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Yeah, I know. That doesn't make it any less questionable, though. Liszt himself told his daughter to stay away from him, and he was Wagner's friend. I mean, she cheated on her husband to be with him. (Not that Liszt could say anything about that, considering his daughter was a result of an affair he himself commited, but that's not the point...) To show how messed up that was, Hans von Bulow, Cosima's husband, was chosen to conduct the world premiere of "Tristan and Isolde," which is a story of forbidden love...and less than a year before this, Cosima had given birth to Wagner's baby.

Yeah, I know. :tongue: Should we then request something that we know he wouldn't typically do otherwise?

Here's what Last.fm says about styles: "Radiohead: Very high similarity to Coldplay. Coldplay: Medium similarity to Radiohead." LOL.

^ Hey, don't hate. I like "Postcards;" it's cute. :blush:

I was actually able to find her because of a mutual friend. I WIN.

Yes indeed. I heard the streamed announcement live, and his site was the first to be named. :wacky: Haha, yep, I mentioned that to the Coldplay girls in the thread he made there. :tongue:

I learned a lot about him last semester in one of my classes (Music History 2). My professor mentioned before she started on the topic that she didn't like talking about him because she thought he was just awful. By the end of the section, I understood why. Yes, he was anti-semitic, but he was a lot of other things, too. He was a genius, and he knew it. He thought everyone was inferior to him because of this. He was an arrogant jerk. He also had a relationship with Liszt's daughter, who was 24 years younger than him, and had an affair with one of his friend's wives. He's just...UGH.

Yep, I already did, too. :wacko:

Hey, guys, guess what?

OMG, GUYS. BROKEN SPEAKER MADE THE TOP 10. HOLY CRAP. Congratulations, Briggins! :hug:

BAHA, that's brilliant.

Well, thank you for informing me of that. It makes me that much more excited to listen to the album. :nice:

...Wait, the version they played on the radio isn't the album version? :freak: RAAAAAAA. :veryangry: I'm sorry. It's just that radio edits annoy me to no end.

Given how over-the-top it can be sometimes, that's completely understandable.

WIN.

Thank you, for if it were not for your mention of Twitter, I never would have found it myself. I will have to wait a little longer to listen, however, as I don't have access to a computer with a .rar program at the moment.

Actually, it's funny you say that. At my university's basketball games, we have "the Cane's challenge." If our team scores 50+ points in a game, everyone in attendance gets a coupon for a "Buy 1 Get 1 Free" combo deal at Cane's, so when our team does win and beat the challenge, it literally is about "winner winner chicken dinner." :cheesy:

In terms of music, Wagner. I like Brahms, but because he was (more or less) the classicist of the Romantic period, his music sometimes is a litte too structured for me. Wagner is in-your-face kind of stuff, and I love that. In terms of personality, Brahms. Wagner was quite possibly one of the most disgusting people to ever walk the earth.

NME's Review of "Build a Rocket Boys!"

Anything's worth a try once. EDIT: Anything within reason is worth a try. I didn't want "anything" to be taken in that literal of a context.

But Carrie, that one's my favorite. D:

Dave Grohl looks like he wants to kill someone.

I'm up for that. :nice:

WUT. -rage-

OMG, Mike! I'm so happy for you. :hug: Congratulations!