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Originally Posted by swimintheundertow
People like to fit in. Who wouda thunk it.
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I disagree, there are plenty of people who don't want to fit in, but somehow by doing that they fall into the group of people who don't want to fit in. I'm sure you have that at your school, in some form.
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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent
So... what exactly is the trend? His arguments are very vague and seem more like a bitter rant than anything really worth reading.
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The trends he mentions are the
1) Tastemaker trend
2) The Classic-Album-Performance Trend
3)The Reunion Trend
4) The Bjork trend (probably the strongest argument)
5) The Sneaker Trend
6) The Exercise Trend
7) The Comedians and Music Trend
If you want I can explain the trends, but I don't want to insult your intelligence and explain them.
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Originally Posted by DontRunMeOver
What I think is that it's trendy to write your opinions about music and the music scene in a music magazine and to complain about lack of originality while still buying the same louduptempoamplifiedguitar/bass/drums/vocalssunginEnglish music or softdowntempooneguysingingwhilestrumminganacoustic music despite the huge variety of music available with all sort of combinations of instruments, languages, speeds, dynamics and all other types of musical expression.
To make an analogy, it's easy to complain about the lack of variety of books which have been written if you only ever look at the same shelf in the same bookshop. Anybody who complains about a lack of original music is stupid, even if you insist on looking for originality within the straightjacket of any one narrow genre of guitar music there is still a lot to be had. And even if it isn't readily available in recorded form or at gigs (for polishing music for recording or performance can lose a lot of originality) then somebody who really cares could always rock up at practise and listen as a band is writing a new song and hear music in it's nascent, messiest form.
Generally, if you want something really original but also want it to come in your own preffered format (at a gig, on a stage, with guitars, drums and vocals, on at 10, off at 11) then there's a good chance you'll be let down.
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That's one of the most clever arguments i've heard for anything in a while.
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Originally Posted by jgd85
there is almost 7 billion people on the earth... we are all following some kind of trend whether we know it or not. the idea of originality being at an all time low seems like queer logic however. for starters there is A LOT MORE people now that there was 30, 60, or 100 years ago, so that alone makes it harder to be 'original'. as time passes people like to look back and say 'look at those people, they were original', but in reality they were probably following a trend and just happened to be remembered. besides nobody recognizes someone for being original until is is trendy enough to be noticed.
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I agree with what you say, but i'm wondering if it is necessary to be recognized? Why is there a human desire that they get a cookie for everything they do cleverly or uniquely?