Under the Scalpel 07.30.09: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Part 3 (In 2D)
Posted by Mark Ingoldsby on 07.30.2009
The sometimes humorous, always heartless guitarist of A Simple Complex responds to Michael L, Wyatt Beougher, Propagandhi, Ramirez, Kurruption, Patrick Robinson, Case, Uncle Paul and other commenters about his reviews of Metallica, Eminem, Lil Kim, Weird Al, Daughtry, Green Day and more.
"Under the Scalpel: Dissecting Pop Culture One Song at a Time" is a weekly column written by Mark Ingoldsby, songwriter and guitarist for the hard rock band A Simple Complex. Download three free tracks that will rock your panties off at www.asimplecomplex.com
Some people will go to great lengths to try and get their crappy band to the next level, including, but not limited to, killing and necrophilia. Me, I just write a sarcastic, biting music column. Here are some responses to the comments and emails in regards to my latest articles.
Cyanide was one of the weaker tracks on Death Magnetic, but not for the reasons you say. It simply doesn't quite match up to the rest of the album, which is more thrash oriented (aside from the ballads). In many ways, it comes as a cross b/w the Load/Reload era and the St. Anger period, without playing upon the strengths of either (Ok, st. Anger had no strengths). Still, it's a pretty passable song that is a step ahead of anything they've done since No Leaf Clover.
Posted By: Michael L (Guest) on April 16, 2009 at 10:50 AM
If you contradict yourself one more time, you're going to bend the time-space continuum into a pretzel. I have no idea what you're talking about, so here's a picture of a Hetfield with an Armani bag in his hand.
Hetfield demonstrating the thing that should not be
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To say that Eminem is the best lyricist in the game is a discredit to artists like Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Black Thought, and even Common and Guru... Is he clever and a talented lyricist? Absolutely. Is he the best? Far from it ... listen to "Get By" from the album "Quality" by Talib Kweli and tell me he doesn't blow Eminem away.
Posted By: Wyatt Beougher (Guest) on May 07, 2009 at 09:28 AM
I didn't say Eminem was the best lyricist, I called him today's top wordsmith. Wordsmith (noun) a skilled user of words. Lyricist (noun) a person who writes the words to popular songs. [Source: askoxford.com] And I've seen Talib Kweli perform live and he is excellent, but he doesn't "blow Eminem away".
I wouldn't listen to "3am" even if you did give it five stars. Sounds disgusting.
Andrea | May 7, 2009
Whatever you do, don't listen to "Insane".
Eminem on the set of his disturbing video for "3am"
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"Pokerface" is better than ANYTHING Katy Perry has done.
Posted By: Propagandhi (Guest) on May 10, 2009 at 06:41 PM
Pokerface came in at #10 on my The Worst 20 Songs To Pound My Eardrums in 2008 list. I explained why Pokerface is worse than almost every other song in 2008 here.
Lady Gaga doing what she does breast, er.. best
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Your Sir are dumb as shit, 1st off if "Hussle In The House" is plagiarism then So is O.P.P., It Was A Good Day, Regulate, Nothin' But A G Thing, and Most of Biggie's singles, wow he used the same beat so the fuck what so did Ice Cube in Ghetto Bird, and and the Stand out part isn't originally from jermaine Dupri he sampled it from the song Funky Worm by The Ohio Players.
Posted By: Ramirez (Guest) on May 28, 2009 at 02:58 AM
Kris Kross' song "Jump" (and songs like "OPP," "It Was A Good Day," "Regulate," and "Nothin' But A G Thing") sampled elements from songs of other genres to create something fresh. "Hussle In The House" simply copied what Dupri made with "Jump" and put new lyrics on top of it. He's a straight-up biter.
Read a fucking dictionary, plagiarism is a term used mainly in writing, when you take one's written work and pass it of as your own, if you mean the first line which is originally from NWA, then this isn't the first time it's happened. Hell have you ever seen CB4, same damn thing.
Posted By: Kurruption (Guest) on May 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Hussle plagiarized Kris Kross/Jermaine Dupri's music. Plagiarize (verb) to use another person's idea or a part of their work and pretend that it is your own. [Source - dictionary.cambridge.org]. And CB4 was a parody. Not the same damn thing.
Nipsey Hussle presumably rapping over music he bit
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LOL - is this supposed to be good journalism? Are you kidding me? Just come out and say you don't like Green Day for God's sake. Say you hate them for all I care, but don't go on for 10 paragraphs about how terrible they are. We get it. You don't like them... Oh, by the way, "Lost My World" sounds remarkably like Godsmack's "Serenity". Just saying.
Posted By: Case (Guest) on July 24, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I didn't. I went on for six paragraphs pointing out how they are unoriginal, plagiarising thieves. THEN, I went on for four paragraphs about how terrible they are. And thanks for checking out my band's music! "Lost My World" has been on 4 FM stations so far.
Thankfully Green Day's alter ego band, Foxboro Hot Tubs, never lifted a riff from any 60's garage rock bands or the Kinks or the Who. That was all totally new material
Posted By: Uncle Paul (Guest) on July 24, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Oh, yes, of course! *Snicker* And the sky isn't blue, water isn't wet, and Coldplay doesn't suck! *Wink*
We get the point, Greenday plagarized. But quit harping on that after the 2nd paragraph.
Bob | July 24, 2009
I just couldn't stop myself. It had been eating away at me for years. 'Twas rather cleansing, actually.
Wow. Just wow. I had to think back and look up a few tracks but wow, I never noticed (how often Green Day has plagiarised other artists)
Okay, so I watched the Dirty Projectors video, and half a dozen things came to mind: 1. I can't believe you even have an inclination to like this. 2. Enough already with the oriental-sounding phrase that repeats over and over and over again, ad nauseam. 3. Oh my God, this is going nowhere. 4. What, did these chicks just escape from Lilith Fest? Please tell me they're not going to strip naked and "discover" themselves. 5. What's with the dude playing the unconventional guitar? And what is he wearing? 6. And, after finding the audio only, well, it's marginally better without the video. I asked my son, who immediately recoiled and said, "Uh. Eww. Gawd. Uh. That's the worst song in America."
Andrea | July 24, 2009
You make a great case against the song. But I'm still on the fence. I listened to it again today and I still can't decide if I like it or not yet. Call me crazy. And call Spin Magazine crazy too.
Dirty Projectors dressed like gyspies, dancing like TLC
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