Your Top 5 Bands

The_Night_Saber · Post by **The_Night_Saber** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:52 pm

Is it a crime to like so many different bands who play different types of music with so much skill?

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 2:01 pm

Define 'skill'.

Jace Tsunami · Post by **Jace Tsunami** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 2:30 pm

Sum 41 is a very skilled band. Anyone who's listened to their entire new CD chuck (and that's not an idiot) can tell you that.

Creed on the other hand..... no.

And who ever posted this new huge list of 'skilled' bands is an idiot, for obviously not having read this entire thread before supporting a necropost.

ssdrizzt666 · Post by **ssdrizzt666** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 2:56 pm

1. Cradle Of Filth
2. Dimmu Borgir
3. Amorphis(tales from athousand lakes, probably their only good cd)
4. Deicide
5. In Flames

Jigokuyari · Post by **Jigokuyari** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 2:57 pm

Linkin Park is meh favorite band.....other than that im not sure

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 3:45 pm

Jace Tsunami wrote:Sum 41 is a very skilled band. Anyone who's listened to their entire new CD chuck (and that's not an idiot) can tell you that.

Creed on the other hand..... no.

And who ever posted this new huge list of 'skilled' bands is an idiot, for obviously not having read this entire thread before supporting a necropost.

That's why I'm curious of the definition of skill. I'm not questioning for a moment Sum 41's ability to deliver exactly what they set out to do, in a most appropriate way. That's skill.

On the other hand, the Symphony X brand of skill will be very different. As will (or rather, was), for instance, Captain Beefheart's.

Can you then, really, empiricize this so-called 'skill' and narrow it down to a list of a dozen or so artists? That's sort of the main thing that irks me. I may think of bands I like as very skilled, but it would be hard to compare some of them by one measure. Forget trying to post a list of 'most skilled'. I just drop the pretenses and say I like them, and if you ask me why I like them, or why I think they're skilled, I'll make up an individual and functional description for each of them.

Anyway, sorry to go into this Subjectivist stuff, it's just the way I look at music and art in general

Jace Tsunami · Post by **Jace Tsunami** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 3:53 pm

I consider Sum 41 skilled because they're all well practiced with their instruments and have developed into proffessional musicians. They're "skilled" enough at their instruments that I feel they could play anything you gave to them. I think that they show this off in their latest album. There are some bad ass metal guitar solos, and the hardcore drumming in some songs is bad ass too.

I don't think skill is about the music they choose to write. I think skill is determined by what they can or can't play. Sum 41 can definately play their instruments.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:00 pm

That's professionalism then. I'm not doubting their professionalism, nor that of any other bands listed.

And not in reference to Sum 41, but rather generally...

But on the other hand, professionalism is not enough
-R.F.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:18 pm

It is also neccessary.

The_Night_Saber · Post by **The_Night_Saber** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 5:36 pm

Jace Tsunami understands the term skilled so why cnt the rest of u?
Skilled also means being the best in ur field. And the groups i mentioned are pretty much the best in their Repected fields. There are a few other bands and artist's i never mentioned like :
Black Sabbath
AC-DC
White Snake
UFO
Oasis (In their day)
Rammstein
Stonesour
Disturbed
Nirvana
Him
Halford
Gary Moore
Metallica

The list goes on.