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post #46 of 53
10/19/08 at 2:59pm
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Originally Posted by Piobaire View Post

So any worldwide celebrity who has ever had a bio made about them is pretentious?

Elvis? Stones? Johnny Cash? Noel Coward? Irving Berlin? Mozart?
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post #47 of 53
10/19/08 at 3:01pm
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Originally Posted by Cary Grant View Post
So any worldwide celebrity who has ever had a bio made about them is pretentious?

Elvis? Stones? Johnny Cash? Noel Coward? Irving Berlin? Mozart?

I wasn't looking to form a categorical imperative. You asked a question, I answered. IMO, anyone that has cameramen film his wife giving birth, and puts it in a movie for release, is being pretentious. You can agree or disagree; I was just giving you an answer.
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post #48 of 53
10/19/08 at 3:03pm
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Originally Posted by lawyerdad View Post
I don't think everyone posting in this thread has the same understanding of "pretentious".
this strikes me as a remarkably pretentious thing to say.

but...

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I can certainly understand why people might find Aerosmith annoying...But pretentious? How so?

I do agree with this.
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post #49 of 53
10/20/08 at 10:24am
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Originally Posted by bachbeet View Post
Another band I find pretentious is Styx. Not as much as Rush but a close second.

Styx - good call. They had some good songs but..."Kilroy was Here" was a bit of a stretch. Tempted to lump in Kansas with Styx even though they're more prog-(non)rock.

For that matter, how about anyone who does up a "Rock Opera"?

Queenryche - as a concept album Operation: Mindcrime didn't suck. However, the subsequent box-set, live album, and sequel to O:M is a bit much. What, 15 years isn't enough time to write something new and original?!?

The Who - Tommy. Rock Opera and movie. Ewwwww.
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post #50 of 53
10/20/08 at 11:23am
Steve Reich. I do not want to listen to all of the infinite phases and iterations of a 2-second speech sample.
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post #51 of 53
10/20/08 at 11:38am
Sinead O'Connor, obviously.
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post #52 of 53
10/20/08 at 11:39am
Sting
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post #53 of 53
10/20/08 at 5:33pm
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Again- what has Sting done that is "pretentious"?

Wrote Russians?
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