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Schmung:
Interpol are good. Energetic, innovative and supremely talented certainly not, but they're a pretty solid.

Now you're just saying that people who don't agree with you are wrong and haven't listened to enough,  which sort defeats the point of your first post and makes you sound like an elitist arse.

Yes, you can agree that certain bands are a complete waste of space and effort and have the musical value typically associated with lift muzak, but once you move beyond the realms of Christina Aguilera, Busted etc It's basically all about your tastes and preferences. Certainly, there are a lot of people running around without a clue because they don't know any better, but you seem to be tarring a hell of lot of people with the same brush just because the happen to disagree with you.

Hatebunny:
If you'll allow me to refer to the music forum rules:

Don't be a dick. If someone creates a thread about x genre of music that is not an invitation for fans of y genre to jump all over x thread because they don't like it, or because x isn't y. Further, don't then go and attempt to make everything about genre y.


requires no further explanation.

Don't be an elitist prick. You're not superior to anyone if your favourite band has a more complex chord structure than your standard pop hook. This is like compensating for a small penis with a sports car.

g'yarr.

Be intelligent. In a thread about a band it's alright to post about why they don't do it for you, so long as your reasoning is intelligent. "I hate The Arcade Fire because they're not metal" is not intelligent reasoning. Also, there is no need to state this more than once. Not talking out of your ass should follow, don't bash bands you've never listened to, or heard one single on the radio.


Having drawn attention to that:
Here's the deal. You can say you don't like something. It is preferred that you explain why, and it is preferred that you do so intelligently, without using simply saying that it's crap for losers. You may NOT derail threads by way of defaming the band that the thread is about.

a-digga.

KharBevNor:
I HATE YOU!

I HATE THE BAND YOU LIKE!

sp2:
Re: Hatebunny

Oops, you're a retard.

Rule 1 refers to genres.  You can't say "rap sux up the punx!" Not only because it's a dick move, but it's fucking retarded.

Rule 2 refers to progtentiousness, specifically, the belief that complex makes better.  There is a difference between saying "oh man, only the most complex music is good" and saying "such and such band is shit because they can't play their instruments, they even struggle on the most elementary of riffs and don't really have a lot to offer."

Rule 3 is basically saying "if you're going to bash musicians, do it for the right reasons."  I don't dislike Interpol because they're not post-hardcore.  I dislike Interpol because they are supposed to be fresh, innovative, and energetic, and they're none of the above.  They're stale indie cliches.  And I'll bash them for THAT reason.  Also, it says don't talk about something you have no experience with.  This could just as easily be extended to "indie music that's so richly produced or interwoven, such as Interpol"*

If I say in a thread which is talking about how innovative the Killers are that they're really not all that innovative, and are really not above stealing shamelessly from other musicians, and the thread turns from a Killers-fan circle-jerk to an argument over the merits of the band and what really flies when you're biting from other musicians, how is that "derailed?"  Doesn't sound derailed to me.  It's still about the band.  It's probably more about the band than the previous postings were, because the previous postings were about some imaginary entity that is clearly distinct and separate from the actual band.


*real quote from Johhny C

trolley:
Music means different things to different people. "I'm not a fan of this music" goes down a whole lot smoother than "This music is crap". It's not hard, why drag it out into this big convoluted disscussion?

People have differing opinions. Respect that. Simple as that really.

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