Stupid Things Fake Music Lovers Say

**Frownland** · 03-21-2017, 02:16 PM

I remember saying that when I was a kid, which is weird because I exclusively listened to rock and metal (with clean vocals, like a ***got) at the time. Although maybe it's not that weird because I had approximately zero knowledge of punk or hardcore music at the time as well.

Zer0 · 03-21-2017, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Tristan Rosenstock

"Hey! Nice shirt! What's your favorite song by them?"

"Hmm? Oh, I'm just wearing this 'cause it looks cool"

I've never actually met anyone who wore a band t-shirt without being a fan of their music. Even though I'm very suspect about a lot of fashion-oriented people wearing Ramones and Rolling Stones shirts, they could own their entire discographies for all I know. I had a girlfriend once who used to wear a Metallica t-shirt despite only owning the Black Album and St. Anger. But at least she was a fan of them to some degree, and she didn't have much money to spend on CDs.

Trollheart · 03-21-2017, 02:19 PM

Name a cover version and then claim it's by that band, ie "Oh I love that Boyzone song "Father and son."
"That's a Cat Stevens song, you do know?"
"Cat who?"

The Batlord · 03-21-2017, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0

I've never actually met anyone who wore a band t-shirt without being a fan of their music. Even though I'm very suspect about a lot of fashion-oriented people wearing Ramones and Rolling Stones shirts, they could own their entire discographies for all I know. I had a girlfriend once who used to wear a Metallica t-shirt despite only owning the Black Album and St. Anger. But at least she was a fan of them to some degree, and she didn't have much money to spend on CDs.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I once bought a shirt at a show for an opening band whose set I missed and had never listened to previously. The shirt said "Fuck Cancer" so what was I supposed to do?

Afterward I ended up listening to them and not giving a ****. Still wore the shirt. More for the caption than the ****ty band though.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-21-2017, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

And hopefully you have since learned better.

Now that's what I call music

Also why do so many Metal bands have strange names?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_****

duga · 03-21-2017, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0

I've never actually met anyone who wore a band t-shirt without being a fan of their music. Even though I'm very suspect about a lot of fashion-oriented people wearing Ramones and Rolling Stones shirts, they could own their entire discographies for all I know. I had a girlfriend once who used to wear a Metallica t-shirt despite only owning the Black Album and St. Anger. But at least she was a fan of them to some degree, and she didn't have much money to spend on CDs.

At least she still had the sense to skip Load and Reload.

Edit: The biggest offender I've seen is the Joy Division Unknown Pleasures shirt. I know it looks cool..but damn, please at least know that it's album art and not just a cool shirt. I had a server once with the shirt and I complimented it and asked if she was a fan. Her response was "Oh, this is a band?". She didn't get 20% that night.

The Batlord · 03-21-2017, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

Now that's what I call music

Also why do so many Metal bands have strange names?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_****

Dizzee Rascal

Zer0 · 03-21-2017, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Afterward I ended up listening to them and not giving a ****. Still wore the shirt. More for the caption than the ****ty band though.

I meant in person

One of my friends back in school also wanted to get one of those explicit Cradle of Filth t-shirts despite not being a fan of the band. He never did though.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-21-2017, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Dizzee Rascal

Not that strange but a lot of the Grime artists have names where they spell stuff incorrectly which has always irritated me.

But the Metal guys go for shocking ones, names like The AIDS Riddled Thundercunts, Munching On Faeces or Prolapsed Anus.

The Batlord · 03-21-2017, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

Not that strange but a lot of the Grime artists have names where they spell stuff incorrectly which has always irritated me.

But the Metal guys go for shocking ones, names like The AIDS Riddled Thundercunts, Munching On Faeces or Prolapsed Anus.

Dizzee Rascal is retarded. Pretty much all the genres have ****ty naming conventions. I always wondered why punk bands wanted to follow garage rock down that same boring road of lame names.

03-21-2017, 02:16 PM	#31 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I remember saying that when I was a kid, which is weird because I exclusively listened to rock and metal (with clean vocals, like a **got) at the time. Although maybe it's not that weird because I had approximately zero knowledge of punk or hardcore music at the time as well. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Name a cover version and then claim it's by that band, ie "Oh I love that Boyzone song "Father and son." "That's a Cat Stevens song, you do know?" "Cat who?" __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018