The Fray sucks and Dane Cook is Still Not Funny

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My new roommate listened to twenty minutes of The Fray Friday afternoon -- rather, he listened to it during the twenty minutes I remained in the room to pack for the trip home

Comments

[capnstamey]

Like John Lennon could sing. Pfft.
I like The Fray.
Your music taste sucks. Just because you can fiddle around on the guitar does not mean you have superior music taste. You certainly do not.

[cutiebirdgal]

There is no such thing as sucky music taste. People just like different things.

[capnstamey]

I disagree. Daniel's music taste might not actually suck, I grant you. But a person who enjoys Britney Spears or "Hannah Montana" needs some musical education. Pop music serves its purpose (and I'll admit I own some boy band songs), but it's a very poor substitute for good music-- therefore, it is possible to have bad taste in music.

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Um ... If the quality of The Fray's music is under question, we can do listing of pros and cons.

Pro: The instruments in their songs blend fairly well. Con: Every song sounds the same (good thing none of them last more than the standard three minutes).
Pro: The singer doesn't sound like he has cancer. Con: He makes every song sound the same by singing the same WHUUHUHUHUHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH and indeterminately mumbling words, as if he doesn't understand the purpose of consonants.
Pro: The singer is male, something not very common in the pop music scene. Con: He sounds like someone they got off the street: "No, it's okay that he can't sing at all: People will relate to him. Then maybe they'll buy the music, despite the fact that it sucks, because it sounds like something they could do."