Originally Posted by Seltzer

I know that. I just didn't notice how old the thread was. But technically you are jumping on me and using your words, "pwning the noob". A bit hypocritical, yes?


I wasn't criticising his musical taste. I was identifying a phenomenon that happens to many people and it has happened to me. This problem is where you're trying to get into metal, you've started with (and like) Metallica and it just seems as if no other metal bands are as good. It seems as if no other metal bands can write a song worth listening to. It seems as if none are as melodic as Metallica. I know, because it happened to me. Then I realised, it's because I need hooks shoved down my throat to like a song. Then my musical tastes expanded as my attention span for music and toleration grew. But even if I used to need those hooks and disliked other metal, it was always painfully obvious that those other metal bands were technically more skilled than Metallica, even if I thought their songwriting sucked. Hence, why I insulted him for calling metal unskilled. It's not a matter of opinion.


It's not a matter of him being good. It's a matter of him being "skilled". My opinion of him is irrelevant, because D1ckinson is skilled and that is fact. You may not like his voice, but technical skill in music is not debatable; whereas songwriting is. If I say Yngwie Malmsteen is unskilled, that is factually wrong.
But if I say I don't like him (which I don't), that is opinion. D1ckinson is definitely not unskilled.


Well, I've talked about opinion above and I'm not going to repeat it.
All you wanted to do was to feel cool and rightous by "pwning" the "forum noob". What goes around comes around.