Style this, style that... Image this, image that.. U guys tired of bands who´s trying to have an image?
I guess I´m tired of people complaining about what other people do. You don´t like it, don´t listen, simple as that.
You think a band is ugly as... Just listen to the music then, don´t watch videos. A band suck live, listen to the record. A band good live but not on record, go to the concert. To some degree I understand that music is feelings sort of and that you connect certain impressions or moments to certain songs in your life and that a bad live performance could ruin it a little. But in general I do not get people who start dislikes something they liked.
If a band has a good/great/ok song the song doesn´t become bad just because the band goes all Nazist/Rasist/emo/pop/grandmas favourites or whatever you may dislike. It might be a reason not to support the band like buying their things, going to concerts but does it make the song worse..? Could be if "the bad stuff" is really emotionally connected to you somehow. Dissing family somehow perhaps. But if it has to do with stuff like trying to look good, in fashion or just because general public likes it, that is a really silly reason to start disliking something. Music is the same.
Imagine a blind guy digging a record in the store "Hey, I like this. How much for the the cd? (10 dollars) Oh yeah, I can afford that.. How do the band look? (black hair calmed to the side) AHhh, crap... can´t buy this."If I had a band and I was alone in charge of the music. We would probably change music style more often then on every record. I would probably change it from every track. Or on every track.
And now that I´m writing down some thoughts... I think the critics about bands selling out is a bit too rough sometimes. I´ve preformed before a couple of years ago when I was playing seriously and didn´t have my arm injury. And everything was fun to play live, jazz, pop, rock, metal.. Most fun for me was metal and it was not because it´s the most fun music to play. Actually it was a pain in the ass because songs were fast as hell and lack of rehearsals. one timed preformed same night as getting asked about the show without playing for 6 months. The reason it was most fun playing live because the audience liked it and there is people headbanging, going nuts. So if they fill shows, puts on a good show I totally understand people wanting to play music a lot of people like.
So bands want to make money, that´s fine. I go to a stupid boring job for less money, only for the money. And I know many people who does.
And I don´t think they make music they think suck. (of course bandmembers might have disagreements).
Not saying that you guys with statements and opinions different then what I just wrote are wrong or anything. It´s just my generall overall impression by reading forums and speaking with people.
Just a little anekdote... I´ve have been getting some records for my little sister. Mixed cd´s and such. And she´s only 9 years old. As I have understood kids nowadays follow a sort of trend. Now the newest idol-winner is the coolest, it´s good, listen to it. And then in a couple of months it´s bad. Nothing against the kids, they are like that.
But I don´t remember it being anything like that when I was young. In the Eurodisco time. I didn´t know anything about "new" songs when going to the store and listened thru a lot of records until I bought someone I liked.
I still like almost everything I listened too 15-20 years ago. Bassdrums lacking bass though.
I feel that development really disturbing. All the pressure on kids to be in a certain way. Yuck.. Kind of reminds me of the southpark episode "Stupid spoiled Wh*** " They kick ass
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This post has been edited by Mackietao: Feb 4 2008, 09:14 AM
