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Old 04-06-2008, 05:25 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Oomph! View Post
If a band is too popular they are corporate sell outs, but if they aren't popular enough it seems they are losers, nobodies. Where is that perfect spot between them? Everyone wants thier band to be liked and heard, but no body wants thier band to be commercialized pop idols either (for the most part)
Perhaps in teenageland.
Somehow this post makes me think you judge the quality of music based on who listens to it rather than music itself. As Satch says, as long as they don't change their music to adapt to the market, they're "allowed" to get as popular as they can.
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