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Post by Lair of the Shadow MaDaBa on Nov 22, 2009 1:18:42 GMT -5
1) Yeah, I'm biased 'cause they're from my neck of the woods. 2) And yeah, Lizzy Hale is smoking. Kinda got a Kate Beckinsale/Vanessa Lane look about her.
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Nov 22, 2009 2:34:04 GMT -5
Not into it really. Feels really generic. Totally thought this thread was gonna be about Alestorm for a second: Not to hijack the thread or anything. I just think they're great. Anyway, back to your discussion about Halestorm.
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Post by @TenaciousBe on Nov 22, 2009 2:51:21 GMT -5
Generic NOTHIN! Have you heard Lzzy belt out her a capella opening to "It's Not You" in concert? (the embed isn't showing up for me right now, not sure if it's just my signal... if it doesn't work, go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlV-E4WjRYE ) And this is how she OPENS the show. Not like, waiting 4 songs in to get her voice warmed up. Youtube doesn't do it justice, she's just.... incredible. And the whole band is so fun and down to earth; I really cannot say enough good things about them. I'm seeing them again in a couple weeks in Cedar Rapids and cannot wait! (Saw/met them twice in Rochester, MN, already, and was so excited when they remembered me and my friend the second time ). MaDaBa, I'll keep you posted, but I'm in the early stages of putting together a Halestorm proboards board, hoping it takes off and gets at least a little bit of traffic. Dude, Alestorm is bad-ace as well. But Halestorm is just my MF'in JAM right now.
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Post by Error on Nov 22, 2009 2:52:21 GMT -5
Love Halestorm. CD is just amazing.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Nov 22, 2009 3:31:41 GMT -5
sorry....i think they suck
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Nov 22, 2009 4:40:12 GMT -5
Generic NOTHIN! Have you heard Lzzy belt out her a capella opening to "It's Not You" in concert? (the embed isn't showing up for me right now, not sure if it's just my signal... if it doesn't work, go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlV-E4WjRYE ) And this is how she OPENS the show. Not like, waiting 4 songs in to get her voice warmed up. Youtube doesn't do it justice, she's just.... incredible. And the whole band is so fun and down to earth; I really cannot say enough good things about them. I'm seeing them again in a couple weeks in Cedar Rapids and cannot wait! (Saw/met them twice in Rochester, MN, already, and was so excited when they remembered me and my friend the second time ). MaDaBa, I'll keep you posted, but I'm in the early stages of putting together a Halestorm proboards board, hoping it takes off and gets at least a little bit of traffic. Dude, Alestorm is bad-ace as well. But Halestorm is just my MF'in JAM right now. Eh, nothing about her voice or the music does anything for me. I feel like I've heard it a trillion times before. You guys are totally justified in your enjoyment of them though. We all have our own tastes, I'm not one to criticize.
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Post by shiranui on Nov 22, 2009 6:26:19 GMT -5
Totally thought this thread was gonna be about Alestorm for a second: Not to hijack the thread or anything. I just think they're great. Yeah, I thought this would be about Alestorm as well and was about ready to keelhaul MaDaBa for misspelling the name of the greatest Scottish pirate metal band in the world, but I guess I won't need to do that now.
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Post by anticonscience on Nov 22, 2009 8:09:38 GMT -5
I saw them for the first time back in June on my birthday and was totally blown away. I went to the show for Veer Union (who I totally love and whose CD "Against the Grain" is my favorite this year) and Burn Halo. They were really cool hanging out after the show. Since I didn't have a DD that night (my friends suck), they promised we'd get f'd up next time they came to town.
P.S. As good as the intro to "It's Not You" is (and that's my fav song of theirs), I think the best part of their live performance is "A Familiar Taste of Poison"
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Post by @TenaciousBe on Nov 22, 2009 12:14:14 GMT -5
Familar Taste of Poison is awesome, fully agreed, one of my favorites on the album. But I think my favorite live song of theirs is Innocence. LOVE that song!
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Post by Lair of the Shadow MaDaBa on Nov 22, 2009 12:52:28 GMT -5
I only was just able to get their album yesterday--I only found it then. Need to listen to it. Need to listen to it NOW.
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Post by Grendel on Nov 22, 2009 15:33:05 GMT -5
I hate to say it, but until I clicked on this thread, I had no idea what Halestorm was.
