL :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

oh ****, i cant stop laughing!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[The Angel Queen]

yep he is the best and cutest person in the hole world !!!

so what if he is 7 years and 1 day older than me !! i could still get at least 1 date with him when i turn 18 !!

[heretic888]

i could urinate better music in a coma than the **** his songwriters give him.....

[The Angel Queen]

:lol: i have to admit that some of his songs are stupid but every artist in the world has at least 2 stupid songs !!! :lol:

[HorseTechie]

I just like saying I like Eminem to see the reaction it causes people. :evilgrin: It's funny how some people get soooo worked up over the iffy artists, like it's some political life/death, peace/war matter.

Eminem is one of those where I like his top hits, but I don't like HIM... nor would I go all out to see any of his concerts. Many other artists fall in that same category, like Linkoln Park, Limp Bizkit, Disturbed, GnR. (And yeah.. I know that LP is a heavy rock version of a boyband)

To me.. music is just music as long as it sounds good. I don't really care who it's by. Unless it's U2. I reeaaallly like that group as one of my all time, top favs. :D

[BigThew]

quite possible the funniest live band to watch is Blink 182

i went to there Mark Tom and Travis show last summer and it was freakin amazing, the funnest thing i have ever seen
and good music too

[heretic888]

i have to admit that some of his songs are stupid but every artist in the world has at least 2 stupid songs !!!

Actually, all his songs are stupid.

I just like saying I like Eminem to see the reaction it causes people. It's funny how some people get soooo worked up over the iffy artists, like it's some political life/death, peace/war matter.

I honestly dont give a **** what other people think about music. Eminem is a great artist, and so i like him....

To me.. music is just music as long as it sounds good.

The greatness of art is determined not by the object of art itself, but the depth of the artist expressing it..... so yeah, who the music is by pretty much determines if the music is good or not.

[HorseTechie]

*drops jaw* Next to my husband and my RL friend, you're the first person online that I've witnessed to actually admit liking Eminem! :o

I'm a bit picky about rap music. The run of the mill gangsta stuff that goes on about the F word, booz, and bitches does get boring. Bleeeeeeh! But when the rap is a unique sound, or it rehashes a popular melody or classic music, I like it alot. Used to like Salt n Peppa, Boyz II Men, and Will Smith too. Or the reggae/rasta man sounds. Then you have groups like Beastie boys, that blends rap and rock together. Kickin!

Skate/Punk rock is cool too. I also dig music music by Green Day, Smash Mouth, Blink 182, and on the occasion, 311. Oh.. and Jimmy Eats World has a sweet sound too! :D

[heretic888]

If you want to get into some pretty good rap, I would suggest DMX, Eminem, Nas, and Tupac. Wu Tang is pretty good too, but not for everybody. Biggie was awesome too. Stay away from Snoop, Jay Z, and P Diddy though......

No offense I don't like any of the 'pop rap' groups you mentioned! :D

Listen to Tool. They will blow you away. Nin, too.

[The Angel Queen]

i love Eminem !!!!!! every body i know at school likes Eminem !!! so how is liking Eminem a strange thing ? :-?

[HorseTechie]

hah.. yeah, in other TMNT communities... i've ran into many a fan who hates him. :roll:

Oh yah, I heard much of Tupac and Wu Tang. Usually I listen to what the HS stations play to get an idea of what's out there. Have you guys heard of Korean rap? Some of those groups do some surprisingly good stuff too...

[Tokka-B]

ALL ASIAN RAP OWNS ALL!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :wink:

[HorseTechie]

*falls over*

Wow.. well, heh... but don't forget where they get their inspriartions from. :wink:

[The Angel Queen]

i love all rap !!!! :evilgrin: expecialy the the songs thet talk about killing people or beating them . ( but that is just me )

[Greed]

Peace is the way to go *plays hippie music & pulls out peace pipe*

[Psycrow]

Hm... my favourite Music Performer???

Nothing out there holds a candle to Bon Jovi. 'nuff said. :lol:

[heretic888]

Tool. Korn. Limp Bizkit. The Deftones. System of a Down. Pink Floyd. Led Zeppelin. Nirvana. Nine Inch Nails.

