I like to talk about music, but like Our Lady I often get the impression that the posters on here don't like the same music as me. The overall feel seems a bit indie, by which I mean lots of small bands or artists that while probably very good, can be a bit disorienting for people that have no idea who they are. Granted though, I have found some real gems in some random posts, like Broken Social Scene, Sufjan Stevens and Deathcab for Cutie.
But there don't seem to be that many people who talk about the bands I really like (yes, I should start threads on them...) like Million Dead, Oceansize, Biffy Clyro, Aereogramme. I suppose I'm just a bit of an emo-kid at heart, and this place seems to have more indiepop kids than us backpack wearing crybabies. Yes, I know this is probably a generalisation, there a quite a few noisefiends here too, although their choice bands are all too small (and most likely brilliant) to be found on bittorrent or in hmv.
Other, non emo bands I like, like the Mars Volta or Tool seem to be conspicuous in the fact that everyone seems to hate them, and I have no interest in posting in a thread just to defend a band (although I probably will, one of these days).
I also really really hate some bands, and sometimes feel like venting, but choose not to, as not only is it a futile activity, but because every band I hate, someone else really loves, and I don't like it when people rag on my tastes so why do it to them? Anything I have to say about the Black eyed peas or Pete Doherty are going to mean fuck all to a fan, apart marking me as someone to avoid, so why bother?
Another thing I don't like to do is comment on a genre/artist I'm not too familiar with, or that's from a completely alien subculture to mine. I'd agree with what Ganesh said about music's tribalism, and I often find that making judgements about another's 'tribe' is mostly redundant (other than to expose my embarassing lack of knowledge of say, dance music or hip hop).
Anyway, that's why I don't post in here too much. |
