In Reply to: I hear you but IMO thats not entirely fair or true posted by 2chJunkie on July 19, 2012 at 12:46:00:
People are often disposed to the "music of their youth" and it not only tends to be the only thing they like or listen to their entire lives, it's why they often can't access other things. That's called musical amberism. It's why old farts drive around humming Elvis tunes, and even older ones hum Benny Goodman.
I'm not asking you to stand up for your tastes or your music. You like what you like, I like what I like. However the things you mentioned were many of the very bands I was referring to when I said the industry created it's own banal version of alternative and packaged it off for everyone. I don't happen to care for a single thing you mentioned. I think it's all awful.
Those are just opinions however, but that the 90's were a black hole in the history of popular music is not. They are the time when the culture of popular music that had existed (for most of the 20th century, and beyond really) finally died. Even if musical amberism isn't good, at least everyone walked around humming the same songs. In the 90's we stopped walking around humming the same songs, and we have not since.
It's all about the music...
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Follow Ups
- It's Musical Amberism in your case - Peter Gunn 08:58:34 07/20/12 (10)
- But I like NEARLY all eras and genres, REALLY :-) - 2chJunkie 09:31:24 07/20/12 (9)
- Then... - Peter Gunn 13:25:29 07/20/12 (8)
- Ok, I think I better understand. You and I simply approach this stuff different... - 2chJunkie 15:51:34 07/20/12 (7)
- No, that's entirely wrong - Peter Gunn 20:41:13 07/20/12 (6)
- Now I think I finally get it. Your passion confuses me a bit. - 2chJunkie 06:25:06 07/21/12 (5)
- No, I think you're just too young - Peter Gunn 07:40:02 07/21/12 (4)
- RE: No, I think you're just too young - esande 13:28:18 07/22/12 (0)
- Wow, ok... Ill just go get that razor - 2chJunkie 08:08:00 07/21/12 (2)
- RE: Wow, ok... Ill just go get that razor - Peter Gunn 15:56:52 07/21/12 (1)
- I think you said it best. "we have nothing in common" more like little IMO but yeah we see different NT - 2chJunkie 19:02:42 07/21/12 (0)