[FreshRazz]

I'll say it again Tupac is a legend.
*plays when thugs cry*
Yeah he's the bomb!
The reson why allot of ppl show hate towards eminem is because nearly all of his songs are about killing his mummy, stepson, ****, moby or he raps about stupid issues. No one can get a good feeling if all he raps about is killing ppl and ****ing cristina agulara the only decent song by him is 'loose your self' thats because he doesn't talk about him self in the song (to a certian aspect) and not about killing his mum. the same he is the oppisite to tupac...

tupac : acts black and loves to act black and was so proud to be black
eminem: delusioned about being black, and a rumor going around he got punched in his face cause he said what up *****!

tupac: loved his mum supports his mum even though her addiction forced him out of home
eminem: has serious issuse about his mum, although it's not proven that she did half the **** or why he has a major prob, em's bro seems to be chill with her

tupac: battle raps about ppl who shot him
eminem: battle raps to make him self feel good

tupac: makes u feel good and has loads of meaning
eminem: just messed up has allmost no meaning

tupac: honust rapper, who has lived though all the hard times
eminem: love to listen to his ******** lies

tupac: supports childhood friends and ppl struggling, and brought many ppl to the game and supported charrity
eminem: sadly couldn't care less, and is loosing his bond with D12 and is hardly helping his bro with the record label deal.

- btw i'm exreamly sorry if i offended u, i don't ask for war im just saying that eminem is the complete opisite with tupac, even though he idoles him. and it's sad to here rappers going pop and final note IM HAPPY TO SEE LL COO J BAK!

[heretic888]

regardless of that meaningless comparison you just did, eminem is still a creative genius in hip hop in the same level as tupac.

[heretic888]

bump.

[FreshRazz]

Tupac = Greatest Rapper of all time....
Eminem = Confused little boy

that's a comparison, besides the comparison was to show the irony that Eminem favourite rapper was Pac and it's just really wired how in so many ways he is different. And to call him a creative ginues would be a little too much because i could call a murder who worte how he wants to kill his wife in full detail creative. Wiich is pretty much what he has done, and rhymeing with me is easy but when all u say is me ain't creative.

[heretic888]

once again, regardless of that childish narrow-minded comparison eminem is one of the most creative artistic greats hip hop as a genre has ever produced, as is tupac. you seem to think these people's personal lives and past experiences (or lyrical content) actually has anything to do with their value as artists. it does not. these ethical judgments concerning art are worthless.

[FreshRazz]

1) I'm not asking for a fight
2) I'm just expresing an opion
3) I don't truly hate eminem
4) My only reason to compare is to show how bizzare it is that Eminem admires Tupac yet he is in so many ways oppisite.
5) I just dislike Eminem a little just beacuse he is allways dribbling shiot about killing people.
6) I'm just woundering what Eminem's values are he only seems to act all hard core all the time.

[heretic888]

1) neither am I
2) good for you
3) see number 2
4) its not so bizarre considering eminem admires tupac for his skills as a MUSICIAN.
5) like Mr Mathers had said, don't take what he says so seriously
6) see number 5

[Peanut]

It's times like this when I quote the old Curt Henning and The Texas Red Necks song. "Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap is crap!!"

[heretic888]

rap is no more 'crap' than any other musical genre. what it really boils down to is the band/individual, and not the genre or style.

[MzTheInsomniac]

It's times like this when I quote the old Curt Henning and The Texas Red Necks song. "Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap is crap!!"

i gotta agree RAP is crap, these idiots dont derserve to be rich, all tehy do is talk fast and have no musical talent, why are they rich they have done nothing to acheive fame

[heretic888]

i gotta agree RAP is crap, these idiots dont derserve to be rich, all tehy do is talk fast and have no musical talent, why are they rich they have done nothing to acheive fame

I hate to break this to you, child, but just because YOU don't appreciate and/or understand a certain artist does not mean they are inherently 'crap'. Once again, it ultimately depends on the individual artist/band.. NOT the genre or style.

Oh, by the way, if you think they are so 'talentless' i would like to see YOU take a crack at hip-hop......

[Nturtle]

Okay Hetetic, I have noticed you have been condesending often to other people on this forum, mainly when all they do is disagree with you. Cut it out please, thank you.

[heretic888]

i am condescending to others when they carry themselves in a condescending (ie childish and immature) fashion. i am but a mirror.

[FreshRazz]

Well all I can say is that no musical forum is crap it's to the eyes of the beholder and if you screem on gener of music is crap you are most likly to recvie the same view back, pleas have respect for other peoples opions, sure eminem buggs me but i ain't gonna cry about it for hours and hours on end, so as the old saying goes if can't say nothing nice don't say nothing!

