Simple music is the man

**House of Pancakes** · 09-20-2004, 11:52 AM

First of all, nothing Blink182 has ever written is complicated compared to the rest of the music world.

Secondly, music can be simple, but it has to be good in order to be good. There's lots of simple music that sucks, lots of simple music that's good. There's lots of complicated music that's good, and lots of complicated music that sucks. It all comes down to creativity, and generally down to what you like to listen to. I refer to "simple" in terms of not only technical ability and convolution, but in terms of what's being represented. Dream Theater, for example, writes very simple music. It may be technically insane, but the same "check us out, we play really fast" approach appears in every single song. In contrast, stuff like The Cows is very simple music to play, but it fucking rules.

There are lots of bands who also write stuff that's TOO simple. Not only that, they write album after album of the same simple stuff. I get sick of that, because I prefer to listen to something that's not repetitive, dull, and stupid.

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09-20-2004, 11:52 AM	#9
House of Pancakes Suicide's on the menu Posts: 914	First of all, nothing Blink182 has ever written is complicated compared to the rest of the music world. Secondly, music can be simple, but it has to be good in order to be good. There's lots of simple music that sucks, lots of simple music that's good. There's lots of complicated music that's good, and lots of complicated music that sucks. It all comes down to creativity, and generally down to what you like to listen to. I refer to "simple" in terms of not only technical ability and convolution, but in terms of what's being represented. Dream Theater, for example, writes very simple music. It may be technically insane, but the same "check us out, we play really fast" approach appears in every single song. In contrast, stuff like The Cows is very simple music to play, but it fucking rules. There are lots of bands who also write stuff that's TOO simple. Not only that, they write album after album of the same simple stuff. I get sick of that, because I prefer to listen to something that's not repetitive, dull, and stupid.