Originally Posted by: Axl_RoseRask... Im stunned.... what do you do with your life?
You have a girlfriend right? Friends? a social life? what?[/quote]What? You think this takes up my whole day or something?

Learning Primus basslines = fast fingers. Debate and a lot of reading = fast brain.

Originally Posted by: Axl_RoseI skimmed over parts of that crap you posted... and really youre not very smart.[/quote]How can you assess my intelligence if you only skimmed the post?

Originally Posted by: Axl_RoseI mean your analogies on toilet paper, theives and assassins dont bare any relevance to the issues being discussed here.[/quote]How do you know? You only skimmed, remember?

Originally Posted by: Axl_RoseIf you had any intelligence youd tackle the topic of plagarism, its technicalities, not the ethics of shop lifting.[/quote]How do you know I didn't?

Originally Posted by: Axl_RoseYour not from the UK so I dont see how you can evaluate what the UK public think of a band.[/quote]First, people are people. Second, you'd be surprised at the number of people I know from the UK.

Originally Posted by: Axl_RoseIm not a massvie fan of them, my brother owns the albums not me, Im just like the average UK guy who will say "oasis, yea they are good", and perhaps stick some of their songs on on the jukebox when Im in the pub. Im not passionate about them, but I what I cant stand is snobbery in music.[/quote]I don't know about you, but "snobbery" very nicely sums up my perception of Oasis' public persona.

But maybe they put on a different face when they're talking to the media in the UK.

Originally Posted by: Axl_RosePeople can listen to what they want and thats nothing to do with you.[/quote]When have I said otherwise?


[QUOTE=Axl_Rose]The velvet revolver bit. That was a misunderstanding. I thought you were attacking them, accusing them of plagarism becasue you mentioned Mr Brownstone and a new singer etc. I still duno what you were on about.

And I'm the unintelligent one... :rolleyes:


[QUOTE=Axl_Rose]At the end of the day, if people actually look at what your writing, theyll see your condecending and elitist.

So, I can't know what people in the UK think about bands, but you can know what everybody thinks of me.

RIGHT.


[QUOTE=Axl_Rose]You have this vast knowledge of music and its history,

If you say so.


[QUOTE=Axl_Rose]and you think people like me are foolish for encouraging 'plagarism' by bands like oasis.

No, I think you're foolish to elevate a band who has never done nothing new to greatness and dismiss the artists they've blatantly copied as "dated."

I think it's a tragedy that the general public doesn't care who gets ripped off so long as they enjoy what they're listening to, but I really expect more from other musicians. Then again, maybe you don't write. Putting your heart and soul into your own music tends to put a whole new perspective on the issue for people.


[QUOTE=Axl_Rose]You likened it to shoplifting which was hilarious.

Yet again, saying you disagree without ever showing any evidence of why or how I'm wrong.


[QUOTE=Axl_Rose]I like oasis. I stuck on one of their songs, a metallica one and a couple of queen ones on in the pub tnonight. I have an oasis t-shirt! I bought it because it looked cool, not because its a label, or to make a statement. Im going to see oasis this summer with my girlfriend because she likes them.

If your condeming me for all that then you need to take a look at yourself. You need to lighten up because people wont think much of you if you act like that.

Why should I (or anybody) turn a blind eye to plagiarism? We're talking about an act that hurts people.

Yet you excuse it just because you like to listen to the end result.


[QUOTE=Axl_Rose]Most of my pals like dance music! And cheesy pop bands. but I have more respect for my pals than to critisise them about their muscial tastes.

I could care less about your musical tastes (or anybody else's). I am criticizing you because you excuse plagiarists just because you like their music. That and you seem to be totally incapable of supporting your arguments with anything resembling facts or logical thought. Only "I like it, so it's OK."