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I find electronic sets or shows where the bands play shit other than a carbon copy of their CD to be FAR more interesting than some hipster indie band.  Today, some kid showed me this CD by the Horrors and they seemed pretty good--I guess.  Just couldn't get into em.  I was like when does the interesting part start?  Intriguingly, they have a very high ratio of likes / dislikes on youtube which makes me think perhaps maybe I'm off based here.  Of course I am free to like what I want; however, I still ponder to what extent the music I listen to closes doors to other musical avenues   Especially where aesthetic taste is pretty much impossible to quantify, how does one know if they are going up or down?  Thoughts?

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I feel what your saying. Don't worry about what the majority consider good though, too many people just don't really GET music. Not that it's their fault or anything; we're fed crap music from the second our parents turn on the car radio as a baby, from the minute we watch our first music video program or the moment we learn what music our peers approve of. We are sold music as an image, just like most things in our society today. I say fuck that. I'm going to listen to what I enjoy, what really gets me going and what really makes my brain work overtime.

I like your comparison of electronic music to indie music too lol. That said, all genres have their gems, you gotta remember that. Indie is a current fad so I wouldn't even bother searching through all the trash out there to find a good indie band. All I'm saying is there's so real fucking interesting music out there that's not electronic. Most of the music I listen to that's from the last decade or so is either electronic or jazz though coz a lot of genres are just full of shit atm.

Also like the guy above said  - The Mars Volta are alright... I don't personally listen to em though, I over did it with them a few years back.

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birdland said:

I feel what your saying. Don't worry about what the majority consider good though, too many people just don't really GET music. Not that it's their fault or anything; we're fed crap music from the second our parents turn on the car radio as a baby, from the minute we watch our first music video program or the moment we learn what music our peers approve of. We are sold music as an image, just like most things in our society today. I say fuck that. I'm going to listen to what I enjoy, what really gets me going and what really makes my brain work overtime.

I like your comparison of electronic music to indie music too lol. That said, all genres have their gems, you gotta remember that. Indie is a current fad so I wouldn't even bother searching through all the trash out there to find a good indie band. All I'm saying is there's so real fucking interesting music out there that's not electronic. Most of the music I listen to that's from the last decade or so is either electronic or jazz though coz a lot of genres are just full of shit atm.

Also like the guy above said  - The Mars Volta are alright... I don't personally listen to em though, I over did it with them a few years back.

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Well said; I completely agree with you.  Reminds me of a buddy's obsession with gangster rap.  He adamantly refused to listen to anything else and based this refusal on his hope that listening to the music over and over would make him rich and powerful.    I'll have to check out this Mars Volta.  I keep hearing things about them on these boards.

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airclay said:
fuckin jam bands are the equivalent of watching a sports team practice. It's cool it shows you're a real fan, there's nothing wrong with it, but everybody knows the real games are where it's at.

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I feel what your saying. Don't worry about what the majority consider good though, too many people just don't really GET music. Not that it's their fault or anything; we're fed crap music from the second our parents turn on the car radio as a baby, from the minute we watch our first music video program or the moment we learn what music our peers approve of. We are sold music as an image, just like most things in our society today. I say fuck that. I'm going to listen to what I enjoy, what really gets me going and what really makes my brain work overtime.

I like your comparison of electronic music to indie music too lol. That said, all genres have their gems, you gotta remember that. Indie is a current fad so I wouldn't even bother searching through all the trash out there to find a good indie band. All I'm saying is there's so real fucking interesting music out there that's not electronic. Most of the music I listen to that's from the last decade or so is either electronic or jazz though coz a lot of genres are just full of shit atm.

Also like the guy above said  - The Mars Volta are alright... I don't personally listen to em though, I over did it with them a few years back.

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Well said; I completely agree with you.  Reminds me of a buddy's obsession with gangster rap.  He adamantly refused to listen to anything else and based this refusal on his hope that listening to the music over and over would make him rich and powerful.    I'll have to check out this Mars Volta.  I keep hearing things about them on these boards.

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fuckin jam bands are the equivalent of watching a sports team practice. It's cool it shows you're a real fan, there's nothing wrong with it, but everybody knows the real games are where it's at.

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I wouldn't expect someone 10 years late on mars volta to understand my analogy. Nor would I trust their musical opinions. Do yourself a favor, skip mars volta and jam some at the drive in.

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Do yourself a favor, skip mars volta and jam some at the drive in.

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That's like telling an 8th grader, "Do yourself a favor, skip high school and go back to 5th grade."  Yeah, At the Drive-in are great but TMV are much greater in just about every way, or at least aren't something that should be skipped in favor of the members' earlier band.

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Viveka said:
Who the fuck is ben cook and why should anyone care that he thinks that "most people are fucking clueless sometimes when it comes to music"?  I think that too but I wouldn't quote myself on it in a discussion as if that somehow lent my argument more validity.

Woah man, ATDI was so much more raw and young party guys, yeah, because raw young party guys make better music than older guys right?  You must think punk rock is like, the best music ever man, it's like so much raw-er than that old guy music.  Fuck sakes, TMV takes 1,000x more risks than their younger raw party guy counterparts could have dreamed of doing.

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goodhuck said:
i'm with you bro! that is if you're watching some run of the mill bunch of "there's jes sumpthin' missin'" band. lol. which is easily upper 80th..ow there goes my trick knee! i mean upper 99th percentile.

see this frisbee? it's mine now! get off my stage!

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"I don't want to be, "why is everyone so stupid?" But it's hard not to think like that. I just try and ignore the fact that most people are fucking clueless sometimes when it comes to music." - ben cook

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