Objective Quality?

jackhammer · 11-28-2009, 04:12 PM

Nickleback have had huge success so according to many they are far from a poor band and many many people haven't heard a full Radiohead album so any music is neither good or bad- just opinions.

When you really begin to delve into music and the mainstream bands then it's easy to not like a band because you feel that other bands do what they do but better. It's called elitism and I would say that 75% of music forum members are guilty of this whether intentional or not. You also begin to judge bands (maybe unfairly) on these criteria and sometimes deny yourself a band that you would otherwise enjoy. Some of the threads and posts on MB that I really enjoy are those that proclaim a liking for a band that are unpopular amongst more hardcore bands or that are unfashionable.

I always try to gauge a band on their merits regardless of fashion or popularity and just listen to them. I do feel that older members adhere to this a lot more and profess their liking for bands than younger members. This is understandable as I was the same when I was in my teens, early 20's; only liking certain bands because it seemed the right thing to do and you didn't want to feel ostracized from the crowd. However I couldn't really give two shit's these days whether I'm seen as cool or not.

Just because a band may adhere to genre cliche doesn't neccessarily mean that they suck. If they do it well enough and are sincere then I will listen. My Magnum post a case in point.

11-28-2009, 04:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Nickleback have had huge success so according to many they are far from a poor band and many many people haven't heard a full Radiohead album so any music is neither good or bad- just opinions. When you really begin to delve into music and the mainstream bands then it's easy to not like a band because you feel that other bands do what they do but better. It's called elitism and I would say that 75% of music forum members are guilty of this whether intentional or not. You also begin to judge bands (maybe unfairly) on these criteria and sometimes deny yourself a band that you would otherwise enjoy. Some of the threads and posts on MB that I really enjoy are those that proclaim a liking for a band that are unpopular amongst more hardcore bands or that are unfashionable. I always try to gauge a band on their merits regardless of fashion or popularity and just listen to them. I do feel that older members adhere to this a lot more and profess their liking for bands than younger members. This is understandable as I was the same when I was in my teens, early 20's; only liking certain bands because it seemed the right thing to do and you didn't want to feel ostracized from the crowd. However I couldn't really give two shit's these days whether I'm seen as cool or not. Just because a band may adhere to genre cliche doesn't neccessarily mean that they suck. If they do it well enough and are sincere then I will listen. My Magnum post a case in point. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”