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Originally Posted by Mirrorball95
I dont get your comment about grammar teacher. When I was in English I never heard anything about music let alone anything about The Beatles or their lyrics. So you suspect that I either cant read/write/understand music because I simply do not like your two godlike geniuses. They are only two bands out of all the bands that have ever been, day after day i find great band s with great lyrics and excellent music who have been overlooked.
So please dont resort to talking rubbish. As for Nirvana I like two tracks 'About A Girl' & 'Something In The Way' but they are no where near(IMO) the best grunge band, they were simply the most commercially successful/most popular/most hyped/most talked about. Doesnt necessarily make them the best by any means. People seem to live their lives by the media and album sales instead of forming their own opinions on what they like and making their own minds up.
For instance I had never heard of The Beatles/didnt know of their legacy at around age 12 or 13 or so and my uncle gave me a tape (think it was Sgt Pepper) and I listened to it and thought it was dreadful and still do.
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You're talking about how the media influences peoples opinions of bands. For one thats insulting to the rest of us, to say that if I like Nirvana it's only because the media told me to, that's both incorrect and snobbish.
And also, if you hate on bands BECAUSE of their media exposure, it's the same thing, you're letting the media influence your opinion.
Theres no way you'd consider The Beatles and Stones the worst bands ever if they were just obscure bar bands that you discovered one day, but no they happen to be the two most popular bands on earth.
And do you think it's cool just to inherently write off what is popular without even judging it fairly? Well it's not.
I'm not knocking your taste, a lot of the artists you mentioned are in my favorites as well. I have a problem with your reasoning.