Ever feel like this site is polluting your opinions?

RVCA · 09-16-2010, 08:12 PM

I posted two songs that I consider really amazing in "Song Wars!!!!!!!!!!!", only to have them completely trashed by other members. That's not necessarily a bad thing as everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but sometimes I find myself thinking lowly of bands/songs/albums that I like just because they're not popular here. Or within the musical elite, or whatever. And that's not right; my opinions are MY opinions, and I hate to think that I like or dislike something only because it's the cool thing to do here.

And this doesn't apply exclusively to MB, it's any kind of critical reaction to any kind of media, really. If I read a poor movie review, I enter the cinema with a biased mindset. Chances are, the movie is going to suck more than it would have if I had never read that review. I guess that's an impossible thing to test, but that's how I feel nonetheless.

In a way, I'm just mad at myself for being so musically flimsy. I'm not mad at people who criticize me for what I listen to.... I can take criticism. I am trying to expand my tastes and knowledge, but sometimes I feel as though those things come at the expense of who I really am. I suppose I should a take a break from MB for a while.

09-16-2010, 08:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	Ever feel like this site is polluting your opinions? I posted two songs that I consider really amazing in "Song Wars!!!!!!!!!!!", only to have them completely trashed by other members. That's not necessarily a bad thing as everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but sometimes I find myself thinking lowly of bands/songs/albums that I like just because they're not popular here. Or within the musical elite, or whatever. And that's not right; my opinions are MY opinions, and I hate to think that I like or dislike something only because it's the cool thing to do here. And this doesn't apply exclusively to MB, it's any kind of critical reaction to any kind of media, really. If I read a poor movie review, I enter the cinema with a biased mindset. Chances are, the movie is going to suck more than it would have if I had never read that review. I guess that's an impossible thing to test, but that's how I feel nonetheless. In a way, I'm just mad at myself for being so musically flimsy. I'm not mad at people who criticize me for what I listen to.... I can take criticism. I am trying to expand my tastes and knowledge, but sometimes I feel as though those things come at the expense of who I really am. I suppose I should a take a break from MB for a while.