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Anyone here dislike Sufjan Stevens?
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: ironoxide887 on 29 Nov 2006, 07:16 ---Because Khar, it is ever so original to scream your percieved ills of society over over-distorted guitars!
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Even if the metal bands I enjoy do not have any particular lyrical originality (and many of them do) it would be made up for by the fact that they have well written and original music that is often pushing boundaries or achieving high levels of technical excellence and accomplishment. The only metal bands that rely on lyrical gimmicks (omg i will write an album about every state oh my how quirky and hip i am so amazing omg omg) tend to be jokes. You don't see me feteing Lawnmower Deth as the greatest thing since sliced bread.
The point I am making is that Sufjan is not some sort of musical god because he has decided to write songs about unusual things. At the end of the day, his voice is unspectacular and posseses no inherent charm and power and his musical arrangements are shallow, pedestrian and bland. His actual lyricism is average and all his songs sound fucking identical. This is not to say his music is unpleasant, I could listen to it happily, but it is neither interesting, innovative nor engaging. If I were to pick up my guitar right now and slap a few fingerpicked blues progressions to a song I wrote in twenty minutes about an amusing prank at my halls of residence, I would be entirely as original as Sufjan Stevens.
Ernest:
Anyone else dislike Bright Eyes? I dislike him.
ScrambledGregs:
I like when people pronounce their opinions in a way that suggests they are absolute fact. I'm not saying I'm right and Khar is wrong, I'm just saying I don't like when people express their opinions and insinuate that I (and others) have fallen for some kind of musical con artist who has 'convinced' a lot of people he is amazing, when he is actually "unoriginal", "gimmicky", "shallow", and all of his songs sound "fucking identical."
I know, I know. I'm taking this too seriously, and too personally, and it is your opinion; I know you're not trying to say it is FACT that we should all bow to. But still...
Johnny C:
ScrambledGregs:
Forget I said anything. All we're going to do is sit here arguing back and forth about our opinions. I fully accept the fact that people can think Sufjan is unoriginal shit. I'm ok with it, really I am.
I'm gunna go suck my thumb in a corner and hope Khar doesn't come murder me. :laugh:
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