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Does anyone else feel like they are constantly out of the music loop?
K7 Avenger
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I like to think that I listen to a lot of music and have a wide range of interests and favorites spread across a lot of genres. I listen to more than just public FM radio, including Pandora, XM and Last.fm
Yet anytime anyone engages me in music discourse, I have no fucking idea what they are talking about. I like grunge/alternative. But whoever I talk to will inevitably name a ton of bands I have never heard of, including the respective names of every single member/past members of said bands and there life stories and how it contributed to their music. They know why the album art was chosen. They know the band members favorite shoes.
How the fuck do you all keep up? I'm not looking to become some sage, knowing all and showing off, but I just feel like an idiot every time someone starts to talk about music. Who else feels the same?
Yet anytime anyone engages me in music discourse, I have no fucking idea what they are talking about. I like grunge/alternative. But whoever I talk to will inevitably name a ton of bands I have never heard of, including the respective names of every single member/past members of said bands and there life stories and how it contributed to their music. They know why the album art was chosen. They know the band members favorite shoes.
How the fuck do you all keep up? I'm not looking to become some sage, knowing all and showing off, but I just feel like an idiot every time someone starts to talk about music. Who else feels the same?
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I'm this way with movies but know very little about music comparatively.
I made a TD for iphone and windows phone!
there is so much music being made and produced every second that it's impossible to keep track of it all
also I get to read CMJ for the same reason
But those loops are gay
I, however, am definitely out of the 'music loop' since I don't listen to any radio or watch muchmusic or shit like that.
fruity loops
I am not saying that all new music is bad, just a lot of it is.
Was there ever a point in time where this wasn't the case? I don't get why people always act like this is some new discovery.
Rose colored glasses have an auto-delete function.
And this my loop:
the arcade fire is pretty good
i used to respect you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McAeQiLmEYU
I am not saying to buy an album by every band that is recommended to you but to automatically shoot down anyone who talks about music sounds like a pretty good way to be a closed-minded prick for your entire life
ok, but the dipshit running around with the snare needs to go.
no you're so dumb
the dumbest
one guy i met argued that Arcade Fire was the most important band of this decade.
Really, though, there's not that much to go up against.
If you lower the bar enough, right?