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stammgm:
There seem to be a lot of bands who are actually decent but unknown, then get insanely popular on the basis of a semi-shitty song, and then all of a sudden it's cool to hate them, first in their original fanbase, and then all over...
Example (and I know I'll get crucified for this):  the White Stripes.  Great band, then came 7 Nation Army....then everyone loved that song for some reason, and then all of a sudden it's cool to bash them
case in point...a movie review of Freaky Friday in the Toledo Blade praised that damn movie for 'having a self-aware pop culture sensibility' or some such shit for two of the characters talking about bands that they liked (most of which the actors had probably never listened to) and bashing the White Stripes (who the reviewer had never listened to), and I realized that it truly had become universally acceptable to hate on them

Anyway, wondering if anyone would like to share a similar experience

ForteBass:
Hating the White Stripes has always been cool.

Inlander:

--- Quote from: stammgm ---two of the characters talking about bands that they liked (most of which the actors had probably never listened to) and bashing the White Stripes (who the reviewer had never listened to)
--- End quote ---


May I ask what your evidence is for these accusations?

stammgm:
Well, I said probably for the actors, mostly on the basis that I think that Lindsay Lohan is a dipshit and also because the music she was playing in that movie had nothing to do with the Pixies or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
For the reviewer (Chris borelli), it's because he said he hadn't listened to them or the White Stripes

Inlander:
Okay.

In Australia it's pretty much expected that once any band/actor/general celebrity gets too famous and too succesful, there's going to be a backlash against them.  It's called the Tall Poppy Syndrome (i.e.: any poppy that grows taller than the rest of the crop is going to get cut down to size).  It's a big part of the culture here, for better or for worse.

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