Unpopular Music Opinions

jadis · 07-12-2021, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

the most fascinating poster we've ever had here.

I've been here for one month and obv don't know anything, but hear me out...

How about "Indrid Cold"? They created two threads, one about "The Occult Bach" and the other one about the woke "punk band" comprised of 10-year-old girls, peppered with remarks like "all shall be revealed in due course" and "I am forbidden to post clips."

There's probably a white rabbit somewhere in there that we're meant to follow - which most likely leads to some autistic ankle monitor case, but is it any less fascinating for that??

**Marie Monday** · 07-13-2021, 01:50 AM

Good one. Also Nea has one of the most fascinating, unexpected combinations of tastes, beliefs and opinions.

jadis · 07-13-2021, 03:23 AM

Who's Nea?

**Marie Monday** · 07-13-2021, 06:34 AM

Neapolitan. He's great but mysterious

The Batlord · 07-13-2021, 06:46 AM

Does he wear magic Mormon underwear? Who knows.

Anteater · 07-13-2021, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Neapolitan. He's great but mysterious

Mystery Men was a good movie.

TheBig3 · 07-13-2021, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

you should listen to more music then

I use to consume a gross amount of music. But I realized trying to find new stuff, listening to the most cutting edge **** - it was a lot of effort for not a lot of payoff. I like what I like, I poke around music sites/creators/whatever enough to find new stuff.

But also, sometimes I feel like the "You just wouldn't understand it" crowd doesn't realize how weird and useless their group is. E.g. I was listening to some YouTube video the other day about "Whatever happened to MGMT" and the gist was, that big album from 2008 was them "making fun of pop songs" and now they make albums full of the music they like.

I'm sure there's a handful of music critics/snobs jerking off to it, saying "This sounds like the best combination of Spaceman 3 and Kraftwerk since [Insert some other art school reject here]" but no one gives a ****. They get to be grown-ups dressing like theater kids and having their own conversations and their own inside jokes that the rest of the world doesn't want to be in on. The rest of us don't need whatever currency they value.

**Marie Monday** · 07-13-2021, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

I use to consume a gross amount of music. But I realized trying to find new stuff, listening to the most cutting edge **** - it was a lot of effort for not a lot of payoff. I like what I like, I poke around music sites/creators/whatever enough to find new stuff.

But also, sometimes I feel like the "You just wouldn't understand it" crowd doesn't realize how weird and useless their group is. E.g. I was listening to some YouTube video the other day about "Whatever happened to MGMT" and the gist was, that big album from 2008 was them "making fun of pop songs" and now they make albums full of the music they like.

I'm sure there's a handful of music critics/snobs jerking off to it, saying "This sounds like the best combination of Spaceman 3 and Kraftwerk since [Insert some other art school reject here]" but no one gives a ****. They get to be grown-ups dressing like theater kids and having their own conversations and their own inside jokes that the rest of the world doesn't want to be in on. The rest of us don't need whatever currency they value.

You assume that these fringe tastes relate to what other people think. My music taste is fringe compared to the average person, and if I cared about other people's opinions on it, my taste wouldn't be what it is. Because I am only too aware of what you're describing here, and it's not fun. Sure, the 'you wouldn't get it' attitude is a pointless gloat, but in my experience, people misinterpret many attitudes as something similar which are really an attempt at defending your own taste, because at best people are indifferent, but at worst they act hostile about 'weird' music. And being among other people with fringe tastes can be a relief, like this forum

Also, talking about usefulness in music or any other kind of art is not an approach I'm down with

jadis · 07-13-2021, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

You assume that these fringe tastes relate to what other people think. My music taste is fringe compared to the average person, and if I cared about other people's opinions on it, my taste wouldn't be what it is. Because I am only too aware of what you're describing here, and it's not fun. Sure, the 'you wouldn't get it' attitude is a pointless gloat, but in my experience, people misinterpret many attitudes as something similar which are really an attempt at defending your own taste, because at best people are indifferent, but at worst they act hostile about 'weird' music. And being among other people with fringe tastes can be a relief, like this forum

Also, talking about usefulness in music or any other kind of art is not an approach I'm down with

What are you even talking about? I have no time for this hipster bs, missy. I'm just a Boston guy, from Boston, where we do Boston things. If you want to be a pretentious hipster and bring up stuff that has no direct bearing on my life in Boston, you should know that in Boston we don't take kindly to these types. What we like is being normal, doing regular Boston things.

Plankton · 07-13-2021, 12:03 PM

A book is weird and useless to someone who doesn't know how to read... and apparently, computers are weird and useless to Monkeys:

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jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,232	Who's Nea?