Whee!

[quidditchgrrl]

In return for my working Sunday, I have tomorrow off.  Thursday, I have to go to a conference in Zanesville, and home after that!  I get Thursday night off once a year (Thanksgiving, if I don't have to go in to take care of the bookdrop), so this is a red-letter day.

Of course, fifteen minutes after this revelation, I get a call for the girls to serve a dinner on Thursday night.  :P  So I don't get to enjoy Thursday night TV, but I have it off all the same.

:D

In other news, Weasley is my King, baby!  I've also been feeling the Dan love lately, too.  Damn hormones.  I blame taradiane.  *muah*

Now, a question!  I am looking to make some playlists and need some recommendations.  Specifically, I'm making an "If you like [ripoff new band x], try [original/cool band]!" listing.

Who do you think these bands rip off?
--Linkin Park
--Good Charlotte
--Puddle of Mudd/Perfect Circle
--Bowling for Soup
--Hoobastank
--Slipknot
--New Found Glory
--Belle and Sebastian
--The Libertines
--The Killers

Any other ripoff bands?  Who's ripping off who right now?

Comments

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

Is that NOT the sexiest Ron pic EVER?!?!?!?

:D

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh my, yes. The shading just...there... :-P~

[megome.livejournal.com]

Ahh, the hotness of Ron! His pants are gonna slip off in that picture. *dies*

If you like The Killers, try listening to Hot Hot Heat.

That's all I got.

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

*adds Hot Hot Heat to list* I think that's a good one, since not many people have HHH on their playlists.

*proudly pulls up "Bandages" and adds it to playlist*

[twistedrecesses.livejournal.com]

It's been said that Evanescence rips off Lacuna Coil

[cadey.livejournal.com]

And I say that Evanescence rips off Heart.

[cadey.livejournal.com]

Slipknot so rips off Alice Cooper.
Linkin Park is trying (and I use the word loosely) to rip off Aerosmith. (Check out the way lead singer dude screams into the mic and then look at an old pic of Steven doing the same damn thing.)
Good Charlotte is obviously trying to be Green Day with more people, and GD has by now eclipsed the Ramones' fame.
I personally think that Bowling for Soup is hilarious.
Hoobastank is obviously attempting to fill the gap that Cinderella or Whitesnake left. All three are equally forgettable.
The Killers are trying to be a more well-dressed and behaved version of Led Zep. (But come on, unless you've got Percy's tight pants, Jimmy's demonic little mojo, John holding everything thogether, and Bonzo trying to break his drum kit, it just ain't gonna work.)

Of course, I could be completely wrong, since I avoid new bands like the plauge. (HONESTLY, hasn't anyone taught them how to properly sing?)

[coramandragora.livejournal.com]

--Good Charlotte (This would be a good chance to check out the roots of punk rock, New York Dolls, The Ramones (eclipsed by greenday...bah;)), The Sex Pistols, and The Clash...if you want something more stylisticaly similar, check out Yellow Card, who is Good Charlotte...with a violin...)

--Bowling for Soup (Me First and the Gimme Gimmes- they ONLY do cover songs, but quite funny...imagine "Stand by your man" or "Don't Cry for me Argintina" sung by a bunch of tattooes men)

--New Found Glory (MxPx- Originally a Christian band, so expect some of that even though they are now main stream)

--The Killers (I've always found a link between the voice stylings of the Killers and the work of Joey Ramone...check out the work he did solo, also check out The Horror Pops)