I can see where he's coming from, but I don't really like this bit either. I like THIS video, the mashup and all (brilliant) but the original bit was too negative for me. Not to say Rollins isn't a good comedian, he's amazing, same with his spoken word - but yeah, was never a fan of this bit.
I never saw him as too much of a comedian, but he does "Spoken Word Performance" which could be the same thing. He doesn't tell too man jokes in any planned out way it seems, just mostly stories. I really loved his tour of Israel and all the stuff that came out of that. His stories about visiting the troops are pretty awesome too. So yeah, not really a comedian, more like when Kevin Smith takes the stage at college campuses.
good lord, ya'all are making me feel mighty old. henry rollins,frontman for the pre-eminent punk band "black flag" which gained notoriety in the early 80's. the man was brutal,known for punching fans who got too ballsy. lets put it this way "my generations rock stars can kick the crap out of your generations". we had henry rollins and sid vicious. you guys get nickleback and 30 seconds to mars. WE WIN!
Music is made by people, with instruments, and can be played live.
Electronic music is programmed by a person, yes, but the sounds come from computers. The snare hit in an electronic song is made by the computer, and there is no snare. You can't eat wax food, no matter how real it looks. You extract zero nutrients.
You can play an electronic song for hours, days, years, without getting tired, without any soul or effort. This runs against everything I believe in as a musician (i'm the lead singer of The Shillelaghs www.myspace.com/theshillelaghs)
Music should be from your hands, not from your fingertips. Music should be made standing up, in front of people, not sitting in your boxers in front of a screen. Music shouldn't be easy. You can fuck around with an electronic song for months until you have every single note perfectly right, in it's correct place. Do you know how much time I have to get my music right? Within the three and a half minuets that I am on stage, singing that particular song. Asshole DJ can perfect his crap on the computer, and bring it out, and hit play, and everyone cheers like that is a fucking accomplishment. Sure, you add this and that, alter it with more machines in your safe little booth. At what point does the artist shine through the technology?
I wish I could just bring a CD player on stage, connect it to the PA, and hit play. Would save my boys a lot of effort in hauling gear on and off stage, keeping everything sounding good. Why? All i need is my bands recording, come out, put it on the PA, and everything is the same, correct?
Not particularly bashing the energy that the audience brings to the music. People like to dance, i get it. But it's not "music". You'll never convince me of that fact. To me, music is another beast entirely.
Both are equally viable methods of producing music. Yes there's a lot of easy techno remixes that took minimal effort to cash in on.. but there is PLENTY of that in the acoustic side as well. Just turn on the radio.
One of my better friends from HS ended up learning guitar. His motivations where people like Steve Vai and Satrioni, so I saw how much work that took. I can definitely appreciate the skill it takes.
Most of the electronic stuff I listen to though took some amount of blood, sweat, tears and love for the craft to produce as well.
wow.. people bashing henry rollins... you all make enoch sad. thats it..gather round kids. here is henry with his solo band. http://www.videosift.com/search?q=henry+rollins+liar see? see? and this was when he "mellowed" some! now dont get me wrong,i like techno..well..progressive/house/trance mainly, but nothing can replace nor compare to a musicians heart and soul playing what they love most. im a record-record player from back in that day,and i would never have the balls to compare what i did to what a musician does. musician>dj everytime,always..thats non negotiable.
Ah, Rollins is just displaying his ignorance. For every terrible run-of-the-mill dance track or mindless slab of Eurodisco, there's something amazing by Orbital, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Lemon Jelly, Portishead, Basement Jaxx, Leftfield...
Have you listened to his story about visiting the wounded vets? I defy anyone to listen to that, and then honestly claim that he's a "self-absorbed dick".
When was the last time you crawled into bed with a severely brain-damaged veteran, just to make him feel appreciated?
>> ^FlowersInHisHair: Ah, Rollins is just displaying his ignorance. For every terrible run-of-the-mill dance track or mindless slab of Eurodisco, there's something amazing by Orbital, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Lemon Jelly, Portishead, Basement Jaxx, Leftfield...
How could you forget Royksopp? You make me a sad panda.
