When it comes to your favorite band/artist, do you ever find yourself wondering...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

"Why doesn't everybody feel the same way about (band/artist)? Clearly, (band/artist) makes the greatest music ever made in history. It's pretty much self-evident just by listening to it. Everyone should feel exactly the same way as I do about (band/artist). What's wrong with you people? Can't you see this is the absolute greatest music you'll ever hear?"

[BarenakedLady]

1. No.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Wasn't talking to you.

:P

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. You're going to need something stronger to resurrect your thread

from such a deathblow!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. I'm shivering in my boots. Shivering. nt

[BarenakedLady]

5. You'd better be buddy.

Don't mess with me.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. I'd be careful with me if I were you.

Or else you'll be in for another round of endless Creed and Nickleback songs.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Is Chuggo menacing you with his golden skull staff?

I'm being silly, btw.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. Chuggo will hypnotize you with his golden skull staff....

...until you are convinced that he is the best musical artist in history.

I've seen it happen.

[mcctatas]

6. no....

but then again I am not a self-absorbed megalomaniac :P

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. And to whom might be you referring?

Tread lightly, my friend. Tread lightly.

[mcctatas]

12. Well obviously I was referring to the OP....

oh wait, was that you? Then I was obviously referring to Peake!

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. Yay! You see? It IS all about me!

:loveya: I love me. :loveya:

Edit: :rofl: for the sarcasm impaired ;)

[mcctatas]

16. Dude....

no one could be THAT impaired :crazy:

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. You've obviously had a different life experience than I have

:)

[jobycom]

18. You poor, sheltered, naive little poster, you. So cute! nt

[lildreamer316]

40. KMFDM

That is all.........

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Oh, you should try it at least once.

"If you have to be delusional, why not go for the really satisfying ones?" -Marcus, Babylon 5

[grannylib]

14. *lol* Kind of...I do realize that others have varied tastes, but I know

how I feel when someone tries to sell ME on the virtues of a band/artist I really don't like, so I try not to do the same, even if only in my head.

[Bake]

15. No, I prefer feeling smugly superior.

Really. I do.

Bake

[TZ]

21. I've noticed that...

:PFFFT: :hi:

[jobycom]

19. Usually I just assume anyone with a different opinion is defective.

It's harder for me to understand why people don't hate the artists I do than why they don't love the artists I do. Yes, that says a lot about me, and I don't care. Now, get off my lawn.

[Throd]

20. Nah, I know my favorite music sucks.

[CBGLuthier]

22. With modern music? Never

Now, some of the classics I would argue about. Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Holst, I will argue their works are the greatest music ever made.

Jethro Tull, Kansas, The Beatles, Nine Inch Nails... Love them all but I would never expect everybody to like them.

[azmouse]

23. My Irish friend almost slugged me when I said I didn't like U2

As for myself, I don't have any favorite band or artist.

[SoxFan]

30. Your Irish friend was right!

:evilgrin:

[ZombieNixon]

24. No, I simply assume everyone else is just dumb.

:P

[Forkboy]

25. I used to when I was a teenager. I mean, how the fuck could anyone NOT like Reign In Blood?

:wtf:

Now I realize that all my music is essentially crap to the bug-eyed bow-legged normal man. And I think that's great. The less into it the better. I'd hate it if a lot of clowns were into my favorite bands and I had to see them at shows and shit. x(

[Greyskye]

26. Absolutely. Which is why...

...I have Pandora radio stations in my .sig that I flog here every few months. :rofl:

[bigwillq]

27. No.

As long as I like them it doesn't matter what other people think. I have awful taste in music (everyone tells me that) but I really don't care. I like who I like.

[mvd]

29. Your taste is fine

I don't think there is such a thing as bad taste in music. There are just desires for different kinds of music.

[Forkboy]

31. Tell me that after seeing the band Phlegm.

:D

[mvd]

32. Seriously..

I find that different kinds of music have their strengths.. some are profound, some are fun, some make you cry - I don't think one kind is necessarily better than the other. :hi:

[mitchum]

28. No...I realize that most people have shit for taste

[cemaphonic]

33. Not for well-known, well-promoted artists.

But I do wonder sometimes about bands that I really love that never really hit it big, that it seems like more people should like, for example:

Sky Cries Mary - had a huge and loyal following here in Seattle during the 90s, when you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting an A&R rep looking for the next big act. And while they weren't remotely grunge, they had a '70s updated to the '90s sound that would have fit perfectly into alternative and college rock radio at the time.

Golden Palominos - More of a collective/concept than an actual band, but they put out a bunch of great stuff ranging from no-wave to straightforward rock, to a sort of trip-hop/singer-songwriter blend. And Micheal Stipe sang on a bunch of their late 80s material - I would have thought that a bunch of REM fans would have promoted them.

Drive By Truckers - a current band that has a completely retro arena-rock sound. It seems like most people who like classic rock ought to like them, and with at least 5 radio stations here that play nothing but classic rock, that's a bunch of people.

[taterguy]

34. Syd Straw from the Golden Palominos really should be a lot more famous

I saw her front them at shows in 1986 and 1987.

Everyone at the shows fell in love with her.

[cemaphonic]

36. Yeah, she had a great voice.

Their early 90s vocalist, Lori Carson was pretty good too. She did a couple solo albums that were Golden Palominos album in all but name (well, and also without much Laswell.)

[coyotespaw]

39. Drive-By Truckers is the first band

in a long time to impress me. Any band with the balls to throw the line "God damned Reagan's in the White House" gets my respect.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

35. No.

Selfish of me, I know.

[Tom Kitten]

37. For example?

REM in the 80s were great...REM from the 90s on suck... Everybody should agree with me and if you don't why then what's wrong with you? For disagreeing with me? Of course I stopped listening to them when they started sucking but obviously anybody who likes their later stuff is clearly a wanker so who cares what they think? eh?

[coyotespaw]

38. I just assume that everyone that disagrees with my musical taste is a moron.

Of course, it usually turns out that I'm right...

[lildreamer316]

41. Oh, yes.

But I am an idiot, so go figure.

:P

[ghostsofgiants]

42. No, but when I think of music I hate, I sometimes find myself wondering more or less the opposite.

:P