Imago said:

Because he was too busy sucking P's dick.

I have never cared to listen to NIN. I'm sorry... his/thier music doesn't appeal to me nor most people from my culture. Its just a fact. Where I came from... R&B, soul, jazz, funk, gospel, house and hip hop dominated our radio... our clubs.,..everything. My community was more into R Kelly and Public Announcement, Mary J Blidge, Anita Baker, Luther Vandross, Yolanda Adams, Be Be and CeCe Winans, Johnny Gill, NWA, AMG, Too Short, Fast Eddie, Farley Jackmaster Funk, etc etc .. and could not care less about 'rock' music.

First learn to read. I said the 'white boy music' thing is a stereotype in my community... that is just fact and has nothing to do with my views. If you are white... I guarantee you did not grow up in my 99% black community and maybe you just don't realize how rock music is generalized.

BartVanHemelen said:

Did it bring back some vivid memories?

Sdldawn said:

Oh stop it, Ghosts is nothing but 4 discs of Trents synth farts, and here you think its manna from heaven (quel' suprise (sp?)). You are so biased lol. Stephen you are back on the list.

SPOOKYGAS said:

You'll have to remove the purple dick from your mouth for him to understand

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Like you werent purple rubbed ass raw before. Hush supa

SPOOKYGAS said:

You'll have to remove the purple dick from your mouth for him to understand

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

The jokes been made dude get your own fucking material.

xlr8r said:

I'm a gay bottom. What's his excuse?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

"I only gave head. That isn't sex. Doesn't count" excuse?

xlr8r said:

bottoming isn't about giving head. At least not with your mouth

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I know that. But you said he had the purple dick in his mouth so that's why I made that comment.

The fact is, Trent Reznor isn't very wide ranging in his musical style. His tunes never stray far from angst and machinery.

It has nothing to do with skin color...look at David Bowie. He can be as soulful as almost anyone. When Bowie says, "Let's Dance" you want to dance. Reznor hasn't displayed that groove in his arsenal yet.

To be Fair to Big Daddy HQ, I grew up around Gangs and there was absolutely ZERO connection to white bands. It really can't be racist to say that. We listened to Mowtown oldies, R&B, rap and all that kind of stuff.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

And rap never used rock? Please... Kerry King from frikking Slayer played on the Beastie Boys' first album. Aerosmith played with Run-DMC (and there was rock on their earlier albums).

skywalker said:

1. Trent and Bowie collaborated and toured together.

2. "Let's Dance" = Nile Rodgers. A LOT of Nile Rodgers and a little of Bowie. How do I know? Listen to Duran Duran's Notorious, or Grace Jones' "I'm Not Perfect",...

So based on these two things, I dare say that people shouldn't look at your opinion of Reznor and his music as informed or relevant.

Oh, BTW: plenty of women at NIN gigs.

And please remind me: which Prince tunes did Johnny Cash cover?

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There's always some jerk at a Prince concert with his shirt off and his face painted purple, running around spilling beer on everyone.

stanleylieber said:

"his"? don't talk about zelaira that way.

stanleylieber said:

"his"? don't talk about zelaira that way.

GetAwayFromMe said:

you reak of jealousy just by that weak ass comment within itself. plus I wasn't talkin to you.

GetAwayFromMe said:

Well a lot of the criticism for Prince always stikes me as some sort of underlying racism to it as well and "I dont like that kind of talk" either. You aint slick either getawayfromme.


yeah muthafuckas I said it edit
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GetAwayFromMe said:

Thank you to those who actually read what I said and tried to explain it so that even a child could understand.

I never said I limited myself... I said I DID NOT follow the general perception of music which was around me. But in case you didn't get what I was saying..which obviously you didn't... I had to seek out other ways of listening to music I liked because all that was offered in my community was R&B, Gospel, Rap and the like which in the 80's and 90's were genres dominated by black musicians. By the time NIN came out... I had no real knowledge of them because it wasn't the music played in my house or in any ones house I knew. And what I did hear.. I just didn't like. So why in the hell would I try to find out more information like who the lead singer was... of a group I did not like...?

The point is that I did not have to like a group like Jodeci, for instance... but by virtue of living in my environment.. I couldn't help but to know the names of every member of that group. If I had lived in an environment which favored NIN, even though I did not like them... I may have still knew who Trent Reznor was because NIN was representative of the type of music played. But I didn't. You may not like the term 'white boy' music... but every black person (and a few Hispanic too) will tell you that is what people in their community refereed to rock music as...whether they themselves did or not. I NEVER did because it would have been insulting to the music I listened to.

For the most part I was the 'wanna be'. Have you ever been called that...? A 'wanna be' is an insult from one black person to another because they are trying to imply that you want to be 'white'. I was called that because I did not like listening to R&B 24/7 and thought that David Bowie, Queen, the Doors, Duran Duran, Frankie goes To Hollywood, Faith no More and other like groups were cool. My exposure to the 70's groups came from my own father... he picked up on groups like the Doors while serving in Vietnam.

The others I got into while I was in college... my FIRST experience going to a school which was not 100% black. And yes.. it was my 'white' friends who listened to hard rock and metal which got me into much of it. And the 'wanna be' label followed me. It was in fact, through them that I first heard NIN (we all gotta hear music somewhere first) and it was then..as I already mentioned.. that I went..,'meh'... don't like em..and never cared to know more about them. And adding to that, because NIN, as I have mentioned repeatedly, was not representative of the type of music which would get played in my environment...period... I never heard the name Trent Reznor even by chance until the internet..and Bart!

Some of you simply need to brush up on your reading comprehension before you go throwing the 'racist' label around.

And if anyone says that the internet didn't broaden thier musical base... they are a lie. Via the net... we all have heard music from musicians and/or have learned things we never would have known other wise.

BigDaddyHQ said:

FYI: I know about all that kind of music too. PLUS a gazillion of other bands and records. So maybe I know a little bit more about music than you do.

Dude, your stuff is way too long winded to read.

Anxiety said:

Damn, we Prince fans even beat NIN fans at sexism!

stanleylieber said:

i was actually going to give you a stern lecture on speciesism, but i guess you have a point.

GetAwayFromMe said:

So you blame your own ADD on you lack of comprehending what I actually said.

Here's some advice. If you can't read or understand what is actually said because it goes beyond your 250 words or less limit... then don't comment on it.

BigDaddyHQ said:

My reading comprehension is just fine...you just bore the hell out of me. You have since the day you ventured over here a while ago. I don't want to read your drivel full of justifications. I'm not buying it anyway. So buh-bye!