• Home
  • Recent
  • Calendar
  • Register
  • Login
  • Home
  • Recent
  • Calendar
  • Register
  • Login
Iron Heart Forum
Iron Heart Forum

Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

Unpopular opinions

General Chat
212
4.1k
1.2m
Loading More Posts
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • F
    Fergz
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 14 Jan 2012

    @bertoni:

    Also, for me, music has always been a motor, or soundtrack for change. A means for the youth to vent their anger. Are today's youth simply happy with their lot/world? The seventies had Punk/Disco, the eighties rap, acid house, the nineties house and rave….and the noughties?

    I know your reply is directed at Monday but anyway….the above I can get with. Had actually considered tacking something similar onto my earlier post.

    For me no A&R men is a good thing. No looking for the "next"anything. No pre conceived ideas of what will sell sell sell and looking for the round peg in the square hole. I accept that music is now consumed but that doesn't mean it's devalued it in the eyes of music lovers. Things have become much more democratic, more about the spark of creativity than the business plan. Anyone can now make music at home so a tune can be written, recorded and up on the internet in a day. That's very much part of what the punk ethos was about - three chords, lash them together and play the fucking thing. We're all partly the sum of our influences and the more we're exposed to the better we become, the more we're inspired or influenced. There will always be bad music but there will always be music for the music lovers. Personally, there are some tunes that are considered classics that I would have preferred if they had been consumed by something and ejected out the other end.

    In the end everything changes and what you do and what you listen to, for example, is a choice you make. Just because a movement or a technological seismic shift in how music is radicalised in terms of how it's made available doesn't mean your personal shit filter cannot still discern. I will always prefer a world where the likelihood of an 80 million five album record deal for the Robbie Williams of this world is diminished.

    "Better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission"

    last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 12:51 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
    • S
      seawolf
      Mod Squad
      Joined: 28 Oct 2011

      @bertoni:

      The vast majority of folk who drive Renault Scenics and BMWs drive like c**ts.

      How is this an unpopular opinion? This is a fact.

      “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

      @zeebeeleather

      last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 13:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • M
        mclaincausey
        見習いボス
        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

        Yeah, the internet has democratized music and empowered musicians. Record companies and corporate radio are no longer the sole route to discovery for fans. So I'd say the exact opposite is true. If something is killing music it's something else. Like society imploding in general.

        Opinion: aisle seats are lame. Only thing lamer is a middle seat. I wanna lean against the fuselage while I sleep and to not be awoken by the old chap with the enlarged prostate. Since I'm a piss camel I'm not worried about getting out. But come time to leave the plane that isle asshole better be ready.

        Think it, be it.

        last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 13:27 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • G
          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          @mclaincausey:

          Opinion: aisle seats are lame. Only thing lamer is a middle seat. I wanna lean against the fuselage while I sleep and to not be awoken by the old chap with the enlarged prostate. Since I'm a piss camel I'm not worried about getting out. But come time to leave the plane that isle asshole better be ready.

          You must be my long lost twin.  I feckin hate aisle seats.  I can easily do a transatlantic flight with no piss.  I sit down, put my earphones in, have too much to drink and ignore everyone (including Paula)….The first time we flew long haul together she thought she had done something to piss me off, now she just takes the piss and tries to make me reluctantly interact with her and other human beings.....

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

          last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 13:36 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • G
            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            I feckin hate, really feckin hate Christy soles….

            I understand what they are good for, and if you need them for that, cool.  BUT why fuck up a perfectly good pair of boots by putting a Christy on when it is not needed......?

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

            last edited by 2 Jan 2014, 13:45 1 Feb 2014, 13:44 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • M
              Megatron1505
              見習いボス
              Joined: 10 Jul 2011

              I've been up and down with the Christy, I loved them, then hated them, and now I'm coming around again.

              Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

              last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 13:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • M
                mclaincausey
                見習いボス
                Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                Perhaps we are long lost twins, I'm completely with you here. I think I may have griped about them previously. Are they comfortable? Sure, in a way. I prefer a bit more firmness. But they look so trashy. They just ruin the look of anything above them.

                Think it, be it.

                last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 13:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • J
                  jdl1279
                  Joined: 3 Jan 2014

                  Kinda funny, I think Christy soles have a place, as do cap toes, but they are getting blown out by improper placement.

