Hi, Fuck you to. :)

Oh, look. I can be a smartass as well. I guess it's a talent, huh?

Ayz

ill be blunt. some people (lots of people, if you look at their album sales) like the feelers. they like them for a reason, and im sure they like them for better reasons than people like some other shit bands.

you are trying to slag this band off as a community, to make it look like a very overwhelming argument...... you are only one person. if you think that the feelers are the worst band in new zealand (what kind of a claim is that anyway) at least back it up with some relevant details, because there's gonna be quite a few people wondering why you think that.

i hope you understand

Oh, i see you were just trying to help the ignorant canadian from embarrasing himself further. So, i guess that was sort-of-an-apology-but-not? okay, fair enough. I accept either way. :)

As far as the brian adams comparison goes, that's a pretty messed. You're pissed off because a band like the feelers gets more attention, when there's other better nzbands that don't get any.. hence Adams/Godspeed..? That doesn't make much sense at all. The feelers get almost no attention out of new zealand. That's the only place they're world famous as far as i know. I'd never heard of them until my girl (who's a kiwi btw) introduced them to me. So, the brian adams thing was a cheap shot directed towards a canadian, because i'm an outsider who represents you're typical view of typical north-americans. Which i can live with. Just wanted to clear it up. But as far your point about the feelers goes... get over it. It's a fact.. good bands never get the right respect. Wether it be a band like the feelers who does well commercially but apparently sucks dick...(since for some reason no one likes watching them play at record stores, but likes buying their cd's 10 at a time so to boost their record sales and put other nz bands down) or wether it's a band like Godspeed who are incredibly gifted and unique musicians, but get no exposure at all. It's just the way the world turns... good bands never get the spectrum of respect they deserve on whatever level. Your defintion of good being what it may. Anyway.. i sympathize about some of what you said... there's many more nz bands that are very good.. better than most north american bands.. but until there is a nz music qouta on radio in nz, they'll not really have a chance. Our canadian bands are lucky to have that.. that's why a lot of them get good exposure eventually. It's pretty sad that the only bands that will get noticed will be the ones with pop-sensibilties... The only reason i think that sucks is because you don't get a true representation of the spectrum of nz music. It would be just as bad to me if only the hardcore bands made it... and he more mainstream stuff didn't. I think balance is everything.

Anyway, I'm not gonna get into why i think the feelers are one of the better bands in a long time, because i know it would be a lost cause. So i'm just leaving it at that. My opinion matters jack after all.. i like them, and that's all that matters.. to me.

Easy,

Fact is lot of people always go... "this band doesn't get the respect it deserves".. and then that band goes makes it... and two minutes later the same people are going.. "sell-outs!"... so yeah there'd be some of that with godspeed.. and with every other band that deserves to make it. It's just the sad fact of popularity... most people equate it with lack of passion and originality. How can a band be good if people are consuming it in mass amounts... ? It has to be watered down..

no if's, and's, or but's...

here's a quote from James Reid - Guitarist, Vocalist & Songwriter for the feelers:

"there are great bands out there that don't even have record companies and we'll never hear them."

think about that one for a bit.

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I just want to say that My mum likes the feelers.