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Post by Will Has 'Til Five, Ref on Nov 22, 2009 16:19:08 GMT -5
Not into it really. Feels really generic. Totally thought this thread was gonna be about Alestorm for a second: Not to hijack the thread or anything. I just think they're great. Anyway, back to your discussion about Halestorm. I agree with the generic comment. It feels like something a record company executive would come up with. "Going over the research data we've figured out that what the rock market needs right now is a more horny, less religious Flyleaf. Get me a hot chick who can sing and pair her with a backing band that has the typical bad boy look: Eyebrow piercings, tattoos, goatees, multi-colored hair, the whole works. By tomorrow morning we'll ship it off to the radio stations along with the other 258 Theory of Abel's Seething Pudddle Of Shineback bands we have in the pipeline and we'll have another gold album by the end of the week." Also, allow me to join in the Alestorm praise as well.
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Post by @TenaciousBe on Nov 22, 2009 16:33:34 GMT -5
Except that Lzzy and Arejay Hale (singer and drummer) have been doing this for years. They started when they were 10 and 13, with their dad playing instruments on some of their early demos. These kids have worked their asses off to get where they are, and I only wish I knew of them earlier.
It's easy to write off any band/singer as another generic copycat of their own genre, but why not take a little time and find out whether that write-off is justified? If you don't like it, you don't like it, that's one thing. But don't look at their promo pictures and tell me who they are or what they're about. That's just ignorant.
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Post by theryno665 on Nov 22, 2009 17:15:28 GMT -5
Except that Lzzy and Arejay Hale (singer and drummer) have been doing this for years. They started when they were 10 and 13, with their dad playing instruments on some of their early demos. These kids have worked their asses off to get where they are, and I only wish I knew of them earlier. It's easy to write off any band/singer as another generic copycat of their own genre, but why not take a little time and find out whether that write-off is justified? If you don't like it, you don't like it, that's one thing. But don't look at their promo pictures and tell me who they are or what they're about. That's just ignorant. Good for them. But did you ever think that instead of just looking at promo pics, we actually listened to the music and found it generic? Because I did. It's called personal taste. I'm really getting sick of the current trend of talented female artists leading generic sounding bands, with just the attractive female as the selling point. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with the record company and whatnot making the female the focal point but it would be nice for the rest of the band to step up to the plate and really make something exciting instead of coasting by because they're already getting the exposure and whatnot. I got that vibe with Evanescence (especially their more recent material), I got that vibe with In This Moment, and I'm getting this vibe here. Not only that, even though the female is the focal point, all the exposure is doing is making females in rock/metal bands a gimmick when there's a growing number of them and enough that they really should be on equal footing with the men at this point. Sure, I like looking at sexy women, but knowing that they're talented and NOT having it shoved down my throat is even sexier. Anyway, not my thing. Rant over.
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Post by @TenaciousBe on Nov 22, 2009 17:44:35 GMT -5
Fair enough if they're not your thing. But why come into a thread where people who obviously are fans of them are trying to discuss what we like about them, and bring it down with your "oh, they're generic" comments? If you don't like them, back out of the thread and leave it alone.
Not that you don't have the right to voice your opinion, but I don't understand what good can possibly come from what you guys had to say here.
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Post by Lair of the Shadow MaDaBa on Nov 22, 2009 17:49:57 GMT -5
Actually, all he did was give his opinion that Halestorm's generic. You then kinda exacerbated the debate.
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Nov 22, 2009 17:51:29 GMT -5
Damn, I didn't mean my generic comments anywhere near as harshly as some of this other stuff. I just felt like I'd heard the band before.
As B said, you've got every right to voice your opinion...but like, damn.
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Post by Grendel on Nov 22, 2009 18:01:10 GMT -5
Damn, I didn't mean my generic comments anywhere near as harshly as some of this other stuff. I just felt like I'd heard the band before. As B said, you've got every right to voice your opinion...but like, damn. I hope I didn't come off as harsh, I had just never heard of Halestorm before.
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Nov 22, 2009 18:19:08 GMT -5
Damn, I didn't mean my generic comments anywhere near as harshly as some of this other stuff. I just felt like I'd heard the band before. As B said, you've got every right to voice your opinion...but like, damn. I hope I didn't come off as harsh, I had just never heard of Halestorm before. Nah not you
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Post by theryno665 on Nov 22, 2009 21:32:33 GMT -5
Yeah, I didn't mean to come off as harsh either, and my ranty paragraph wasn't so much directed at Halestorm or its fans but just music in general.
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