My friend told me I should listen to the White Stripes' new album. So, I did. I didn't like it at all. He said, "You are crazy. It rules. You must not have very good taste."
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I pretty much looked at him and said, "No, I don't like it. I didn't say it was bad, just that I don't care for it."
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So, he says, "There are some bands you should force yourself to get used to. They produce good music whether you like it or not."
I'm a huge, huge Radiohead fan. I also listen to Blur, Sigur Ros, Spiritualized, Mogwai, Supergrass and alot of other "progressive-thinking-twenty-something" bands. For some reason alot of these new punk bands grate on my nerves. I do see the talent in the music, but I just don't like it. For some reason, I feel like a social outcast or something. Like, no matter what I should automatically be a Strokes/White Stripes/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Kills/Vines fan by default. Does anyone feel the same way? Like somehow we've been programmed to think that if our peers like this music, I should listen to it too? Like it us fucking Marijuana or something.
;)
Thats my rant for today.
You don't have to listen to anyone. I mean, the people, not the music. You must listen to the music everyone else does
everyones allowed for their own taste. you dont have to like anything.
Quote from: themodernage02you dont have to like anything.
Except, of course, for the mandatory 'cool' list, which includes many of the bands you already like, plus the White Stripes. Get with the program and join the cool masses before the current cool list is passe! :wink:
Does this mean it's okay that Mogwai's music bores me?
Well if it isn't, then you and I are in trouble
i think u should both make lists and sort out ur differences, and then make more lists. if everyone did this the world would be a better place.
that goes for trem and polka, as well as halo_on and his buddy. come together as one under the almighty list.
Quote from: halo_onFor some reason alot of these new punk bands grate on my nerves. I do see the talent in the music, but I just don't like it.
You're not alone. I like some of The Strokes and The White Stripes and The Vines... but it all seems, I dunno, so intentional. I like it in small doses.
You know what really bothers me? Sum 41.
i really dislike the Stripes's's' stuff. great new video, though. and they do have their whole colour scheme thing worked out pretty well.
Quote from: picolas.i really dislike the Stripes's's' stuff. great new video, though.
I loved the lego one, but I don't care much for the new one - makes me dizzy.
i've said it before and i'll say it again:
THE WHITE STRIPES SUCKS GOATSE ASS!!!
thank you now punish me.
Quote from: Pi think u should both make lists and sort out ur differences, and then make more lists. if everyone did this the world would be a better place.
that goes for trem and polka, as well as halo_on and his buddy. come together as one under the almighty list.
Bor
ing... Why make lists when you can make polls instead?
Bask in the nurturing warmth of the poll.....................
LIST VS. POLL 2003!!!
I'm gonna have to put my money on the POLL this year.
While you could technically LIST all the reasons one likes or doesn't like LISTS OR POLLS, you pretty much have to run a POLL to find out which one is prefered.
Hehe.
Besides "Fell In Love With A Girl", I don't much care for the White Stripes.
But I do LOVE the Vines. I didn't really know they were popular. I was just clicking on NME one day, and a buddy was with me, and we streamed 30 seconds of some new music. He went out to buy the album and recommended it to me. I didn't like at first, but after 3 listens (which is fairly mandatory for all the albums I like) I began to love them. I think it's a cool little rock album.
But as for the Stripes, I'll just go with what Noel Gallagher said: "...eh, get a bass player!"
LIST-EN UP POLL-PLE!
THE POLL-ICE ARE SURROUNDING THIS THREAD
RE-LIST-ANCE IS USLIST
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Quote from: halo_onMy friend told me I should listen to the White Stripes' new album. So, I did. I didn't like it at all. He said, "You are crazy. It rules. You must not have very good taste."
--
I pretty much looked at him and said, "No, I don't like it. I didn't say it was bad, just that I don't care for it."
--
So, he says, "There are some bands you should force yourself to get used to. They produce good music whether you like it or not."
I'm a huge, huge Radiohead fan. I also listen to Blur, Sigur Ros, Spiritualized, Mogwai, Supergrass and alot of other "progressive-thinking-twenty-something" bands. For some reason alot of these new punk bands grate on my nerves. I do see the talent in the music, but I just don't like it. For some reason, I feel like a social outcast or something. Like, no matter what I should automatically be a Strokes/White Stripes/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Kills/Vines fan by default. Does anyone feel the same way? Like somehow we've been programmed to think that if our peers like this music, I should listen to it too? Like it us fucking Marijuana or something.
;)
Thats my rant for today.
I personally prefer tight, succinct, melodic and propulsive POP stuff like White Stripes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, because it fits my ideal of what popular music should be a lot more closely than Radiohead and Spiritualized, et. al., not that some of those bands haven't done their share of good work.
I fucking hate bandwagons, though. The reason your friend gave, that you should "force yourself" to like some bands because their acclaim renders them unexceptionable, is ludicrous. I do think it's a good idea to be able to articulate why you do like something, if only to use the things you love as a catalyst to find out some things about yourself.