Bad opinions • Page 955

Making the argument of “white people over-praise this (somehow objectively?) not-good band, and it’s out of white guilt because the singer is black” is a particularly funny argument to make when your example is Bloc Party, a band that has one (1) actually great album, and then a bunch of stuff that even most fans would agree ranges from “good-not-great” to “outright terrible” lol

 

Forums(Internet) in a nutshell

 

I like that it only took you six minutes to feel complete regret

 

This thread is the gift that keeps on giving.

 

Turnstile is mid

 

Luckily I don't trust the opinions of anyone who uses the term "mid" seriously

 

That's a pretty mid point of view, irthesteve.

 

mid means midriff, right?

 

Turnstile rule

 

But have you seen their midriffs

 

yes actually, at least Brendan’s

 

will go to bat for turnstile until another band offers me this experience

 

Good stuff

 

also re-reading that tweet made me realize really the only time i will call a large group of (not literal children) people “kids” is at a relatively small punk show. they’re hardcore kids! even if they’re 30! it’s just how it is

 

I feel guilty admitting it but it is nevertheless true: I'm too old for moshing shows. I was seeing Armor for Sleep and shenanigans broke out and I just sighed deeply.

 

The kids go crazy when he says “it’s a holiday!”

 

i never liked doing the swinging moshing but when ur just jumping around bumping into people i can still have a lot of fun. either way my favorite spot since i started going to local shows at like 14 has always been the edge of the pit, bump into me and i’ll shove u back in that’s the perfect level of involuntary contact for me

 

I think I'm still jaded from the years I was doing lights/sound for a local metal band and every show had HxC guys just deliberately looking to start fights and targeting girls trying to stay outside the fray. I'm just always head on a swivel waiting for that to happen when moshing starts.

Apropos of nothing but loosely related:

I was once blamed for starting a brawl at a benefit metal concert because they put me on to open and "of course there will be a fight when you have some [redacted slur] covering Whitney Houston and Paramore with an acoustic guitar."

 

I saw darkest hour when I was like 15/16 and some dude jumped off the stage feet first and landed square on my back when I tried to duck. Knocked the wind out of me and fucked my back up. Never went near a pit again.

 

I saw Parquet Courts in 2022 and when they played the more mellow “Marathon of Anger,” the kids in the mosh pit didn’t know how to react for a second, but they quickly turned it into a dance circle

 

Someone got knocked out next to me during a fuckin Bedlight for Blue Eyes opening set

 

Oh hey I did lights for said metal band when they opened for BedLight. Sadly with the second singer, who wasn't remotely as good.

 

I got kicked in the face at a Peace'd Out show

 

Everyone should learn to spin kick mosh it’s fun

 

Actually everyone needs to learn how to stage dive. Lots of bad ones lately.