Comments on: Hey, You Kids Get Out of My Yard!: Holdin’ Out for a Hero http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rwcasshttp://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-52429 rwcass Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:17:26 +0000 http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/#comment-52429 The Format are awesome. I need to buy something by them. The Format are awesome. I need to buy something by them.

]]> By: rwcasshttp://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-40064 rwcass Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:17:26 +0000 http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/#comment-40064 The Format are awesome. I need to buy something by them. The Format are awesome. I need to buy something by them.

]]> By: rwcasshttp://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-14555 rwcass Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:17:26 +0000 http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/#comment-14555 The Format are awesome. I need to buy something by them. The Format are awesome. I need to buy something by them.

]]> By: Old_Davyhttp://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-14554 Old_Davy Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:17:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/#comment-14554 I think "Illiterature" is a harder rocking album overall, and "World So Bright" is a bit more pop. "Dead End", "Remembered Sun" and "Everything Turned Blue" are my two favorite tracks from WSB. "Waiting To Shine" and "Flow" from "Illiterature" are also excellent.<br><br>I also have "Demolition" but must admit that I'm not that familiar with it. I've probably listened to it only once or twice, which is not to say that it's bad, just that my music listening time has been severely limited over the past few years. I think “Illiterature” is a harder rocking album overall, and “World So Bright” is a bit more pop. “Dead End”, “Remembered Sun” and “Everything Turned Blue” are my two favorite tracks from WSB. “Waiting To Shine” and “Flow” from “Illiterature” are also excellent.

I also have “Demolition” but must admit that I'm not that familiar with it. I've probably listened to it only once or twice, which is not to say that it's bad, just that my music listening time has been severely limited over the past few years.

]]> By: Darrenhttp://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-14553 Darren Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:36:17 +0000 http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/#comment-14553 He put out "Demolition" (from which this track was taken) a few years back on the Champaign indie label Parasol. The tracks from that CD are available on iTunes, I believe. I seem to be one of the few who prefer Illiterature to World So bright...my fave tracks being "Three Faces West" and "Me & You". He put out “Demolition” (from which this track was taken) a few years back on the Champaign indie label Parasol. The tracks from that CD are available on iTunes, I believe. I seem to be one of the few who prefer Illiterature to World So bright…my fave tracks being “Three Faces West” and “Me & You”.

]]> By: Eric S.http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-14552 Eric S. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:15:35 +0000 http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/#comment-14552 Thanks for the Adam Schmitt song. Somehow, I completely missed him during the 90s (Of course, if you weren't grunge you didn't get on the radio and Internet blogs hadn't really kicked in yet). I discovered him while reading the great power pop book, "Shake Some Action", that Not Lame put out. They ranked his "World So Bright" record #9 on the list of the 200 greatest power pop albums. I immediately picked it up and liked it enough that I quickly bought a copy of his "Illiterature". This song isn't on either of those. What else should I add to my collection (including the CD that has this song)? Thanks for the Adam Schmitt song. Somehow, I completely missed him during the 90s (Of course, if you weren't grunge you didn't get on the radio and Internet blogs hadn't really kicked in yet). I discovered him while reading the great power pop book, “Shake Some Action”, that Not Lame put out. They ranked his “World So Bright” record #9 on the list of the 200 greatest power pop albums. I immediately picked it up and liked it enough that I quickly bought a copy of his “Illiterature”. This song isn't on either of those. What else should I add to my collection (including the CD that has this song)?

