So... an NMA track you REALLY don't like..?

[Master Ray]

 You're from the US, thought you lot believed in freedom of speech and, by definition, opinion?

hahaha - seriously?
I said this countless times years ago - but any time any of you from across the Atlantic try to say that WE LOT believe in any ONE thing together, you are likely to be flat out mistaken. haha (Im being friendly here - not argumentative).
America is HUGE - and I would argue as diverse and divided as many of the European countries.
We are the most together in our ignorance of the rest of the world and arrogance about our country and I wouldnt go much beyond that.

or maybe I am just really jaded.

Sequinoa, I didn't mean to insult.  It was a blunt statement, granted, but I stand by it.

I have been to the US several times and I can honestly say the people I met there were open-minded, friendly and genuinely interested in meeting someone from a different continent.  I had some amazing times with lovely folks.

Which is why it upsets me when somebody posts from the US and plugs into some idiotic and COMPLETELY untrue idea of how ignorant / arrogant Americans are, like some cliché from a shit movie.  The people I've met DO believe in freedom of speech and opinion and couldn't have been more polite about it... well, there was one a-hole in Chicago, but we won't talk about that...     

So, again, sorry if I caused offence.  It was aimed at Space, not the lovely folks of the US.

[Anna Woman von NRW]

[ Is it really wrong, bad manners, cold-hearted, whatever to say to an artist I didn't like such and such song because...?

Of course it's not. If it was then I'm sure this thread would have been removed when it first appeared.

I really can't be arsed to try and explain concepts such as manners, civility and respect for others to you yet again.

Back to the thread .............

I don't really like Seven Times and usually skip that one. Dunno why I don't like it. It just doesn't do it for me. I don't get/feel it.

[Shush]

When listening on I-pod, there are only three I instantly skip, Song to the men of Eng-ger-land (sorry M/R, couldn't resist it), Over the wire French remix, and Whites of their eyes. Out of over 200 songs, I am not complaining 
Other songs which I may not too keen on I listen to as part of the experience of listening to the album they are on

[texaspete]

Hi Sequioa (spelt wrong) good to see you back...

I for one think Joolz did the right thing. She can be abrasive but we need a fire-brand like that sometimes.

Plus she was being loyal and wanting the family to play nice.

She only intervened when things got disrespectful which I believe this thread has!

Plus i'd much rather hear why you like / love a certain song.

In a world weary with negativity I could do without it personally.

So turn the thread on it's head, what song do you love and why?

Ok, I could talk all day about BAD OLD WORLD but in a nutshell,

No matter where I am, what i'm doing that song reminds me of the romance of the road, the chance of escape.
The euphoric verse where JS eloquently describes 'being up on the north coast'.
The chorus of 'I'm never going back there..."
I was fortunate enough to be in Hyde 4 years ago, where upstairs above a pub, The Verge I think it was called they played it on request in the encore. It turned into the most raucous singalong ever and there was even an impromtu mosh-pit.

Truly life affirming stuff!

And here it is....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MZyE1yF26o&spfreload=10


TXP

[Master Ray]

Hi Sequioa (spelt wrong) good to see you back...

I for one think Joolz did the right thing. She can be abrasive but we need a fire-brand like that sometimes.

Plus she was being loyal and wanting the family to play nice.

She only intervened when things got disrespectful which I believe this thread has!

Plus i'd much rather hear why you like / love a certain song.

In a world weary with negativity I could do without it personally.

So turn the thread on it's head, what song do you love and why?

Ok, I could talk all day about BAD OLD WORLD but in a nutshell,

No matter where I am, what i'm doing that song reminds me of the romance of the road, the chance of escape.
The euphoric verse where JS eloquently describes 'being up on the north coast'.
The chorus of 'I'm never going back there..."
I was fortunate enough to be in Hyde 4 years ago, where upstairs above a pub, The Verge I think it was called they played it on request in the encore. It turned into the most raucous singalong ever and there was even an impromtu mosh-pit.

Truly life affirming stuff!

And here it is....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MZyE1yF26o&spfreload=10


TXP

TXP, that's a brilliant new thread right there, rather than tacking it on the end of another one!

Gonna start racking my brains now...

 

[Intothewind]

I agree with so much negatively and so little NMA in the world why would I want to be negative here???

Arm yourselves and run is a bloody great tune.....

[Bunny]

Honestly. Toooo many favourites and likes to list. Thats why I love em and what they do. One constant in my life 

[Viv Savage]

"that was back in a time people really didnt get banned (that I remember and I was here a lot) (or even warned about it) nor was the board censored like it is now" - Sequoia225

Actually, to put the record straight there has only been two people banned in the last five years. It is not the policy of this board to ban people for no good reason. As for censorship on this board, a couple of posts were removed last week because they went way beyond banter and were down right offensive. Any other posts that have been removed were not by my hands but from the original poster or commentor - everyone has the right to delete their own comments.

