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Originally Posted by countjackal
from what ive seen, everyones arguing about whos a good band or not. it's time like these when i just wish everyone would realise that most people have individual tastes. instead of arguing over whether u2 are pish, people should go do something productive. eat some sandwich or something.
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No, that's just STUPID in the context of this thread. This thread is about how lots of popular music is
bad. Ie, bad. Just plain bad.
It gets fame and publicity that it doesn't merit, while a lot of wonderful music that people who are willing to search for doesn't.
I mean, humndislocation obviously likes metal. I'm not a metal fan at all, but I can appreciate that there are great metal bands and poor metal bands. I'm sure open minded hardcore metal fans who only listen to metal can appreciate that there are great bands that I like that they wouldn't listen to, simply because they're not into them.
In an ideal world, music would be judged by the "masses" on its merits, but it doesn't get a chance because what the "masses" listen to is dictated my large companies that aren't willing to take risks. They know what sells now, so take that and have others on a payroll mimic it ad infinitum. If that's all it takes for something to be "big", then being "big" doesn't nessecarily make something good.
This isn't a "MY TASTE IS BETTER THAN YOUR TASTE" post, but it is relevant to the threat and subsequent discussion.
Word up dawg.