if pop is the most commercially successful style of music, one could argue it is most appealing. perhaps most people don't care about artistic merit when it comes to music

All discussed a billion times before and VERY popular niche topics in popular culture. Among the most hackneyed and cliched pseudo-intellectual themes that exist. The only reasons Godsmack and other such bands use these themes are that:

1: As artists they lack in imagination and conceptual capacity themselves,
2: They know their audience will latch onto those sorts of themes and feel they are not only angst ridden adolescents, but intellectual and sophisticated angst ridden adolescents.

Congratulations on being taken in by all these shallow veneers, Oomph. You're a real true livin' breathin' bona fied cog in the system, mate!

Oh, and the emotion's all affected, too. Which makes matters even worse.

Yes, but you forget how COOL it is for him to bash pop music!

Making his music selection that much better!

I thought Godsmack made deep, meaningful music?

You have awefully high standards for someone who is defending pop music

I think you are confusing 'appreciate and acknowledge thier artistic efforts' with 'latch onto those sort of themes'. Godsmack isn't a theme, it's not an image. I've only ever seen one person in my school wearing a godsmack shirt, and he doesn't even really listen to Godsmack it's just a t-shirt he owns.

Angst ridden teens can relate to Godsmack songs wich is why they like them, but they don't use Godsmack as some social badge like people do with pop and rap. They genuinely appreciate Godsmack.

They usually are more intelligent than thier oblivious, preppy little counterparts, who are more concerned about Laguna Beach than economics and politics.

You don't know me.

That doesn't even make any sense...

They do.

More intelligent? Deep and meaningful? :laughing: Lets look at the very poignantly titled "I Fucking Hate You"


Some of the most awful unintelligent lyrics I've ever seen in my life. Why don't you go back to hating your parents and shopping at hot topic? Avril Lavigne writes better lyrics than those.

It is the most appealing style of music, that doesn't make it good. Look how appealing and popular cigarettes are, doesn't make it good.

That's the problem.

Obviously you don't either. You listen to generic nu-metal.

Oh and this is the cornerstone of intelligence?