Aileen

seriously - that actually his name? thats the shit!! im meant to be reading ulysses for my uni course just now but ?( oops i havent quite got through it yet......or started it......hhmmm should probably look into that

no you dont, i bet you dont, in fact i know you dont, you love him love him love him!!!

ouch! poor adam

That article was.....interesting..!! Is Dave Dixon on drugs?

Adam's sexy!!

i dont know if i voted or not - i clicked the button on the "cast vote" bit by accident before id even selected a band and now it wont let me vote again.....damn stupid machines!!!!!

at the bottom right hand corner where it says demo vote "some shit band vs 10 easy wishes"

dude you're totally winning - yay!

the way i see it, i get annoyed when people get really political and arsey about music and how it was performed or how it was produced and how talented the band/artist/songwriter etc is....for me, if I like a song, I like it, end of story....this is probably why I have such randomly diverse taste in music! and probably why i dont get AS annoyed when bands dont write their own stuff

dude i dont think they like you....

eh......wtf ?

so then whats your opinion of bands who play music which has been written by someone else? like some manufactured pop band or something..?

ok scott but say you only wrote lyrics, and that was all you were capable of, would you be happy to work alongside someone else who could put those lyrics to music and if the result reflected the feeling behind the lyrics then have them performed in that way?

but do you play an instrument?

or change the music to fit with the lyrics perhaps.....? surely either way it works

just because you dont play a certain instrument doesnt mean you cant grasp the general conception of how it would sound if put to the lyrics you have written. i could write lyrics, and imagine how i'd want them to sound as a track but wouldnt be able to put it together really cos i cant play anything or sing....do u see what i mean?

Re: Re: what does everyone think... Thats utter balls....of course you can write good lyrics without playing an instrument..lyrics dont necessarily come in conjunction with music. Psydoll you may have a point there, but poetry isnt really all that well credited these days is it?

Ok so Ive been thinking, everyone goes on all the time about how it's really shit when bands don't write their own music and just perform songs which are written for them but how bout we think about it from the songwriters point of view.... If you were really good at writing lyrics, but couldnt play any instruments, couldnt come up with a good melody and were utter baws at singing, what other way is there to promote your ability than to employ other people to put music to your lyrics and perform your work for you, is that really so bad?? I'm not trying to make some big set-in-stone statement here cos it's still something I've just been turning over in my mind but I just wondered what everyone else thought about this?

pube on the cover!!!! you have the lovely boys of gilman street to thank for pointing that out to me hahahahahaha

I'm not even gonna get into this topic again, I could go on a big mad rant like the million page long thread that appeared as a result of my last smoking rant!

As predicted....... My top bands in Aberdeen are 10 Easy Wishes and My Mind's Weapon

Live performances give sooooo much more than recordings!!! Some of the CDs I own are absolutely awesome musically but do no justice to the live performance of those artists!! Going to see bands perform live gives me a buzz that recordings just cant! So much of what makes artists good is how they perform live and their presence onstage - its worth it just for that!

Yay - last night was ace......I felt shit this morning though - Tom I blame you for making me neck my JD! Hope you all enjoyed your scoobie snacks, Im now officially skint cos of 10EW! Anyway, see you all soon hopefully (THIS WEEKEND, COME OUT FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!) later kiddies x

um...if you imagine the theme tune for the magic roundabout but in a slightly more sinister tone, with some shit woman singing over the top and the scary organ thing notched about another three pitches, that abouts knocks it on the head!......they sucked!!!!!!!!!!

i'll be there.....em.....[insert random comment which i did not make here].... madness i tell thee!