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The most pretentious band/singer ever

post #1 of 53
10/17/08 at 9:16pm
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I was washing the dishes when, for some reason, the topic of pretentious bands popped into my head. Yeah, I'm single and live alone.

Anyway, my vote goes to Midnight Oil, a band that I don't believe ever once sang a song about banging chicks or drinking beer. They managed to take the art of music and turn it into a Bataan death march of Seriousness.

Second prize goes to Bono. Shut up and sing.
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post #2 of 53
10/17/08 at 9:27pm
Easy: Coldplay.

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"Chris Martin told the Daily Star: "You want to be able to hold your head up high in a room with Paul McCartney and Bono."

"We're trying to get to the very highest level. We want to be better than Mozart"
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post #3 of 53
10/17/08 at 9:35pm
i heard Oasis was pretty prententious. and that one girl, Jewel. she takes herself too seriously, i remember the media caught a mistake in grammar she made or something and she kept justifying why she did that or something or other.
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post #4 of 53
10/17/08 at 9:55pm
Eddie Vedder.

Rage Against the Machine.
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post #5 of 53
10/17/08 at 10:05pm
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Originally Posted by redcaimen View Post
Eddie Vedder.

Rage Against the Machine.

Rage? Pretentious?
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post #6 of 53
10/17/08 at 10:07pm
Brian Jonestown Massacre


Watch the movie Dig
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post #7 of 53
10/17/08 at 10:08pm
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Brian Jonestown Massacre


Watch the movie Dig

The mere fact that it alludes to something most people are not familiar with these days makes it slightly pretentious.
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post #8 of 53
10/17/08 at 10:11pm
I was supposed to see them a few years ago at this really tiny venue in orlando but they cancelled the day of. I heard because ricky or frankie was having drug problems or something. Sucked
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post #9 of 53
10/17/08 at 11:14pm
Conne and the Connettes. Though I must say, their Sings the Stephen Sondheim Songbook album was great.
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post #10 of 53
10/17/08 at 11:15pm
Madonna.
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post #11 of 53
10/17/08 at 11:15pm
David St. Hubbins
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post #12 of 53
10/17/08 at 11:19pm
Radiohead. And I like them.
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post #13 of 53
10/17/08 at 11:37pm
How in the hell does Rush not get mentioned in every single post? I like them quite a lot, but at times they set a new bar for pretentious.

Then, there's Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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post #14 of 53
10/17/08 at 11:50pm
U2 coldplay oasis radiohead
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post #15 of 53
10/18/08 at 12:11am
Gang of Four (particularly after Entertainment!)
The Smiths/Morrissey
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