Neiloler wrote:Haha, well, there was this one kid who loved Pearl Jam. I wasn't big on their tunes, and if I ever mentioned that, he'd just go off on me or anyone else like we had tried to say with a straight face that eating dung was pleasureable without major mental problems. He was just amazing, one of the biggest tools I've ever met. I've since talked to him on facebook, debated on telling him he was, but figured if he hasn't figured it out, then he probably never will.
I thought it was sad, because since I've come to enjoy some of Pearl Jam's stuff, at least to the point where I'm at peace with the band and can more easily separate my dislike for fan boi from band's efforts as artists.
Profound.
And btw, to those of you who don't get why pop artists and rappers are so big (I think Kesha and Little Wayne were mentioned in here?), how don't you get it??? I mean think about it. Look at the audience. All they care about is what they perceive to be cool at the moment. It's marketed by record companies. It's presented in a pretty package. And most of all, the choruses are singable and memorable. All else matters not. Do you think that the majority of people who listen to those artists or the last passing fads took any time to learn the lyrics or find out what the song meanings were? Doubtful.
I knew a kid once. Devout religious type. He absolutely love A Perfect Circle. One day I explained to him that the majority of their songs are anti religion, christianity in specific. He was literally hurt. And he wanted to find a way to continue liking the music!
Mass appeal isn't about appeal at all. It's more like brainwashing. If you can get 10 people to like the chorus of one song, and they each talk about it to 10 more people, or other people see them enjoying it, it's instanly got appeal. It's called social proof. It doesn't have to be good, it just has to be PERCEIVED as good.
Anyway most of the artists that people on here enjoy are far to intellectual and or substantial to be understood and liked by the public..
/rant
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