Unpopular Music Opinions

The Batlord · 05-14-2020, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

And you chose to champion a band who manufactured their attitude?

The Sex Pistols are as pre-fabricated as any pop act. The angry just don't get catered to that often, so they can't see the pattern. The Ramones pissed in the Sex Pistols can of coke, and that's the most accurate review I've ever seen the Sex Pistols get.

Punk's always been a bull**** subgenre. It's no wonder at the origins is a complete smoke & mirrors act.

You can't manufacture Johnny Rotten's personality disorder. I don't really give a **** how authentic he was shouting about anarchy, just that he was properly obnoxious while doing so.

TheBig3 · 05-14-2020, 08:56 AM

Irrelevant standards? How is me saying punk is trash a standard?

My point is, when you trivialize the word, you exploit the working class. Boomers are a weapon of trickle-down economics.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

You can't manufacture Johnny Rotten's personality disorder. I don't really give a **** how authentic he was shouting about anarchy, just that he was properly obnoxious while doing so.

There it is in a nutshell. He had a personality disorder and he shouted the right words = authenticity.

**Frownland** · 05-14-2020, 08:59 AM

Insisting that language can't evolve or have multiple meanings is pretty boomer.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

You can't manufacture Johnny Rotten's personality disorder. I don't really give a **** how authentic he was shouting about anarchy, just that he was properly obnoxious while doing so.

It's all about authenticity dude. The blues ain't real unless it's sung by a ragged old man who remembers the struggles of the reconstruction era. You just know that there's no soul involved otherwise. I need that real **** dude, the earthiest of the earth. That's why I listen to The Black Keys.

Anteater · 05-14-2020, 09:10 AM

Hmn...I suppose that makes nu-metal the most authentic genre of all.

The Batlord · 05-14-2020, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

Irrelevant standards? How is me saying punk is trash a standard?

My point is, when you trivialize the word, you exploit the working class. Boomers are a weapon of trickle-down economics.

Hating punk like a crotchety old dude is a quintessential boomer activity.

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There it is in a nutshell. He had a personality disorder and he shouted the right words = authenticity.

And? I don't look to musicians for my role models. I look to them for entertainment and Johnny Rotten is as entertaining as anyone who's ever stepped in front of a mike.

Lucem Ferre · 05-14-2020, 09:23 AM

Punk is probably the most influential genre to come from rock music. From modern metal to alternative to emo to goth to hip hop to even some pop.

Even Weeknd has a little punk in him.

It's like a fundamentally underdeveloped understanding of the genre or music as whole to insinuate that it's just a tiny sub-genre or is about being angry.