The Black Eyed Peas were good?
|
We don't need to get all dewy-eyed for a forgotten past. Nostalgia isn't always bad but it doesn't need to be framed in a disparagement of the present.
We can embrace new things instead.
Wasn't a commentary on hip hop, just the decendancy of BEP into...whatever the hell it is they do now.
| 2 people marked this as a favorite. |
Nope.
I don't remember then either. I missed it.
Oh, Ankle, how you wound me!
No, seriously I missed it. I don't have an opinion on them one way or the other. Not sure I know even one of their songs...
It has a link and everything.
Yeah, I get that alot. "I've listend to BEP since the 90's..." is usually met with "They were around then?" Yes. And they were better.
But not hearing about them at all...wow.
|
I think I heard some of their songs in the 2000s, but I certainly couldn't name any of them.
And my data cap disallows most youtube use, so I have to hear this stuff on the radio. And I haven't heard them on the radio in ages.
On the topic of bands named after ingredients . . . what about the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Listened to them since the 90's also :)
It has a link and everything.
So now I know one.
|
|
Yeah, I get that alot. "I've listend to BEP since the 90's..." is usually met with "They were around then?" Yes. And they were better.
But not hearing about them at all...wow.
Well, when I said that someone played me a few songs and I was kinda aware of a few of them.
I live in the UK, I don't know if they're bigger in other countries.
I also pretty much listen to a non-mainstream radio station for my music radio (BBC 6 Music) and don't watch any pop-tv. My fiance and I often leave shops because we can't stand the awful music they are playing, so that might indicate how little I allow chart music to enter my ears.
It's easy to miss out on stuff. I hadn't heard of the Pixies until I was about 17, even though I was a big fan of grunge and indie-rock... turned out half of my favourite bands were influenced by them.
And I hadn't heard of Tom Waits 'til I was 17/18 either... stuff like that just happens sometimes.