[Reznorite420]

ok, whos ur favorite MP, I love rap and pop, so Mine are Nelly and Justin Timberlake.Only my better judgement is keeping me from beating you in with a sledgehammer right now...

The title of this thread Favorite MUSICAL Performer, but the stuff you listed is quite frankly nowhere remotely NEAR music IMO... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Anyway, there's been a thread on this before, but I'll go ahead and list some of my favorite groups/artists in no particular order:

Nine Inch Nails (hence my username)
Metallica (older)
KMFDM
Korn
Orgy
New Order
Depeche Mode
Disturbed
Ministry
Skinny Puppy
2 Unlimited (ok, so maybe that is a little dancy, but I like it)
Alice In Chains
Tool
Eiffel 65
Godsmack
Gravity Kills
Judas Priest
Kid Rock
Megadeth
Pantera
Static X
And for comedic purposes, Weird Al Yankovic

Other stuff that I have no specific artist is:
80s
Classic 70s rock
Hard rock (but not hardCORE, like GWAR)

[Reznorite420]

regardless of that meaningless comparison you just did, eminem is still a creative geniusCreative, maybe. But GENIUS?

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That was friggin' great, man! Please, tell me another one! I need another good laugh!

[MzTheInsomniac]

it was just an opinion heretic whats your problem?

[Reznorite420]

Oh, my previous list was just of popular music. I still need to include:

Hans Zimmer (especially what he did for Gladiator)
John Carpenter
Jerry Goldsmith (most known for his Star Trek stuff)
John Williams (mainly Star Wars)

And I'll admit that I like Dan Hartman too, which explains why "(That's Your) Conciousness" is my favorite track on the TMNT soundtrack.

[MzTheInsomniac]

nice list of bands there rez

[heretic888]

Well all I can say is that no musical forum is crap

This I agree with. All forms of music have a time and place.

it's to the eyes of the beholder

This I do NOT agree with. Art is most certainly not relative.

if you screem on gener of music is crap you are most likly to recvie the same view back

Very true.

pleas have respect for other peoples opions

Errr.... no offense, but just because you respect someone else's opinion doesn't mean you can't disagree with them......

sure eminem buggs me but i ain't gonna cry about it for hours and hours on end

Good.

so as the old saying goes if can't say nothing nice don't say nothing!

Truth supercedes political correctness, my friend.

but the stuff you listed is quite frankly nowhere remotely NEAR music IMO

Its just as much music as what you listen to. I will grant you it is not on the same LEVEL of depth and expression as the bands you listed but it is still its own form of art.....

Creative, maybe. But GENIUS?

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That was friggin' great, man! Please, tell me another one! I need another good laugh!

A mind that is closed is such a horrible waste.......

it was just an opinion heretic whats your problem?

One that I happen to disagree with. Welcome to the real world, child.

[themaxonline]

My favourite singers are Chantal Kreviazuk and Martina Sorbara!!

[HorseTechie]

*gerf* ...Wishes people would just realize 'to each is their own' and one can't change those patterns.

I like whatever pleases me. WHo cares what my friends think, scoiety thinks, or what the singer seems to portray. Heck... I think 2Pac and Eminem are both the bomb... and this coming from someone who also enjoys listening to hard rock, christian contemporary, and classical music. :P

[ChibiKasai]

Haha...I'm a "music-whore": I'll listen to just about anything. Rock, rap, pop, dance...you name it. I think my guiltiest pleasure is 80's music, though. Especially one-hit wonders. *Hums Ah-Ha's "Take On Me"*

As far as actual performers go...I'm a die-hard Beatles fan. I even have a Paul McCartney portrait above my bed. :D

Guilty Pleasure Performer: Stevie B. (Of "In My Eyes", "Diamond Girl", and "Spring Love" fame.) Don't laugh... :sweatdro:

Artist who will *never* grace my stereo, ever: Vanilla Ice. Nuff said.