]]> By: Old_Davyhttp://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-14551 Old_Davy Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:03:41 +0000 http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/#comment-14551 Excellent article, and you bring up some very valid points. I think the most blame can be put upon commercial radio. Your favorite radio station used to be a friendly place where new artists could find mass exposure and build an audience. But now radio has devolved into a dehumanized machine that only plays what the marketing department tell them that people want to hear (i.e. the same old crap over and over and over and over...) "But the RESEARCH says that people LOVE to hear the same three BOSTON songs all the time!!"<br><br>Music publications have also gone south from actually writing about music to being concerned about fashion, health, extreme sports, politics, trends and just about anything else except music.<br><br>I've long ago abandoned radio in favor of the internet. Music blogs (like this one) are where I find the new bands of today, and ... HEY, REM HAS A NEW ALBUM COMING OUT NEXT WEEK. Thanks music blog. Guess I won't be hearing any of it on the radio anytime soon. <br><br>(Yes, I do still purchase actual CDs.)<br><br>People only want fame, and they want it for doing nothing (the Paris Hilton syndrome). Why else would they humiliate themselves on TV in front of millions of people? Why else would they put their families through hell and ruin relationships? Some of these "game shows" have gotten so horrifically despicable that it is almost to the point of being morally offensive.<br><br>Last but not least, Adam Schmitt rules, baby! Excellent article, and you bring up some very valid points. I think the most blame can be put upon commercial radio. Your favorite radio station used to be a friendly place where new artists could find mass exposure and build an audience. But now radio has devolved into a dehumanized machine that only plays what the marketing department tell them that people want to hear (i.e. the same old crap over and over and over and over…) “But the RESEARCH says that people LOVE to hear the same three BOSTON songs all the time!!”

Music publications have also gone south from actually writing about music to being concerned about fashion, health, extreme sports, politics, trends and just about anything else except music.

I've long ago abandoned radio in favor of the internet. Music blogs (like this one) are where I find the new bands of today, and … HEY, REM HAS A NEW ALBUM COMING OUT NEXT WEEK. Thanks music blog. Guess I won't be hearing any of it on the radio anytime soon.

(Yes, I do still purchase actual CDs.)

People only want fame, and they want it for doing nothing (the Paris Hilton syndrome). Why else would they humiliate themselves on TV in front of millions of people? Why else would they put their families through hell and ruin relationships? Some of these “game shows” have gotten so horrifically despicable that it is almost to the point of being morally offensive.

Last but not least, Adam Schmitt rules, baby!

]]> By: Darrenhttp://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-14550 Darren Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:38:26 +0000 http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/#comment-14550 Close. I think the media...radio, press, etc. are only paying attention to those for whom notoriety is the only option. Kid Rock needs to promote the release of a new CD? Have him start a fight at the local IHOP. A couple weeks later, get him to sucker punch Tommy Lee. Meanwhile, literally hundreds of artists who, in a past decade, would have been stars die on the vine. Close. I think the media…radio, press, etc. are only paying attention to those for whom notoriety is the only option. Kid Rock needs to promote the release of a new CD? Have him start a fight at the local IHOP. A couple weeks later, get him to sucker punch Tommy Lee. Meanwhile, literally hundreds of artists who, in a past decade, would have been stars die on the vine.

]]> By: GrayFlannelSuithttp://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-14549 GrayFlannelSuit Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:03:09 +0000 http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/#comment-14549 No one wants to be famous anymore, they just want to be notorious. No one wants to be famous anymore, they just want to be notorious.

]]> By: Farrakhan Faucethttp://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-14548 Farrakhan Faucet Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:08:58 +0000 http://popdose.com/hey-you-kids-get-out-of-my-yard-holdin-out-for-a-hero/#comment-14548 I agree with all the comments, but this phenomenon isn't isolated to the celeb-u-sphere. Look how quickly the bloggers build up and tear down bands (Tapes n' Tapes, Clap Your Hands & Say Yeah, Scissor Sisters, etc.). Bands can no longer snowball fanbases album after album because people don't buy albums anymore. MP3s evaporate from the memory just as fast as they're buried in a playlist or lost on a melted down iPod. There was something timeless (and now lost) in flipping through a stack of old albums or CDs, throwing on a forgotten album, re-reading the liner notes and staring at photos of the artist who aged just like you have. And lets not forget about the soul crushing death of high-fidelity. Why kvetch about bit rate when you can listen to a premium CD for the same price as the download? I agree with all the comments, but this phenomenon isn't isolated to the celeb-u-sphere. Look how quickly the bloggers build up and tear down bands (Tapes n' Tapes, Clap Your Hands & Say Yeah, Scissor Sisters, etc.). Bands can no longer snowball fanbases album after album because people don't buy albums anymore. MP3s evaporate from the memory just as fast as they're buried in a playlist or lost on a melted down iPod. There was something timeless (and now lost) in flipping through a stack of old albums or CDs, throwing on a forgotten album, re-reading the liner notes and staring at photos of the artist who aged just like you have. And lets not forget about the soul crushing death of high-fidelity. Why kvetch about bit rate when you can listen to a premium CD for the same price as the download?

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