Not pointing fingers at anyone. I understand it all comes down to taste but liking Dinosaur Jr. over Jimi is kind of baffling. Though that could be my inner musician wanting to vote for the more technical choice.

Forget this "going against the norm" garbage.

Some people like Dinosaur Jr more than Jimi Hendrix. Get over it.

So I made a post that said something like "I don't know why people leave forums" in the Announcements forum - this is one of those reasons that I had previously unforseen.

And again, this does say the BEST BAND poll... not the, oh I know that this band's the best, but I'm going to go ahead and pick this guy instead poll did I miss something?

Stop being such a ****ing stupid fanboy.

Because people argue the validity of a preference or other stupid shit.

I guess you missed the part where ethan said pick your five favorite bands and I'll make a list and all the polls he made said pick your favorite.

i personally think its a very weak poll (even though i was heavily involved in choosing the polls!).

So you ran out of intelligent things to say and took it to a personal level? You obviously have no fvcking idea who you are talking to - you don't know me, I can't remember the last time I sat down and listened to Jimi Hendrix - I don't even have more than 10 songs of his in my digital collection. As a matter of fact - I have more Dinosaur Jr. But Hendrix is motherfvcking hands down better than Dinosaur Jr. So why don't you stop being the stupid fanboy. Goddamned c0ckgobbler.

I had forgotten that these polls were spawned out of this, yes. The titles should be changed to Favorite Band, then. Otherwise most of these polls are blasphemous musically :P.

What objectively defines an artist to be "hands down better" than anyone else?

As far as I'm aware, music is totally subjective, so which band is better than another is entirely down to each individual listener. But here you are, acting as though Hendrix is the only applicable option. Why? Why should someone who enjoys listening to Dinosaur Jr vote for Hendrix just because he's a big name musician and just because he's technically gifted? It's about the emotion, the songs, not technical prowess or influence or any other crap. If you think it's musically blasphemous to vote for any of those bands over Hendrix, then try and be more open-minded and objective and realize that some people prefer the MUSIC to the big name or "correct choice".

Dj

It says The Best. Let me use the convention of a dictionary definition to reiterate my concern with that title.

1. of the highest quality, excellence, or standing

Of this list, I believe Hendrix is the most applicable in terms of "The Best".

Now that I am reminded that these polls were spawned from a "favorite" band thread, then I'm not going to question this openly as I have in this thread - I have held back in other threads, but I have found this to be pretty ridiculous in regards to the aforementioned complaint.