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dbratman
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response 50 of 65:
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Jan 30 22:23 UTC 2001 |
Paul: I don't know what "agrorock" is, but from your description what I
was hearing was certainly not Radiohead. [Guessing that the agro
stands for aggressive or aggravating: it was certainly both of those.]
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brighn
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response 51 of 65:
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Jan 31 01:39 UTC 2001 |
I've heard "agrorock" in reference to post-heavy metal industrial fusion
spit-and-bile but not-quite-Death-metal genre consisting most famously of Tool
and Nine Inch Nails, among others. Rollins Band is postpunk (Henry Rollins
also fronted the earlier Black Flag, usually genred with the Sex
Pistols/Ramones school), and usually fairly mean in tempo (although many of
the songs are fairly upbeat, like "Low Self Opinion" -- "Liar" and "Civilized"
are definitely mean-spirited, though)... maybe a bit early to qualify as true
agrorock, but it's the closest genre that comes to mind.
The agro stands for aggressive.
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orinoco
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response 52 of 65:
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Jan 31 04:22 UTC 2001 |
(...and not "agricultural," despite what I thought for several years. I'm
not sure where that came from. It helps that I hadn't listened to much Tool
at the time, and didn't know that the term applied to NIN.)
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tpryan
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response 53 of 65:
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Feb 1 17:13 UTC 2001 |
So it's not agrowcultural?
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brighn
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response 54 of 65:
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Feb 1 20:54 UTC 2001 |
In spirit, at least, I think it applies more to Tool (whose spit-and-bile is
more outwardly focussed) than to NIN (more introverted, although Starfuckers,
Inc. is VERY outwardly pissed off, and even makes reference to Carly Simon's
"You're so Vain," one of the snidest songs ever written about a specific
person [Warren Beatty, IIRC... at least, I think he thought the song was about
him]).
Agrirock, in contrast, was popularized by John Mellencamp nee Cougar nee
Mellencamp, as an alternative to the remarkably similar yet starkly different
Urborock of Bruce Springsteen.
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dbratman
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response 55 of 65:
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Feb 1 21:18 UTC 2001 |
Jethro Tull might be agricultural rock, considering who they're named
for.
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brighn
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response 56 of 65:
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Feb 2 04:25 UTC 2001 |
Dickens! I'd forgotten about that... pip pip!
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lumen
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response 57 of 65:
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Feb 6 02:19 UTC 2001 |
resp:54 Carly Simon wrote the song about Mick Jagger.
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mcnally
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response 58 of 65:
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Feb 6 03:39 UTC 2001 |
I've heard the Warren Beatty explanation more often than the Jagger version.
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other
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response 59 of 65:
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Feb 6 04:13 UTC 2001 |
I thought it was about James Taylor.
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tpryan
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response 60 of 65:
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Feb 6 04:17 UTC 2001 |
She wrote it about ME!
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mcnally
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response 61 of 65:
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Feb 6 04:27 UTC 2001 |
re #59: since she was married to Taylor, that'd make sense. nobody seems
to agree on the intended target, though..
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katie
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response 62 of 65:
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Feb 6 04:39 UTC 2001 |
Mick sang backup on it, so it's prob'ly not about him.
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happyboy
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response 63 of 65:
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Feb 6 12:40 UTC 2001 |
it's prolly about herself.
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orinoco
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response 64 of 65:
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Feb 6 18:58 UTC 2001 |
Jimmy Hoffa. It's all about Jimmy Hoffa.
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jules
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response 65 of 65:
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Jun 6 05:04 UTC 2001 |
it's about alf.
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