If ALL you like is pre-packaged, top 40 music, then yes, I could see some relevance in your words, but that's not me.
You seem to be so caught up in your anti-corporate, avant-garde lifestyle (wait, scratch the anti-coroporate part, I thought I read you carried a Banana Republic bag) that you can't see things as they really are, but how you assume them to be.
So the bands you actually do respect and admire, they are original? Do you decide this? Are you the Music Guru, because I truly apologize, I was not aware of your title. Seriously, how far do you have to go back to find truly original music? Should we all be listening to Gregorian chant or South African drum beats? People feed off of other people. Hopefully, they take someone else's idea so far, that it becomes their own, it becomes more original than stolen. Everyone is influenced. Everyone. No matter what time period. It's evolution. And though I do agree, the rip-offs are getting quite blatant and no one seems to struggle too much with that bitch-whore creativity anymore, I don't think it's fair to write off a band entirely just because they remind you of another band. Give them some time, if they're good enough, creative enough, they'll figure it out and stick around. If not, so long. Doesn't mean I can't enjoy a catchy tune or a nice hook every once and awhile. Quit moralizing so damn much and just enjoy your fucking music. Which, by the way, isn't for everyone.
Incidentally, The White Stripes have been together since 1997. No, that's not old by any means, but as I enjoy their previous non-"breakout" albums more, I think it makes them a little more legitimate.
The Strokes, 4 car garage band. Daddy's rich. Big fucking deal, they're fun and I like that album. Didn't buy it, downloaded it, but I like it.
The Vines. They're good. Why don't you listen to them before you write them off. If you have and all you can hear is "rip-off" then fine. But christ, don't be so quick to dismiss.
The bottom line is, every band has their purpose. Whether that be pure entertainment, revolution, or surgary tripe to soothe the kiddie's sweettooth, it doesn't matter. Like what you like, but don't think that what you like is the best and only choice. If you only like or respect bands that YOU feel are revolutionary, fine. But don't belittle someone for being able to like a wide variety of bands, no matter where they came from.
Now, having said that....I don't agree with what some companies are doing by throwing a band together, a product, before even having the members. But you know what? What if they're good? *gasp* NO! They can't be! They're pre-fab! That's preposterous. And what if they're not, big fucking deal. Don't buy it. They're make some bucks of less discerning people and that'll be that. (contradictory, maybe, but whatever) So corporations learned how to play into the "cool culture" more efficiently. I see it, you see it, don't worry about everyone else. The whole world isn't going to suddenly start liking whatever Sony feeds them. Let the masses have their mass-marketed music. Doesn't mean some of us can't enjoy both.
I know a band or two that have been working hard on making it for years now. And though you don't agree on one of these bands, they are good. They are solid, they are performers, they are dedicated, and they make good music. Why SHOULDN'T they be given a contract? Why shouldn't they be respected? If they got a company behind them, pushed them into the spotlight, would that make them LESS of a band? Did they not pay their dues enough? Would you respect them less if they had help, even though when they started out, they were working hard. Does making popular music make you less of a musician?
So go ahead and buy your music to try and fool the corporations. You're not a sell-out, noooooo. You are a beautiful and unique snowflake, just like the rest of us.
I'm sure none of that even made sense. I'm feeling rather disjointed today
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Date: 2002-08-15 05:09 pm (UTC)You seem to be so caught up in your anti-corporate, avant-garde lifestyle (wait, scratch the anti-coroporate part, I thought I read you carried a Banana Republic bag) that you can't see things as they really are, but how you assume them to be.
So the bands you actually do respect and admire, they are original? Do you decide this? Are you the Music Guru, because I truly apologize, I was not aware of your title. Seriously, how far do you have to go back to find truly original music? Should we all be listening to Gregorian chant or South African drum beats? People feed off of other people. Hopefully, they take someone else's idea so far, that it becomes their own, it becomes more original than stolen. Everyone is influenced. Everyone. No matter what time period. It's evolution. And though I do agree, the rip-offs are getting quite blatant and no one seems to struggle too much with that bitch-whore creativity anymore, I don't think it's fair to write off a band entirely just because they remind you of another band. Give them some time, if they're good enough, creative enough, they'll figure it out and stick around. If not, so long. Doesn't mean I can't enjoy a catchy tune or a nice hook every once and awhile. Quit moralizing so damn much and just enjoy your fucking music. Which, by the way, isn't for everyone.
Incidentally, The White Stripes have been together since 1997. No, that's not old by any means, but as I enjoy their previous non-"breakout" albums more, I think it makes them a little more legitimate.
The Strokes, 4 car garage band. Daddy's rich. Big fucking deal, they're fun and I like that album. Didn't buy it, downloaded it, but I like it.
The Vines. They're good. Why don't you listen to them before you write them off. If you have and all you can hear is "rip-off" then fine. But christ, don't be so quick to dismiss.
The bottom line is, every band has their purpose.
Whether that be pure entertainment, revolution, or surgary tripe to soothe the kiddie's sweettooth, it doesn't matter. Like what you like, but don't think that what you like is the best and only choice. If you only like or respect bands that YOU feel are revolutionary, fine. But don't belittle someone for being able to like a wide variety of bands, no matter where they came from.
Now, having said that....I don't agree with what some companies are doing by throwing a band together, a product, before even having the members. But you know what? What if they're good? *gasp* NO! They can't be! They're pre-fab! That's preposterous. And what if they're not, big fucking deal. Don't buy it. They're make some bucks of less discerning people and that'll be that. (contradictory, maybe, but whatever)
So corporations learned how to play into the "cool culture" more efficiently. I see it, you see it, don't worry about everyone else. The whole world isn't going to suddenly start liking whatever Sony feeds them. Let the masses have their mass-marketed music. Doesn't mean some of us can't enjoy both.
I know a band or two that have been working hard on making it for years now. And though you don't agree on one of these bands, they are good. They are solid, they are performers, they are dedicated, and they make good music. Why SHOULDN'T they be given a contract? Why shouldn't they be respected? If they got a company behind them, pushed them into the spotlight, would that make them LESS of a band? Did they not pay their dues enough? Would you respect them less if they had help, even though when they started out, they were working hard. Does making popular music make you less of a musician?
So go ahead and buy your music to try and fool the corporations. You're not a sell-out, noooooo. You are a beautiful and unique snowflake, just like the rest of us.
I'm sure none of that even made sense. I'm feeling rather disjointed today