Chula Vista

Are you thick as well as pretentious? WTF?

Random sampling of 10 artists in my current rotation:

Animals as Leaders
Pain as Salvation
Stravinsky
Jeff Buckley
Spock's Beard
Early Genesis
Zeppelin
Jing Chi
Katatonia
Max Webster

Try another approach dude.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Zyrada

Is it really not occurring to you that it might not exactly be endearing to someone to tell them that music they find emotionally stimulating and rewarding is worthless trash?

Like, you're not even restricting the commentary to the quality of the music itself. You're making a broad, snap judgment about people who, heaven forbid, associate with music you don't personally find substantial. If I said, for instance, that I thought iamamiwhoami's music was pretentious bullsh!t that uses visually glossy videos and obtuse riddles as a front to obscure its own musical hollowness, and that anyone who thought otherwise was deluded and up their own @ss, I can't imagine you'd have particularly warm feelings toward me.

You might say, "But that's such a direct and personal attack on my taste!"

Yes. Yes it is. I could have said my opinion (which, for the record, is not my own, I actually really like iamamiwhoami, but I was trying to make a point) about iamamiwhoami in a way that doesn't drag your own person into the foray.

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The Batlord

Goofle shall rain down hellfire on you for this.

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Mondo Bungle

Dude listens to post-rock, (one of) the most derivative genre there is.

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grtwhtgrvty

Broseph, never once was my commentary directed at you. It was more of a generalization. Stop getting offended. if you listen to a plethora of genres, I'm obviously not referencing you. I mean -- you're calling me thick, and yet you're the one misinterpreting everything I say and getting super offended when I'm clearly not even talking about you hunty.

iaamiwhoami is so amazing tho, right. N is one of my favorite songs as all time. I was reaaaaaally disappointed by Blue though. I wanted them to take more risks with that album. I found it visually and sonically, rather shallow (pun not intended).

And yes -- i probably would feel shafted by you. I didn't post this to seem endearing. The point of the thread was to post controversial opinions. Obviously my opinion is controversial. I wasn't sitting here thinking "Oh they are going to find my elitist point of view endearing." I was just trying to move the thread into a topic that was more... I don't know.. sane? I know I'm an elitist, pretentious ******* for thinking that, but I can't help what I think and at least I admit it. I don't know I think that's worth a lil somethin'.

I don't know I think there is a lot of innovation in the post rock genre, personally. But according to you, everything is derivative, so that's a contradiction because if every single piece of music and art is completely derivative, how can post rock be MORE derivative?

grtwhtgrvty

I'm ready and waiting. Lana Del Rey is a horrible person.

Mondo Bungle

Because 95% of it sounds exactly the same

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grtwhtgrvty

How does the silver Mt Sion sound like Explosions in the sky and how does Explosions in the sky sound like Swans?

Mondo Bungle

How does 95% = 100%?

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grtwhtgrvty

Okay but I just named the majority of post rock artists I listen to so how is your comment relevant