Peace! :)

[Mouse]

my favorite MP's:

Latin Wise: Shakira, Carlos Santana

Rap Wise: Eve, Missy Elliot, Lil' Kim, Da Brat, MC Lyte

R&B Wise: Brandy, TLC, Nelly Furtado, Pink, Aaliyah, Monica, anyone artist who is not blond, female, and claims to still be virgin(if you know what i mean)

Country Wise: anything and everything

The "Rock" Category Wise: i prefer something lite compared to dark. Gorillaz, Everclear, Everlast, but that is really about it

Misc. Wise: I like music from movie soundtracks...call it inspiration :)

and that is all i wrote...can't say that it is all, but it is the larger part...i also love oldies...especially the beatles :), not to mention Christian Comtemp

[Reznorite420]

Especially one-hit wonders. *Hums Ah-Ha's "Take On Me"*One hit wonder? Are you saying "The Living Daylights" (a Bond theme) wasn't a hit? Surprising...

Personally, a more well-known 80s one hit wonder was Was (Not Was)'s "Walk The Dinosaur"...I remember hearing it a lot when it debuted ('88 or '89 I believe).

[HorseTechie]

Oh yeah.. the only time of music I do have a problem with, is LITE rock! Arghh... hack! :dead:

You kow, the old mushy, gushy, lovey, dovey muzak stuff they play in the dentists or doctors offices.... *shudder* ..is just as bad as most boy bands. :tsweatdr:

[ChibiKasai]

Especially one-hit wonders. *Hums Ah-Ha's "Take On Me"*Personally, a more well-known 80s one hit wonder was Was (Not Was)'s "Walk The Dinosaur"...I remember hearing it a lot when it debuted ('88 or '89 I believe).

Maybe...all I know is that on my local 80's station, I hear Ah-Ha at least 5 times a day. "Walk the Dinosaur"? None.

*Now proceeds to hum Simple Minds "Don't You"*
(No, not a one-hit wonder, but "The Breakfast Club" rocks. :P )

[Vinny'sPizza]

Dunno why, just thought I'd like to bring this topic up... music is big thing to me... playing guitar is a big hobby of mine.

My favorities right now...

Metallica
Iced Earth
Black Label Society
Soilwork
Children of Bodom
Shadows Fall
Dark Tranquillity
Ozzy Osbourne
Pantera
Dream Theater
Guns N' Roses
Slash's Snakepit
Van Halen
Def Leppard
Joe Satriani
Aerosmith
The list goes on...

I'll admit it... i'm a metalhead. If it has guitars that are loud, heavy, and fast... it's for me. I'm not a fan of anything played on MTV anymore. In fact, the only shows that I watch on MTV are Jackass and The Osbournes. Unfortunately, I find it hard to find people with similar music tastes. To me music is more than just some power chords and lyrics about girls and love... how cheesy and unoriginal...

Oh and rap... forget it. I honestly can't stand it.


One more thing... you guys from Finland or Sweden... I'm am so jealous of the music scene over there. I am a fan of so many Swedish and Finnish metal bands like Soilwork and Children of Bodom.

[Donatello02]

Jurassic 5
Cannibal Ox
Diliated Peoples
Kool Keith
De La Soul
Beastie Boys
A Tribe Called Quest
Gorillaz
Mike Control
MF Dooom
D-Styles
Ned Hoddings
Q-Bert
X-Men
Beat Junkies
Alkaline Trio
Propaghandi
AFI
The Chinkies
System of a Down
I'm into indie, underground, punk, hip-hop, what not. I even like classical and jazz. Soul isn't bad either.

[Shadow]

musical preformer?

my all time favorite band i'm guessing none of you have heard of...

they're called dc Talk. I've liked them as long as I have liked the turtles and LIKE the turtles they're still going strong!

[That Matt Guy]

Most of the stuff I listen to is from the 40s and 30s so I'm sure all of you wouldn't know any of that. The only "modern" groups I enjoy are the Misfits and Alice in Chains. 8)

[Kid Icarus]

This I do NOT agree with. Art is most certainly not relative.

Not true. Art is always relative to the person experiancing its effects. Everyone has their own personal experiances that they can relate to a work, and it will change the way it was meant to be percived by the artist.

Example: I consider Anime and Manga a wonderful form of art, but there are many people on this board who have a completley opposite view.

My favorite bands:
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Sonic Youth
311
Eve 6
Everclear
Godsmack
Alice in Chains
The Ramones
The Sex Pistols
Mudhoney
Jesus Lizard
Meat Puppets
The BEATLES
Bikini Kill
Shouen Knife
Smashing Pumpkins
and the list goes on....