Sadly, in the last couple of weeks I have had no option but to read the riot act several times and I do not think anyone on here has covered themselves with any glory at all. Myself included. If we are to continue the home analogy, that this is someone elses home, please treat it and the people herein with the respect it, and they, actually deserve.  Time for peace to break out...

[Sequoia225]

Sequinoa, I didn't mean to insult.  It was a blunt statement, granted, but I stand by it.

I have been to the US several times and I can honestly say the people I met there were open-minded, friendly and genuinely interested in meeting someone from a different continent.  I had some amazing times with lovely folks.

Which is why it upsets me when somebody posts from the US and plugs into some idiotic and COMPLETELY untrue idea of how ignorant / arrogant Americans are, like some cliché from a shit movie.  The people I've met DO believe in freedom of speech and opinion and couldn't have been more polite about it... well, there was one a-hole in Chicago, but we won't talk about that...     

So, again, sorry if I caused offence.  It was aimed at Space, not the lovely folks of the US.

no no - of course...not insulted. Its pretty hard to genuinely insult me. Thats why I wrote "just being friendly here, not argumentative". I was just poking fun at this crazy country while also informing.

[Red]

"that was back in a time people really didnt get banned (that I remember and I was here a lot) (or even warned about it) nor was the board censored like it is now" - Sequoia225

Actually, to put the record straight there has only been two people banned in the last five years. It is not the policy of this board to ban people for no good reason. As for censorship on this board, a couple of posts were removed last week because they went way beyond banter and were down right offensive. Any other posts that have been removed were not by my hands but from the original poster or commentor - everyone has the right to delete their own comments.

Sadly, in the last couple of weeks I have had no option but to read the riot act several times and I do not think anyone on here has covered themselves with any glory at all. Myself included. If we are to continue the home analogy, that this is someone elses home, please treat it and the people herein with the respect it, and they, actually deserve.  Time for peace to break out...

If there was a 'like' icon I'd post it now

I hope the virtual handshake is accepted by all.

I'll be the first to offer the hand of friendship and peace

[Pazza]

I only read the last page of this thread and the thing about it with NMA is that I don't really not like any songs, the one I'd sneak out during it being played is probably 225, but then I snuck out at the Roadmender during No Greater Love which I love, just cos I'd drunk too many pints of cider shortly before kick off 

[Sequoia225]

"that was back in a time people really didnt get banned (that I remember and I was here a lot) (or even warned about it) nor was the board censored like it is now" - Sequoia225

Actually, to put the record straight there has only been two people banned in the last five years. It is not the policy of this board to ban people for no good reason. As for censorship on this board, a couple of posts were removed last week because they went way beyond banter and were down right offensive. Any other posts that have been removed were not by my hands but from the original poster or commentor - everyone has the right to delete their own comments.

Sadly, in the last couple of weeks I have had no option but to read the riot act several times and I do not think anyone on here has covered themselves with any glory at all. Myself included. If we are to continue the home analogy, that this is someone elses home, please treat it and the people herein with the respect it, and they, actually deserve.  Time for peace to break out...

Fair enough Viv,  - I am speaking more to what happened some years back when the board was rebooted. My memory is hazy but I remember a lot of new rules about "bad words" and expressing oneself, and things got a bit different in general regarding general discussion. This was years back. I havent been around and cant speak to the last 5 years other than the "last couple weeks" I have read some threadsy. Didnt mean to mis-represent anything.

I merely was surprised this conversation went as far as it did considering my memory of a time in the past the EXACT same type of thread was posted. I think its fine to give opinions about the music here and such, I just thought Joolz had a point in reminding the people here that there are living, breathing souls residing here, that put a lot of heart into creating this music, and if you are going to feel critical, consider HOW you would express yourself if you stepped into someones home and critiqued about the paintings hanging on the walls they painted themselves. Thats all.

[Sequoia225]

Something starts to bother me when I realize people wouldnt be saying the same thing if they were truly physically in the other peoples presence.

Why do you assume we wouldn't be able to speak our opinions in the presence of those we are speaking about? Is it really wrong, bad manners, cold-hearted, whatever to say to an artist I didn't like such and such song because...? When we converse with an enteratiner should we simply do the standard twelve year old kid stuff, "Oh, my GOD! You are the best! I have every album! I have your picture on my wall! Oh, my God you are the cooleset bestest person in the world!!!"

No thanks to that.

sigh - I wrote a response to you CLARIFYING my words and admitting a blanket assumption on how you all would behave is unfair of me, but I deleted it as I have littered this thread enough, but in general - to many of your questions, my answer is "NO" - I did not say exactly things you imply I said,  or said I implied, or whatever. Sorry for the confusion.

[dark horse]

Trying to get back to the original question in this thread - it occurred to me that iTunes actually keeps track of which songs I skip. So I went and had a look. The three NMA songs I've skipped past most often are:

Vagabonds
Vengeance
51st State

Make of that what you want...

[Anna Woman von NRW]

Actually Vagabonds & 51st State are songs I rarely listen to - except for the bootleg Nottingham 14 Vagabonds youtube vid