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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
I've noticed how people will form an opinion about an album when a) they've heard the album a maximum of one time before they formulate an opinion about it or b) take no notice of the album as anything spectacular until they've cottoned onto everyone else's opinions. My perception of a piece of music has been distorted so strongly before I listen to it that I can seldom tell whether I actually like it or not. ...
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so you've fallen for the critics reviews at some point yourself
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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
There are some people who do not try. There are some people who cast aspersions on an album before they actually listen to it. There are some people who actually herald albums as "the greatest album of all time" before they've heard a single fucking note of it. These...are hipsters. These are the people that take the sparse fecal droppings which fall from the flabby ass-cheeks of music critics as gold. These are the people that have subscriptions to NME, Pitchfork, Kerrang!, Sputnik, etc...and actually read them. Well, not read. But at least skim -- to find out which albums they should buy and which ones they should troll music forums about.
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in a forum like this
there are lots of people who are just looking to expand their musical horizons
they don't really know that much about all the genres and bands
but they want to join in so that they can become well-versed also
just like the posters here that they admire
btw, i've never heard of those publications
but that's exactly where i'd go if i wanted to understand the 'state-of-the-art'
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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
These people deserve to die. Well, not die. But sit in a cage for twenty-four hours a day listening to the trashy Streets album they bought thinking that the critics were right.
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losing the money on the crappy album isn't enough of a punishment?
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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
... But come those few hours a day in which they glory in the shit that's been casually dripping through their speakers, they are a different being entirely. And there's ways of telling:
...LIST...
Now, those might apply for situations in real life, but what's the best possible way of diagnosis via Last.FM? Specifically, these: a list of ten albums a hipster wouldn't get caught missing -- the ultimate hipster playlist, if you will. All in good time.
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you've just described my playlist i think
i try to listen to a bunch of different stuff from the various music mix threads
because i'm not exposed to any mainstream tunes
please
try not to be too hard on us newbies okay?
