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The Postal Serivce and The Pier
myfriendthelily:
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If you believe this, you're an idiot.
I'm not trying to be a snob.
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wow. it must just be your superpower then.
you know, if you cared about anything but flapping your lips, you might have noticed that this fellow is talking about england, not america. these are two different countries sir, with two different mainstreams. also he is the one who works in The Pier. not you. he is the one who therefore knows what is played and not played. not you.
your opinions aren't priceless.
your judgements not final.
your value not supreme.
get over yourself.
on a similar note, i once walked into a starbucks in taipei, taiwan (the worst place in the world to try and find drinkable coffee), and was greeted by one of my favorite cowboy junkies songs. not particularly surprising given the fact that it was starbucks, but still, this was taiwan, and i wouldn't have guessed it. trolley, i shared your bliss.
sp2:
--- Quote from: myfriendthelily ---your opinions aren't priceless.
your judgements not final.
your value not supreme.
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And the Postal Service aren't esoteric. What's your point? I have British friends that think they're mainstream, too. I'm pretty sure they've been on a major label since forever, which pretty much means that they're going to get radio play, because a major won't produce your album unless they think they're going to make a lot of money off it by playing it everywhere they can.
I'm not saying Postal Service suck. I don't really give a shit if you like them or not. But they're not fucking esoteric. They're not indie. They are mainstream. That is not a judgement of quality, that is a judgement of popularity.
I mean, would anyone take me seriously if I posted announcing that I'd heard a Cake song on the radio?
I think a Nothing Nice To Say reference is necessary here.
KharBevNor:
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Had you said that you had heard, say, Bauhaus, I'd be more surprised, not because they're less mainstream, but because they're just emphatically not mall music. But Postal Service? The only band that makes better mall music is pretty much Coldplay.
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I just had this mental image of all these hip types in a mall looking up aghast as The Postal Service turns off and 'Mask' starts playing.
It made me glow inside.
Actually, if I controlled the music output of a store, I would probably Have Neil Gaiman - March of the Sinister Ducks [feat. Bauhaus]. On twelve times in a row, then ob-la-di, ob-la-da.
sp2:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---It made me glow inside.
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Gives me a warm tingly feeling. I won't say where.
trolley:
--- Quote ---I have British friends that think they're mainstream, too. I'm pretty sure they've been on a major label since forever, which pretty much means that they're going to get radio play.
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I think living here my whole life gives me a better perspective on this than you having a few friends who are Brits. And no, postal service don't get radio play. And no, they're not considered mainstream over here. I have yet to meet anyone with a casual interest in music or otherwise that knows them or knows of them. As I say, this may be different in America, but by the same token, Bright Eyes are in the top 10 albums over there, but remain largely unknown by the casual radio listening public over here.
Ahh, can someone close this? I just wanted to have a friendly chat about something that made me feel good, and some people just insist on being dicks so they can wave their superiority round on a stick.
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