                  To this end, the Engineer is becoming one of my least favorite boot styles.

                  Bourbon: because living in Kentucky just makes you want to drink

                  last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 14:08 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • M
                    Megatron1505
                    見習いボス
                    Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                    I feel the same about service boots, fed up of seeing them.

                    I like some of the more vintage style engineer boots, weirdly I think they look better with a thicker sole. I really like Rafas but never saw the fuss about Road Champs at all.

                    Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

                    last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 14:14 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • M
                      mclaincausey
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                      Flat toe profile engineers are the best. The toe profile on davito's Viberg horse engineers are exactly how it should be done. I don't like the bulbous lasts, though I understand the necessity with steel toe versions.

                      Think it, be it.

                      last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 14:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • D
                        davito
                        Joined: 27 Oct 2011

                        😘  😉

                        Cheers,
                        David

                        last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 14:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • S
                          seawolf
                          Mod Squad
                          Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                          Well, those might be nice for you tiny-toed, or missing-toed folks, but my toes need room to breath and wiggle!

                          “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                          @zeebeeleather

                          last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 14:20 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • M
                            Megatron1505
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                            I've been tempted with a pair of Wesco Boss, but I'm sticking with Bounty Hunters as my favourite boot style.

                            Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

                            last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 14:22 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • D
                              davito
                              Joined: 27 Oct 2011

                              Flame me looool normal feet here hahaha  😛 😛 2030 last 😉

                              Cheers,
                              David

                              last edited by 2 Jan 2014, 14:26 1 Feb 2014, 14:24 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • S
                                seawolf
                                Mod Squad
                                Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                                Those are gorgeous!

                                “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                                @zeebeeleather

                                last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 14:31 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • J
                                  jdl1279
                                  Joined: 3 Jan 2014

                                  See, I think they are nice boots, particularly considering I love a pull on. However I have seen the style done to death, so I wouldn't get a pair. I like classic looks as much as everyone else, but you gotta have variants somewhere. It's like Meg with the service, burned out for me.

                                  Bourbon: because living in Kentucky just makes you want to drink

                                  last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 14:35 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • A
                                    apba1166
                                    Joined: 20 Dec 2010

                                    I'm ready. I'm even many rows up the plane already. If you have any kind of shoulders on you, and are flying on 2-4 hour hops, even coast to coast in US sometimes, the window seats on those smaller planes don't cut it. Your shoulder is hunched the whole flight, and if you are an old geezer like me, you go lame. Younger days, I didn't mind and agree there is more peace stuffed into the window. Weirdly, the middle seats are often the best. No shoulder cramp from the convex fuselage curve, no aisle walkers and carts knocking your other shoulder, and sometimes the seats, on certain planes, are outfitted to be at least an inch or more wider. Then again, I sometimes just suck it up and stand in the back of the plane til everyone's on and take the most open seat left…forward. The engine noise at the rear is brutal.
                                    @mclaincausey:

                                    Opinion: aisle seats are lame. Only thing lamer is a middle seat. I wanna lean against the fuselage while I sleep and to not be awoken by the old chap with the enlarged prostate. Since I'm a piss camel I'm not worried about getting out. But come time to leave the plane that isle asshole better be ready.

                                    last edited by 2 Jan 2014, 14:39 1 Feb 2014, 14:37 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • D
                                      davito
                                      Joined: 27 Oct 2011

                                      Thx seawolf 🙂 🙂

                                      Lets move to the other suspect  😉 😛

                                      Pic a while back not breaked in yet

                                      Smile

                                      Oh yes: i love engineer boots 🙂

                                      Cheers,
                                      David

                                      last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 14:39 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • J
                                        jdl1279
                                        Joined: 3 Jan 2014

                                        Flying, I just wanna drink and stare out the window. The experience isn't usually a great one for me, so just leave me the hell alone. Cass is scared to death of flying though, so thankfully this isn't a normal thing.

                                        Bourbon: because living in Kentucky just makes you want to drink

                                        last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 14:44 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • M
                                          Megatron1505
                                          見習いボス
                                          Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                                          I fucking love flying, solitude with booze and an entertainment screen is like my idea of heaven.

                                          Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

                                          last edited by 1 Feb 2014, 14:54 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          1224 out of 4099
                                          • First post
                                            1224/4099
                                            Last post
                                          Copyright Iron Heart 2022.