Favorite performer? Kurt Cobain. He put his entire being in to forcing his message on to his audiance. The man knew how to preform, and by looking at several of Nirvana's concerts its clear why his band took off the way they did.

[GK Punk]

ok, whos ur favorite MP, I love rap and pop, so Mine are Nelly and Justin Timberlake.

Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice In Chains, Urge Overkill, megadeth, Letters to Cleo, Guns N Roses, Union Underground
Juliana Hatfield and many many more...

[GK Punk]

This I do NOT agree with. Art is most certainly not relative.

Not true. Art is always relative to the person experiancing its effects. Everyone has their own personal experiances that they can relate to a work, and it will change the way it was meant to be percived by the artist.

Example: I consider Anime and Manga a wonderful form of art, but there are many people on this board who have a completley opposite view.

My favorite bands:
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Sonic Youth
311
Eve 6
Everclear
Godsmack
Alice in Chains
The Ramones
The Sex Pistols
Mudhoney
Jesus Lizard
Meat Puppets
The BEATLES
Bikini Kill
Shouen Knife
Smashing Pumpkins
and the list goes on....

Favorite performer? Kurt Cobain. He put his entire being in to forcing his message on to his audiance. The man knew how to preform, and by looking at several of Nirvana's concerts its clear why his band took off the way they did.

Wow... nice list you got there... It matches mine damn well! Im very impressed you Mentioned Jesus Lizard and Mudhouney... most people look at me weird when I bring them up...

[heretic888]

Not true. Art is always relative to the person experiancing its effects. Everyone has their own personal experiances that they can relate to a work, and it will change the way it was meant to be percived by the artist.


Incorrect. Art is NOT relative.

By that egocentric line of thinking, the sheer genius of Michelangelo (the artist not the turtle) is placed in the same level as that crappy stick figure my five year old cousin just slopped together 3 seconds ago. Pink Floyd is placed in the same level as that two-bit garage band that formed last week. Picasso's visionary work is placed on the same level as that postmodern artist that presents a display of a can of soup as his 'masterpeice'. Obviously, to any artist, such notions are insulting.

There is a further reason why art is not relative, one that reveals the truly egocentric and narcissistic base of such a notion. Namely, the 'artistry' of the art, what makes the art art, is relative, correct?? The 'art' of the art is in the eye of the beholder, correct?? Thus, the true creators, the true artists, the ones that make the art actually 'artful' are NOT, as sometimes assumed, the ones that painted or sung or sculpted..... but the audience itself!! Well, guess what?? That's news to most artists!! :lol:

No, no, no..... the play Hamlet is about a prince trying to achieve revenge for the death of his father. At a deeper level, it is an archetypal drama about the human psyche. It is NOT about a family having a picknick in New York. You see, NOT all interpretations, NOT all views, are equal. THAT is one of the major reasons why people have differing views on art: some experience greater levels of depth in art than others. It sounds elitist, but its still true (of couurse, this is NOT to say all differences of opinions regarding art are due to differing experiences of depth). And, the great and noble truth is that some works of art express greater levels of depth than others. That's why Nirvana are geniuses, and Drowning Pool (although entertaining) are not.

I would agree that art is subjective, but NOT relative. Subjective means it is a phenomena experienced internally, experienced within. That does NOT mean the experience is arbitrary and relegated only to that individual's frame of reference. Not all subjective experiences are equally valid, remember. Some are indeed more truthful or deeper than others.

Think about it.

[Kameko]

musical preformer?

my all time favorite band i'm guessing none of you have heard of...

they're called dc Talk. I've liked them as long as I have liked the turtles and LIKE the turtles they're still going strong!You shouldn't assume without more evidence. :P :wink: I've known about dcTalk for years, and in fact, I have one of thier tapes. :D

[Donatello02]

Heretic. Get off your high horse and shut up. :P

[Kameko]

Heretic. Get off your high horse and shut up. :P :lol:

[heretic888]

Heretic. Get off your high horse and shut up.

Okay, that was completely uncalled for. I can understand if you do not agree with my viewpoint. That is fine. But just because you have no counterargument or evidence contrary to it does not give you justification for mudslinging.

[Donatello02]

I was kidding, friggin christ. Go write some haiku, ya fruit tree.

[Reznorite420]

If I'm reposting this, oh well...

This question's easy to answer: Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (hence my username)

[heretic888]

NIN kick ass. :D