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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Originally posted by Rustie
They have some rocking songs with lots of good melodies. They're pretty good if you can get over the cheesy keyboards.



...and the vocals, the lack of tempo changes and dynamics, and an overall lack of general songwriting ability.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Originally posted by Ultrahighgain



...and the vocals, the lack of tempo changes and dynamics, and an overall lack of general songwriting ability.


It took you nine months to come up with that? :smileyvery-happy:
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Originally posted by Ultrahighgain



...and the vocals, the lack of tempo changes and dynamics, and an overall lack of general songwriting ability.


They have tempo changes and slutbanging metal doesn't need change in dynamics. Besides they wrote fantastic songs like Shot In The Dark, Aces High, Don't Stop At The Top, Somebody Put Something In My drink and Oops.. I Did It Again.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

I can see why people love them. Just not my thing.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Originally posted by Ultrahighgain



...and the vocals, the lack of tempo changes and dynamics, and an overall lack of general songwriting ability.


Since that post my opinion has changed of them. I don't particularly like anything they do.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

I like the band but I'm not into that kind of vocals.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Originally posted by Scott Hopkins


Since that post my opinion has changed of them. I don't particularly like anything they do.


I find it a bit hard to believe that someone could dislike the lead work on Hatebreeder, but whatever floats your boat.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Originally posted by paradigm


It took you nine months to come up with that? :smileyvery-happy:


No, I just happend to wander back to this thread for some reason.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Not for me. Evil darkness corrupts rawr unnnh!!! and so forth.

I can certainly see why some like it though. The guitar is good.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Some vocalists should simply never use the word "fuck."

A.L. is one of them. He sounds rediculous, like some 9 year old kid who just assimilated it into his vocabulary and thinks it makes him sound more convincing, cool, or tough.

...and black nail polish on men is not, has never been, and never will be cool. :smileysad:
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

I like COB, but I'd like them a lot more if they had a Hetfield-esque singer. Alexi should stick with playing the guitar, and leave singing to someone else. And "yao yao fuck fuck fuck" does get old fast.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Originally posted by atimoc
I like COB, but I'd like them a lot more if they had a Hetfield-esque singer. Alexi should stick with playing the guitar, and leave singing to someone else. And "yao yao fuck fuck fuck" does get old fast.


You wouldn't want to hear the lyrics. They are godawful.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Originally posted by Ultrahighgain
Some vocalists should simply never use the word "fuck."

A.L. is one of them. He sounds rediculous, like some 9 year old kid who just assimilated it into his vocabulary and thinks it makes him sound more convincing, cool, or tough.

...and black nail polish on men is not, has never been, and never will be cool. :smileysad:

I think everybody's got it that you hate them after your many posts in this thread, thanks for clearing it up though.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Originally posted by SRVai

I think everybody's got it that you hate them after your many posts in this thread, thanks for clearing it up though.



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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

I don't have an opinion about this. Haven't heard him.

I'll check it out, tho'...

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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

i like the guitaring but they need to get one of Bodom's other kids to do the singing.

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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

If more people would just listen to them for what they are, which is guitar and keyboard oriented metal, then I think there would be less bitching about the lyrics, and overall cheese factor.

Alexi has said so himself that the lyrics were never to be the strong point of the band, his focus is on the guitar. So, if anybody is listening to bodom to spur some inner reflection and be moved by the lyrics, you've got the wrong band.
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Re: What's your opinion on Children Of Bodom?

Originally posted by Deeble
If more people would just listen to them for what they are, which is guitar and keyboard oriented metal, then I think there would be less bitching about the lyrics, and overall cheese factor.


http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=68648
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