Most infuriating music fans: Boobs edition

sweet_nothing · 06-06-2009, 12:12 PM

Keep it coming boo boo.

~~Gareth Brown~~ · 06-06-2009, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Stone Birds

Hey boo boo do Pop fans now (the funniest are the ones who listen and like lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus (well any musician from Disney)).

Why? That would be really boring.

Mirrorball95 · 06-06-2009, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Metalheads

Thrash metalheads: They tend to be the inbred cracker spawn of the rednecks you see on COPS on a regular basis. They're the frat boys of the metal world, some of them tend to be keen on hair metal as well, you should also expect a few rants about how "Nirvana ruined good music". They're usually the most vulgar and sexist of the metalheads, and they like their women to look like porn stars, and they should never EVER try to be musicians, even the idea of a woman playing guitar is insulting to them. They like to take the piss on alt rock, unless it's Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, in which case they will never shut up about how superior they are to Nirvana.

I ain't a metalhead & I see Pearl Jam, Soundgarden & Alice In Chains as all being superior to Nirvana. You cant stereotype things like that. Also, I must ask where do you fit in amongst all this?

**Janszoon** · 06-06-2009, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mirrorball95

I ain't a metalhead & I see Pearl Jam, Soundgarden & Alice In Chains as all being superior to Nirvana. You cant stereotype things like that. Also, I must ask where do you fit in amongst all this?

boo boo · 06-06-2009, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mirrorball95

I ain't a metalhead & I see Pearl Jam, Soundgarden & Alice In Chains as all being superior to Nirvana. You cant stereotype things like that. Also, I must ask where do you fit in amongst all this?

Probably this one.

Prog fans

"Oh wait boobs, but I thought..."

Well you're right, technically I'm one of them. But I'm talking about a specific kind of prog fan, and it's very far from a minority.

Prog makes up the majority of my music collection, but it's very far from being my entire music collection. And for a genre that's all about pushing the limits and expanding one's musical horizons, rest assured, as with any fanbase, there are the hardcore elitists. The kinda dopes who think every other genre of music is inferior.

You'll find a lot of them on ProgArchives. People who seem to think only two kinds of music genres exist in the world. Progressive rock and "generic pop". Seriously, prog should never be too accessible, because prog fans will f*cking lose their sh*t when that happens. For a genre that's supposed to be about crossing genre boundries, these people seem to think of pop elements in prog as absolute heresy, but since they all love Gentle Giant, they really have no clue what pop actually is, but if they think it's pop, then it's automatically crap. They also have a very limited understanding of the term "generic", which to them just means anything that's not prog. So yeah, Radiohead is just generic pop.

A lot of them hardly even know what "progressive" means. For them it means sounding exactly like a 70s prog band. So while Radiohead are not progressive, Marillion are even though they're basically just late 70s Genesis + David Gilmour.

And why it's so obligatory for every prog fan to fap over Marillion, I'll never know.

These are the kinda people who think Diamond Dogs is better than Young Americans "because it's proggier". And how do you deal with people like that? Answer? You can't.

They're not abrasive like other fanboys, they usually hide behind politeness, but their irrational prog fanboism remains intact at all times. They're a distant cousin to the classic rock elitist, but possibly even worse, and even more bitter.

How to spot one: They tend to be really old, underweight or overweight, bespectacled, balding but with a ponytail, and they have a taste for patterned sweaters. That weird uncle of yours you think might be a pedophile? Prog fan.

Where to spot one in the wild: They rarely wonder out into public areas, and prefer to stay in their little cabin in the woods.

Debate tactics: Prog fans are masters of the polite insult. And since prog fans tend to be guys in their 50s who still have the grammar skills of a 12 year old, arguing with them can be the most unpleasant experience imaginable. And they like to analize the bloody hell out of every goddamn thing, and they have a tendency to overemphasize words into oblivion.

Things they tend to say:

"Radiohead are NOT progressive, they just imitate U2 songs and throw in some techno and yet critics say they're progressive, they're NOT. They're ALTERNATIVE ROCK. Which is just PUNK ROCK'S inferior version of prog."

"Pop should NEVER be mixed with prog, for that would be HERESY. PROGRESSIVE rock is about caressing one's ears with COMPLEX and CHALLENGING soundscapes, it's NOT about the money, pop is PRIMITIVE music that is purely for PROFIT and thus a CONTRADICTION to prog, therefore they CANNOT be combined."

Antonio · 06-06-2009, 08:02 PM

oh schnap

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-06-2009, 08:05 PM

I find it hard to be infuriated by prog fans.

They're pretty much a joke as it is. they are to the music industry what trekkies are to the television & film industry.

Making fun of them would almost feel like kicking a man while he's down.

lucifer_sam · 06-06-2009, 08:52 PM

considering i've never met anyone that's been more into prog than thinking 21st Century Schizoid Man is a cool song, i doubt i could ever be arsed to care about them.

i do find hairs on the back of my neck go up when i read interviews with cunts like Steven Wilson who think that the only valid bands you can worship existed during the seventies.

boo boo · 06-06-2009, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

considering i've never met anyone that's been more into prog than thinking 21st Century Schizoid Man is a cool song, i doubt i could ever be arsed to care about them.

i do find hairs on the back of my neck go up when i read interviews with cunts like Steven Wilson who think that the only valid bands you can worship existed during the seventies.

I don't know why people hate Wilson so much, I think he's a cool guy.

From what I know about him, he does have really good taste and 70s prog is far from the only thing he listens to.

You should read his Myspace page and all the stuff he credits as influences, pretty much every f*cking band ever.

lucifer_sam · 06-06-2009, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I don't know why people hate Wilson so much, I think he's a cool guy.

From what I know about him, he does have really good taste and 70s prog is far from the only thing he listens to.

You should read his Myspace page and all the stuff he credits as influences, pretty much every f*cking band ever.

yeah, i noticed a fair bit of garbage in there as well. i stopped reading when i saw Sunn O))) in there.

it's not like i hate the guy, he's made some decent music. he just comes off as a bit of a twat in his interviews; he's claimed that there aren't any good modern prog bands several times and that he doesn't listen to any prog made after the 1970s.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I find it hard to be infuriated by prog fans. They're pretty much a joke as it is. they are to the music industry what trekkies are to the television & film industry. Making fun of them would almost feel like kicking a man while he's down. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	considering i've never met anyone that's been more into prog than thinking 21st Century Schizoid Man is a cool song, i doubt i could ever be arsed to care about them. i do find hairs on the back of my neck go up when i read interviews with cunts like Steven Wilson who think that the only valid bands you can worship existed during the seventies. __________________ first.am