One of my dearest friends of all time informed me she will, in the near future, attend a Deftones concert with a gentleman who is a very big fan of theirs. I do not recall ever having heard a Deftones song, as they don't fall among my fave genres of music. I have never known my friend to be a fan of Deftones either. Thus I inquired about her motivation. She said "because my date has a ridiculous body that I want to eat things off of."
Since I have no visuals by which I may judge my take on her date's body, I am listening to several Deftones songs (spanning several years to gauge artistic growth), in order to determine how hot he must be. The logic being: the hotter his body, the more terrible music my friend would be willing to endure. Therefore, if a=b and b=a, the worse the music, the hotter his body.
Alright... here goes nothing.
Having listened to a song from 2005, two from 2006, and a few from 2010 (I think?).
I prefer the slower songs, on the whole. They are somewhat simplistic, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing in my opinion. Especially when so many songs of this genre tend to be really cogged up with so much shredding and drumming that I can't focus on any of the lyrics of the musicality of the singer's voice.
Speaking of the singer's voice, I can't say it's the most impressive voice I've ever heard, but it's still got several qualities I respect. Songs like Hole in the Earth, and Diamond Eyes, for example, show the quiet strength of Chino Moreno's voice. While I can give a nod to his ability to scream "cleanly," I most definitely prefer when he actually sings. There is a great deal of passion and intensity behind his voice, even when he isn't being loud. I can feel that he feels his music very deeply, and isn't faking it like some band fronters do.
I liked the song Be Quiet and Drive, for no good reason other than I found it kind of fun to listen to.
Okay, enough. I've made my determination.
Judging strictly by the music of Deftones, I'd say on a 1 - 10 scale of hottness (1 being sad-tastically uggo, and 10 being unfairly, obscenely, almost blindingly good looking)... my friend is attending the Deftones concert with a guy who's around an 8.95. Though I'm sure SHE'D put him at a solid 9.99. :-)
Guest Review By The Friend in Question:
ReplyDelete"Not being a fan of Deftones musical stylings AT ALL, I was pleasantly suprised by the concert experience. Their boundless energy was infectious among the fans, and the band's sound was actually album quality. With so much over-produced music dominating radio airwaves, that's no longer expected out of live performances. And unlike radio queen Katy Perry, lead singer Chino Moreno actually does have a great voice...he even sang a verse of "Firework" better than the "California Gurl" herself. I suspect he also spells better than her. This was the only part of the concert I schooled my date in, alerting him to the fact that Chino had chosen to sing part of a Hot 100 hit.
Aaaaand that brings me to my date himself. I'm sure the concert experience was exponentially enhanced by the fact that his manly Crossfit-enhanced arms were firmly encircled around my waist...I probably would have enjoyed a live performance by Perry, Taylor Swift or Britney Spears --who are all PHENOMAL outside of the studio."