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Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 2:24 pm
by Jorge
Anyway, SoCal isn't a city, and the Eagles and RHCP were presented as examples of "good" bands, so I don't know why we're even still talking about this.
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 2:29 pm
by Strat
theplatypus wrote:Anyway, SoCal isn't a city, and the Eagles and RHCP were presented as examples of "good" bands, so I don't know why we're even still talking about this.
Look, i hate both bands but ....
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 3:28 pm
by BurtReynolds
is qotsa from socal?
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 5:06 pm
by super nintendo chalmers
Strat wrote:theplatypus wrote:Anyway, SoCal isn't a city, and the Eagles and RHCP were presented as examples of "good" bands, so I don't know why we're even still talking about this.
Look, i hate both bands but ....
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 5:43 pm
by Jorge
theplatypus wrote:SoCal isn't a city
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 6:11 pm
by gardenparty
The SoCal music "scene" is pretty shitty but i don't think you can deny that a large percentage of largely influential US bands were born in LA area. The list is enormous
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 6:17 pm
by harmless
The original question stipulated 'best city for music', not 'city with the most music in it'. Interesting that people have said London. I generally hate the London music culture.
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 6:38 pm
by gardenparty
harmless wrote:The original question stipulated 'best city for music', not 'city with the most music in it'. Interesting that people have said London. I generally hate the London music culture.
I don't know, they're kind of related aren't they? A city with the most options for music would certainly have to be in the running.
If we're talking independant music scenes then LA is defintly not at the top of the pack. If we're talking best place to see the most varieties of live music on any given night LA is a great answer
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 6:45 pm
by harmless
I guess 'your favourite' and 'the best' are two different things. But as both of those are a subjective judgment, I'd go with the first one. I'm going to go with a city that's best associated with a sound I love, rather than one that has 400 awful but famous bands associated with it.
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 6:53 pm
by gardenparty
harmless wrote:I guess 'your favourite' and 'the best' are two different things. But as both of those are a subjective judgment, I'd go with the first one. I'm going to go with a city that's best associated with a sound I love, rather than one that has 400 awful but famous bands associated with it.
fair enough. however, i imagine along with those 400 awful bands there are probably 400 more you love and weren't aware were based in LA though.
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 7:50 pm
by harmless
gardenparty wrote:harmless wrote:I guess 'your favourite' and 'the best' are two different things. But as both of those are a subjective judgment, I'd go with the first one. I'm going to go with a city that's best associated with a sound I love, rather than one that has 400 awful but famous bands associated with it.
fair enough. however, i imagine along with those 400 awful bands there are probably 400 more you love and weren't aware were based in LA though.
I can't vote for a city based on bands I've never heard of though
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Wed June 19, 2013 7:52 pm
by warehouse
has anyone said philly? no hall and oates fans here?
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Thu June 20, 2013 1:18 pm
by Brett
From a music-I-like standpoint, I'm gonna go with Montreal. There's an almost overwhelming amount of good stuff coming out of there. Toronto's pretty awesome, too.
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Thu June 20, 2013 1:24 pm
by darth_vedder
DC has had an interesting, kinda under the radar scene. Everything from Go-Go music to Punk to Jazz has come out of DC. Bad Brains, Duke Ellington, Fugazi, Laura Burhenn among others.
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Thu June 20, 2013 1:26 pm
by darth_vedder
re: Eagles / Chili Peppers. Each has songs I like, but I don't love either band. Blood Sugar was a pretty great album back in the day. The other alums are more spotty, but all contain some decent songs.
For the Eagles, I actually like Take It Easy and Tequila Sunrise.
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Thu June 20, 2013 3:04 pm
by OmegaprimeVKM
London has the best of a mix of genres.
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Thu June 20, 2013 3:10 pm
by warehouse
OmegaprimeVKM wrote:London has the best of a mix of genres.
rap?
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Thu June 20, 2013 3:14 pm
by harmless
warehouse wrote:OmegaprimeVKM wrote:London has the best of a mix of genres.
rap?
Um, there's a bit more going on than rap.
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Thu June 20, 2013 3:16 pm
by warehouse
harmless wrote:warehouse wrote:OmegaprimeVKM wrote:London has the best of a mix of genres.
rap?
Um, there's a bit more going on than rap.
thanks, but that doesnt answer my question about rap from london. is there any?
Re: Best City for Music
Posted: Thu June 20, 2013 3:57 pm
by Mickey
Maybe in the past, but I've been to Memphis a lot recently, and it's definitely not Memphis if we're talking present-day.