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Does it exist? help!
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: Ballard on 14 Dec 2007, 23:14 ---I'll preempt this by saying that I hate to turn a good topic into a fruitless debate on hipster ideals. However, it is very much a matter of their popularity. Certain acts reside within a grey area in terms of their acceptance within the indie community. The Scissor Sisters are not one of these bands. In Europe they're huge. Top 40 radio fodder. Therefore, any merit they have as musicians goes down the tubes. It is simply unfashionable to listen to a band that the walking cultural cliche on the street/bus/train/at work/in school praises daily.
In America, they've gone relatively unnoticed, and those people who do listen to them, such as myself, see much merit in their work. Merit that is untainted by their popularity with the masses.
Though of course blind dismissal of a band based solely on this factor has been deemed acceptable. Carry on.
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No, this is just wrong. People like Girls Aloud, Justin Timberlake and Rihanna get talked up all the time despite their popularity in the UK (and rightly so). The Scissor Sisters don't, because they're terrible. There's no shame in liking pop though, and I pity the fool who doesn't enjoy 'Something Kinda Ooh'.
Ballard:
Can you enlighten me as to exactly what makes them terrible? They manage to be creative without compromising the sugared-over glam pop aspect of their music.
I'm not saying they're innovative or amazing. But they sure as hell make some good music.
a pack of wolves:
Too shallow, the rhythms sound like recycled Abba, really really irritating vocals, hideous faux-kitsch costumes that are all too predictable...
Fair enough if you like them, I was just pointing out that like or dislike of them should not be about their popularity. Personally I have no problem with enjoying the same music as the average person you see on the bus. After all, why should I?
Ballard:
I agree, the vocals are the caveat when it comes to the Scissor Sisters. Costumes, I mean, they're a glam pop band. What else is expected?
I wasn't so much accusing you of being "too good" for them as lamenting that this is a problem I encounter often with this particular band.
a pack of wolves:
I wouldn't have a problem if they were good kitsch. I do love me a bit of the old kitsch. I just think their outfits are sub-par, they ought to make them look like they're extras in Barbarella or Flash Gordon and they fail utterly.
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