Would it be fair to say (or at least consider) that during their big success in the late 90's and early 2000's, that they were the only rock band with that amount of success that had any decent material that hasn't dated itself?

I watched The Hunger for the first time last week. It's flawed, but it has it's moments (one in particular that will no doubt be commented on in response to this). Coincidentally, Monday marked the first year since Tony Scott's suicide. It showed great promise as to his talents, but felt a bit discombobulated towards…

If that's what the end product ends up being, I'm all for that. But I'm finding it hard to see this whole thing as anything but a desperate attempt by WB and DC to compete with the Avengers sequel.

Edit: double post.

I've seen Spaced and calling it a sitcom is like calling Bitches Brew a jazz album. You're right, but there's more to it than that.

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Damn it I was gonna do that :P

It's from much earlier, but Mike Oldfield used what were called "bagpipe guitars" on Tubular Bells.

It's not an e-bow on "With or Without You" either. It was played on Michael Brook's Infinite Guitar which Michael personally gave to Edge to use.

Exactly. It could be because he can't relate to anything else, but I'd imagine it's an extension of the fact that he started out on sitcoms.

He probably didn't need to hear it.

I have to disagree that it was too different. Justified was probably the only show on television close to it. I guess the disappointment more or less lied in how they chose to give it it's own night (when what it really needed was to follow one of their more successful shows).

I'd say it's because the Pegg/Frost/Wright movies are all centered around very middle-class guys in typical English middle-class surroundings, and people in Apatow movies are aesthetically upper-class but pretending to be middle-class.

Shaun is great, but as I'm mostly put off by the films it was mostly inspired by it didn't translate as well for me. But Hot Fuzz registered quite deeply since I grew up with a lot of those 80's cop movies it is quite the modern version of now.

They certainly have some of the more compelling new shows I've seen as of late (as well as the movies, apparently). Far from forgiving them for canning Terriers but probably closer than I would if say AMC gave them the boot.

Most jolting death I've seen onscreen for awhile. Great to have Linder back. Ray just proves most men will do anything for money.

And something more people should be doing.

I remember a clip on The Daily Show of Garth playing at the first inaugural, with a cutaway to Obama looking bored.

Outlandos d'Amour

I kind of felt the same way when I'd seen And The Band Plays On, which ironically came out ten years later. Not that it skewered how I saw the world in the 90's, but how basically a minority of America was left to rot in the previous decade.