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Thursday and Thrice Performances at Apple Stores - Oct 15

Ah - finally
The quality of the rumors is going up - lots and lots of speculation -
Makes for great reading
Better than the running commentary on already announced or made releases.

Although, I have to say I am learning from them too - but nothing beats good old speculation :D
 
Re: This could become a classic line:

arn! I think you nailed it!

Soon, Apple's gonna hire arn for his clairvoyance. Who knows, maybe we'll see him give the keynote in the near future.
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I can see it now...

"Crossing over with arn: The Keynote"

*arn takes the stage and begins the keynote*

"I'm feeling very 64-bit energy in this convention hall... I'm getting an image of aluminum... I'm seeing - it's flat, and powerful. I'm getting a letter - G! I'm also getting... hmmm, this is interesting - the number five.

What could it all mean? The aura and the reality distortion field are very strong today, and the planets are aligned oddly! I'm getting... A G5 PowerBook!"

*audience erupts into orgasmic cheering and clapping*

:rolleyes:

:D
 
Originally posted by MacBandit
I can't remember where it was maybe Ozzfest or Lalapalooza where the opening band was better then the main band. In fact they were so much better that the main band was booed off the stage so that the opener could come out and do a complete performance.
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Yeah, kind of like when New Kids on the Block opened for Tiffany. Ahhh, those were the days
:p
 
I have been asking all my friends if they have ever heard of those bands and they said they did and they like there music. And I asked my brother and he said he also liked them and I told him about the hole concert thing and he was like "I wanna go" and then said that he is going to work at an Apple store when he gets older now. And then he said "This will be good for Apple". And he knows absolutly nothing about Apple. Hmm, I'm thinking he may be right if the word catches on. I'm thinking it will be really good for both Apple and the bands!
 
Originally posted by Pappy Wappy
thrice and thursday and a few other bands like them are just being set up to be the next blink-182 or whatever bad band of the moment. their little moment in the sun will fade and then they'll still be pretending to be mad and playing on the original roots of "emo" and hardcore.

unfortunately boy sets fire is actually on a level below the other two bands as far as label priority goes.

the kids like this stuff now and they should go with it, it will make people pay attention, but so would whatever pop star they could find.

thursday and thrice seem to be kind of recycled and packaged for mass consumption at this point. That is what i mean by "interesting aspect", rock bands like that, on island especially, don't really bring a lot to the table except for angry, angsty kids who are all "dude, you know exactly how i feel!"

but whatever this is a mac forum not a music forum. . .sorry.
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Phew! I'm gonna have to agree with you here. Maybe I'm just jaded, but "emo" is definitely being marketed to the masses now. I don't want to hate on Thursday, I can't blame them for wanting to go big, but to me, they don't sound so unique after growing up listening to hardcore, punk, emo, whatever. I do like their music, but to me it doesn't have "staying power." But they are nice guys I've had the pleasure of meeting briefly, so I hope for the best.

Regarding better bands opening for lesser bands - Thrice and Thursday are actually touring with another band - Coheed and Cambria, that I think is much much better than either of them, but alas, is the opener.

I also have this hypothesis that a band will never really make it now unless their whole group (or at least the singer) is good looking in some marketable way.

Lastly - easily one of my favorite bands of all time - glassJAw - played the SOHO store when the new iPods were released, and they are just wonderful, if you ask me.

Holy smokes - this was so far off-topic and all over the place. I'm sorry.
 
Originally posted by Pappy Wappy
It is disappointing that apple is picking bands that have so little staying power over bands who are a little bit more interesting.

oh well, i guess that's how the "promotion" thing works.
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I read this, and all I could say is "wow"

Have you ever heard Thrice? Do you realize that Teppei and Dustin (lead, rythym/vox) are held in the highest esteems by *most* of the biggest guitar professionals of the 2000's...I even think they have been compared to the once renouned combination of Angus and Malcom Young (AC DC) ...they have graced the covers of numerous guitar magazines and have been featured for their incredibly unqiue style...this band embodies more musical styles than 99% of the bands out there today...much less "hip hop" artists.

Furthermore...
Every single album that thrice has released they have donated a portion of their proceeds to charity, their newest album which happened to be released in July is going towards the Syrentha J. Savio Endowment, which provides chemotherapy and other medication for individuals who cannot afford the expense.

Poor apple for picking such a flash in the pan/no staying power band....poor poor apple.

Im really curious as to how you came to your conclusion, and how you arrived at "no staying power" for these 2 bands. What did you think of No Doubt when they release their "im just a girl" single...another flash in the pan ska band?

*edit: Spelling, and No Doubt comment
 
All I can say is........BRING IT ON!

iTunes for Windows can't come soon enough. I'm going to be supremely interested in seeing how many D/L Apple gets the first day. Should be interesting. I'm not going to hold my breath about iTMS sales but one can only hope.
 
Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
thursday is getting too big for their britches... hopefully the sound will not water down too much

the days of opening up for boy sets fire are long gone i suppose.


i can only imagine how long the line will be at soho. not worth the drive, especially on a wednesday....
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i sawa them open for BSF a c oupele years ago and i thought they were terrible.

my g/f likes them though.
 
Never heard of either of them so took a quick trip to itms. My my, how very shouty. Interestingly, if you click between the previews on thrices page you find vitually every song is in the same key.
Unfortunately I won't be able to go either, I have to..........er..............vacuum the carpet
 
Originally posted by Powerbook G5
Awesome, I love Thursday...too bad I can't go.
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Same here, they are one of my favorite bands!

I wish I could go, I was going to the thursday concert in Pittsburgh, but the damn hurricane prevented me from seeing them

:D :mad:
 
Maybe there will be a discount on the ITMS for the two bands, I want to get some "legal" copies of thrice, and more thursday.
 
too bad i'm not anywhere near those two places...both bands are absolutely amazing...what a way to kick off their tour.
 
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