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Luke:
What gets me off is just that lots of people see a video on TV and/or hear a song on the radio, and immediately disown their appreciation for that artist. (See the "OMG" thread in this forum) Sure, there are instances where an artist will make music for the sole purpose of making as much money as possible - that is, changing the kind of music they make so it'll bring in the most profit. But when an artist/group simply becomes popular, I don't see the wrong in that.
Back a couple steps to the topic at hand, a couple artists I forgot to mention before (probably because they're at the other end of my music tastes) are Eminem and the people of G-Unit. G-Unit is simply good. Eminem - I'd say that 75% of his tracks are ones that you can bump to, but the other 25% of it is music that he makes based on his "I rap about whatever the hell I want to" policy. I don't have a problem with that at all; I respect his decision to do so, and besides, the other 75% of his stuff is really cool.
ASturge:
^ I'd disagree on the G-Unit thing, they are most definatly bad music. Popular or not, bad music is bad music.[imo]
I'm with you when it comes to the mainstream though. So long as an artist doesn't make a concious effort to change his/her music just to get money and be more famous, I'm cool.
Death Cab for instance. Sure they're popular now, but 'Plans' is still awesome.
Luke:
[high-fives ASturge for being cool]
beckrokk:
I'm going to get some flak for this, but I'm not that afraid.
Gwen Stefani (Yes, solo. No, I'm straight. Bubble Pop Electric is a great song.)
Weird Al
Eminem's first record.
Chemical Bros.
The occassional Madonna song.
The White Stripes, though I heard them before they were big.
I'm sure I'll think of more later.
Skibas_clavicle:
I have one word for this thread: NURRRR
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