Korn and Xiu Xiu are basically the same band

Obā-san · 2015-09-12 00:23:44

discuss

Tachyon · 2015-09-12 00:30:37

i didn't know who Xiu Xiu were so i gave them a listen

i don't hear the similarity

Section42L · 2015-09-12 00:38:14

I don't get the comparison either.

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-12 00:39:21

i don't even know how "xiu xiu" is pronounced

"zhu zhu?" "shoe shoe?" "zeeyu zeeyu?"

it could be any of those

on that alone i am guessing that they suck, it's like click-click-click spelling their name !!! for no reason

Obā-san · 2015-09-12 00:39:49

kinda experimental, dissonant music where the main draw is an angsty white man who does weird things with his voice and tries too hard

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-12 00:41:15

naney said:
kinda experimental, dissonant music where the main draw is an angsty white man who does weird things with his voice and tries too hard

you are the same person who said that death grips is party music and you're implying that korn are experimental

Obā-san · 2015-09-12 00:42:00

what bands sounded like Korn before Korn

Tachyon · 2015-09-12 00:42:48

this is gonna sound kind of petulant but 'tries too hard' is probably my least favourite criticism

what does it actually mean?

Obā-san · 2015-09-12 00:42:56

seriously though I am mostly joshing

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-12 00:43:41

Tachyon said:
this is gonna sound kind of petulant but 'tries too hard' is probably my least favourite criticism

what does it actually mean?

it's like that thing tech n9ne does in the last verse of "speedom" where he starts half of his verse with the letter f, you know?

naney said:
what bands sounded like Korn before Korn

most metal bands

Tachyon · 2015-09-12 00:45:03

Korn were kinda angsty alt-metal? they had kind of a funky side to them i guess?

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-12 00:45:43

today i argued with someone who tried to tell me that 50 cent's Curtis is a better album than kanye west's Graduation because the former sold better in international markets.

this has little relevance to what we're talking about, but can you believe that shit

Section42L · 2015-09-12 00:46:20

queenpoison said:

naney said:
what bands sounded like Korn before Korn
most metal bands

(not true, by the way)

Obā-san · 2015-09-12 00:46:26

Tachyon said:
this is gonna sound kind of petulant but 'tries too hard' is probably my least favourite criticism

what does it actually mean?

it's not a criticism, just an observation.

though I think Korn does the tryhard thing better, maybe because they are more goofy and charming whilst Xiu Xiu is more po faced about the whole thing

Tachyon · 2015-09-12 00:46:46

queenpoison said:

Tachyon said:
this is gonna sound kind of petulant but 'tries too hard' is probably my least favourite criticism

what does it actually mean?
it's like that thing tech n9ne does in the last verse of "speedom" where he starts half of his verse with the letter f, you know?

i actually don't see anything wrong with that. *shrug*

queenpoison said:

naney said:
what bands sounded like Korn before Korn
most metal bands

ohhh she went there etc

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-12 00:48:24

Section42L said:

queenpoison said:

naney said:
what bands sounded like Korn before Korn
most metal bands
(not true, by the way)

i am also mostly joshing

i don't know very much about korn

Tachyon said:

queenpoison said:

Tachyon said:
this is gonna sound kind of petulant but 'tries too hard' is probably my least favourite criticism

what does it actually mean?
it's like that thing tech n9ne does in the last verse of "speedom" where he starts half of his verse with the letter f, you know?

i actually don't see anything wrong with that. *shrug*

there's not inherently but the implication is that virtuosity is being prized over intangibles like soul or artfulness

Tachyon · 2015-09-12 00:52:07

(nvm)

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-12 00:52:57

sorry??

Tachyon · 2015-09-12 00:56:15

nvm as in never mind, i made a post i didn't like and i deleted it

Tachyon · 2015-09-12 00:56:51

i don't have a response to that thing you said and i should stop being unfunny in naney's joke thread

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-12 00:57:38

but the point of joke threads is to be unfunny

no one here is funny. if we were we'd have a career in comedy

Tachyon · 2015-09-12 00:58:38

it wasn't a funny post, it was a 'tach is a horrible whiny Odradekian math nerd' post

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-12 00:59:52

hey now, don't talk about yourself like that

u are a cool and interesting person from what i've seen and i've literally known you for years

Tachyon · 2015-09-12 01:01:01

well thank you very much for the compliment!

it was still a bad post though, i do make them sometimes

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-12 01:03:35

well i guess everyone does

here, have this

Tachyon · 2015-09-12 01:09:25

a classic

thank you

Yarrun XIX · 2015-09-12 01:20:06

Jamie Stewart used to lead Ten in the Swear Jar, and Ten in the Swear Jar did San Jose Fight Club, and I like that song.

I have no other opinion on this

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-09-17 23:10:14

I like Xiu Xiu, and I think that part of their appeal is that they try too hard and when they actually succeed they can be really mortifying and alienating while also being kind of morbidly funny. Like, I get saying they are more po-faced in their approach than Korn are, but they really aren't so much devoid of humour as that they blend their distinctly grim sense of humour directly into very serious songs. Take something like "Vulture Piano" with the nervous, goofy lyrical asides, or the deranged put-downs in "Pox".

Korn and Xiu Xiu are basically the same band

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