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On a sidenote, that viking raver is classic
Who the fuck is this Henry Rollins guy? Is he meant to be a stand-up comedian or something? He's not funny.
On a sidenote, that viking raver is classic
uh....your kidding right?
Henry Rollins takes himself way too seriously.
ya'all are making me feel mighty old.
henry rollins,frontman for the pre-eminent punk band "black flag" which gained notoriety in the early 80's.
the man was brutal,known for punching fans who got too ballsy.
lets put it this way "my generations rock stars can kick the crap out of your generations".
we had henry rollins and sid vicious.
you guys get nickleback and 30 seconds to mars.
WE WIN!
And btw isn't sampling old songs more of a hip-hop/house thing... Like not the music they play at raves.
Except Kevin Smith is usually insightful and funny while Henry Rollins is usually just a dick.
Also...
What Enoch said.
With a few notable exceptions. http://www.myspace.com/venetiansnares
Music is made by people, with instruments, and can be played live.
Electronic music is programmed by a person, yes, but the sounds come from computers. The snare hit in an electronic song is made by the computer, and there is no snare. You can't eat wax food, no matter how real it looks. You extract zero nutrients.
You can play an electronic song for hours, days, years, without getting tired, without any soul or effort. This runs against everything I believe in as a musician (i'm the lead singer of The Shillelaghs www.myspace.com/theshillelaghs)
Music should be from your hands, not from your fingertips. Music should be made standing up, in front of people, not sitting in your boxers in front of a screen. Music shouldn't be easy. You can fuck around with an electronic song for months until you have every single note perfectly right, in it's correct place. Do you know how much time I have to get my music right? Within the three and a half minuets that I am on stage, singing that particular song. Asshole DJ can perfect his crap on the computer, and bring it out, and hit play, and everyone cheers like that is a fucking accomplishment. Sure, you add this and that, alter it with more machines in your safe little booth. At what point does the artist shine through the technology?
I wish I could just bring a CD player on stage, connect it to the PA, and hit play. Would save my boys a lot of effort in hauling gear on and off stage, keeping everything sounding good. Why? All i need is my bands recording, come out, put it on the PA, and everything is the same, correct?
Not particularly bashing the energy that the audience brings to the music. People like to dance, i get it. But it's not "music". You'll never convince me of that fact. To me, music is another beast entirely.
One of my better friends from HS ended up learning guitar. His motivations where people like Steve Vai and Satrioni, so I saw how much work that took. I can definitely appreciate the skill it takes.
Most of the electronic stuff I listen to though took some amount of blood, sweat, tears and love for the craft to produce as well.
Music should be from your hands, not from your fingertips.
I know of a couple flutists, classical guitarists and one pianist who would take issue with this statement.
>> ^detheter:
Music should be from your hands, not from your fingertips.
I know of a couple flutists, classical guitarists and one pianist who would take issue with this statement.
Or some porn stars. keke
people bashing henry rollins...
you all make enoch sad.
thats it..gather round kids.
here is henry with his solo band.
http://www.videosift.com/search?q=henry+rollins+liar
see? see? and this was when he "mellowed" some!
now dont get me wrong,i like techno..well..progressive/house/trance mainly,
but nothing can replace nor compare to a musicians heart and soul playing what they love most.
im a record-record player from back in that day,and i would never have the balls to compare what i did to what a musician does.
musician>dj everytime,always..thats non negotiable.
I thought music came from the heart.
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That is all.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Brutal-Early-Black-Flag-Henry-Rollins-Interview
When was the last time you crawled into bed with a severely brain-damaged veteran, just to make him feel appreciated?
Ah, Rollins is just displaying his ignorance. For every terrible run-of-the-mill dance track or mindless slab of Eurodisco, there's something amazing by Orbital, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Lemon Jelly, Portishead, Basement Jaxx, Leftfield...
How could you forget Royksopp? You make me a sad panda.
>> ^detheter:
Music should be from your hands, not from your fingertips.
I know of a couple flutists, classical guitarists and one pianist who would take issue with this statement.
I was referring to a keyboard.