" that is how music should sound. "
thats quite the statement there, also quite an incorrect one as well. Music should not be compared like that, cause its all about preferences. For intances if u like RH and dislike say pop, ie britney, it is not justifiable to say that she sucks and think well everyone must think so or else they have not taste. In ur opinion she sucks for well various reasons, but that does not make her(hahahahah) music bad! Because to the pop-community(hahahaha) and by pop-standards(lololol) its is great. U have to judge music in there seperate generas, like if a metal head were to listen to say Garth Brooks(not a fan but possible the best country singer of this generation) he would say that GB sucked, which would be incorrect. Same goes for RH i personally dislike most of there work purely because i don't really like there newer sound(Amnesiac), simple preference. I loved Creep and other "older" tracks, but just simply lost interest with newer stuff.
I really hate people who simply hate one genera purely because it is in main stream-"pop" culture, they (there are exceptions, but majority) simply try to distinguish themselves by listening to something that does not appeal to the majority. Kinda like coloring your hair, piercings, cloths, etc. baisic accesories. Then when someone who say likes pop, openly admits it, they are somewhat ridiculed, for what? simply admitting to there preference in music, kinda fucked up IMO.
Listening to say RH dose not make anyone more"musically advanced" or opinionated (sp?) then someone listening to pop, its al about preferences. Similarily listening to say Slipnot or Tool does not make u a skater or hard core rock/metal individual. Only time i have found that i generally dislike individuals for say liking a particular band, is when an underground band becomes main stream and bam everyone loves them and bitches about them being the next big thing, even thought they were around for like 10yrs. Kinda like what happened with Tool, Slipnot and to a less degree Offspring. I see those people as simply posers with no taste and/or preferences of there own, so well i guess they can go to hell. And theres the Sell out bands, the main one in my mind would be The Offspring(personal preference, loved them but who gives a shit now). Back in the day these guys were pretty good, then IH came out, which seemed ok and all, but was rather a more watered down-alternative-pop-type sound, then Americana came out and fuck these guys turned into some of the biggest sell outs i've seen, kind was ashamed for actually liking there previous music. What pissed me off the most was that every 13yo was walking around listening to "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" and thinking there part of the hard-core Alternative scene, sure mtv and muchmusic started to air more of there(including older shit) vids but fuck i really can sit throught any Ameri-song with out getting upset at what happend. Oh well guess the coorperate machine will continue to destroy bands with reasonable(don't wanna gove too mush credit to OS) potential, changing there sound to whatever is the new fad/in-thing such as pop and hip-hop is right now.
Given enough time (within next few yrs) other generas of music will become main-stream, and well there will be 50 new "boy/girl-bands" coming out every week, and the posers will shift there musical preferences along with the transition. Only the true fans and well guess the confident individuals will remain true to there music and bands. I say confident because u have to be able to resist all the influx of media hyped-crap and fads being dished out at ya, as well as the pressure of your peers, by those i mean mainly posers who have conforimened(sp?) there musical preferences to what the media has offered.
I guess this type of senerio/reasoning works for other aspects of society besides music, so we will always have the weaker people submitting to the media outlets and those who have established a true personall identity which would prevent someone form dilibrately(sp?) challenging and altering there tastes and preferences.
"SonnyBlack" sorry bout the long response, it wasn't directed at you, especially any negativity which might be present. I just used the oppurtunity to throw down a few thoughts.
Also sorry (for anyone who actually read the post) for the spelling mistakes, as, well i suck at grammer(more of a sci-report person, so less grammer to worry bout). I know some ideas might be flawed and open to debate, this is just my opinion and i (like most) add and take out certain aspects form it with every new experinece and revelation in my life.
-------------------- "There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge."
Bertrand Russell
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