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i think you are misunderstanding the people in that thread
they genuinely like BNL; they just aren't sure why, or are unable to express it
when it comes to music, people often like what is familiar and comfortable (me included); some people like challenge, novelty, etc. it's like any art appreciation.
BNL is like any kind of pop music, it's familiar, comfortable, predictable for many people, and that's good for them. they enjoy it. it affirms them.
i don't like some bands that do weird rhythms because i can't get into a listening groove and internalize the rhythm. they're interesting and talented but i have zero interest in a song that doesn't have nice even rhythms. basically if i can't even attempt to dance to it i have little interest.
comparing that to the way i approach literature, i feel my musical taste is undeveloped or immature, but that's okay. those words have negative connotations but they shouldn't necessarily. not everyone can appreciate every art on every level. it would be exhausting.
I hate even the idea that if a certain genre of music is appreciated by a snootier brand of person, than those who don't enjoy it should feel that they just must not be high-up enough to understand it. Their tastes aren't mature.
Awesome.
i don't want to be like him as a person (although i wish my last name was Magnum. Travis Magnum is a detective name if i ever fucking heard one).
i love his lyrics, voice, and instrumentation. apparently he performed a lot of venues without even using a mic because he had such mighty pipes. i wish i could sing like that. fuck i wish i could.
but yeah the dude is a bit messed up, or at least fragile. he's a melancholy poet kind of dude in the classic, stereotypical sense.
I think you've pretty much got it. And you're absolutely right, nobody can have fully developed taste in every arena of expression; it would take more time than there is in a day. And people don't deserve to be aggroed on because they like something safe and familiar - on the other hand, what I do hate is the reflexive hostility on the part of many people at the mere notion that it's possible to think about these things more deeply than "I like" or "I don't like".
Actual Play: Mage: the Awakening - At the Edge of All Things
Anyway EM I like your voice better than his so take that
I disagree. For example, people often identify themselves by the things that they like, by the things which speak to them. What music would I pick to identify myself? My current self? Probably Brian Eno's Another Green World, David Bowie's Low, Smashing Pumpkin's Adore, Bill Evan's performance in Blue and Green, the moment after the pickup in Beethoven's Der Grosse Fugue. Do I have actual reasons for liking them? If you would like to get into a discussion of rationality, I can do that, but lets assume that I do -- that my liking this music, it's speaking-to-me, is a transcending element which binds fast my multiple selves.
Now try and do the same for BNL. I refuse to believe that someone could actually turn in upon their existence and say "well shit, yeah, BNL!" It has simply not been my experience in life. People live their lives in their interpellated egos and interpolate their existence in the gaps between what they suppose is true.
This reflects my thoughts quite well.
Is it not possible to just like crappy music in the same way that I like to read crappy fiction and watch crappy telly? No deeper meaning other than "I quite like it"?
I like BNL more
I'm not understanding the thrust of this.
"These popular artists have work that speaks to me and how I identify myself. However these other artists- ones who don't speak to my identity, well, they can't speak to ANYONE. I refuse to believe it".
Do you not realize what you're talking to?
Drunks Against Mad Mothers
No he basically said people's opinions are not their opinions because they're too dumb to form them on their own.
So it's his job to tell people what they're really thinking
that's different from telling someone their opinion is objectively bad
hey dudes
What's crackin
Actually, I'm not. For instance, I love the song "Spin me Round." I have two different versions of it on vinyl -- the single and the murder mix, to be specific. Do I find a deeper meaning in being spun round? Fuck no! It's a stupid pop song. If someone were to say "I fucking hate that song" my response would be "oh I can totally understand that."
If someone were to say that about Miles Davis' solo on Blue in Green, I would seriously ask their opinions why, because I would try and show them a way to appreciate to enhance their life.
what Adore is fantastic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOJe8MrN_ZE
Oh boy! I hope you put down reservations for your bathroom.
That, and the sort of gross assumption about what people believe or find meaning in.
Podly, that idea is the kind of stereotype you'd see played out on modern SNL.
No way man Adore is the best. MatIS has more amazing songs, but Adore is a more brilliant -- in the sense of shining -- album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5uXFt_PGYU
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most people can't turn in on their existence and say anything, let alone pick music to express it. i think doing so is over simple and facile, whether it's BNL or Beethoven. The moment after the pickup in Der Grosse Fugue, what does it evoke? Your entire self? One aspect of one self? One moment of authenticity and genuine self-understanding? Why can't a person find that same thing in BNL, or Hot in Hurr, or Banana Phone?
More to the point, why aren't people allowed to like music that is shallow and sounds nice?
Why? Because it's "not nice" to suggest it? Why is that your biggest metric? Is being inoffensive the most important thing in the whole world?
Besides - it is really more of a practical, pragmatic observation. People who get really into film or books or music tend to cluster around certain things. Individual tastes will vary, but averaged out among a large group of similar people, you're going to have a lot of film buffs who, for instance, love The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and not very many who are all about Sorority Boys.
There are certain things that to enjoy you need more of a background in that medium. Not everything is equally accessible to everyone. Why on earth should it be? What would be the point of that?
Actual Play: Mage: the Awakening - At the Edge of All Things
If they get so outraged and yet can't say why, probably.
They're allowed to, it just makes them beneath him.
Drunks Against Mad Mothers