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that'd be perfectly fine with me. i'll take them any day over tool, the police, kings of leon, eminem, jay-z, metallica, foo fighters or the chili peppers.
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But I didn't know it was cool to dislike Mumford and Sons? I actually got a lot of crap at Roo last year for not liking them. It seems everyone I hang out with loves them.
But I didn't know it was cool to dislike Mumford and Sons? I actually got a lot of crap at Roo last year for not liking them. It seems everyone I hang out with loves them.
It's not. It's become cool to dismiss someone's opinion as them just trying to be cool when you disagree with said opinion (if that makes sense).
Not saying that's what Jess was doing, but I see it all the time on the internet now. Whenever someone states an opinion that someone else disagrees with, it immediately goes to accusations of that person just being a "hipster" or just espousing that opinion to try to be/seem "cool." It's a strange thing to me.
As far as Mumford, I just don't like their music; I think it's inauthentic and I don't enjoy it.
And I used to find Mumford inoffensive, but Karosko converted me awhile back.
Now I can't listen to them without a grimace.
See, this is what I don't understand. To me, it seems like this sudden distaste for Mumford has nothing to do with the quality of their music, but the fact that they have become crazy popular. Why?
03/14 - Thievery Corporation 04/25 - Black Country, New Road 05/04 - In Flames, Gatecreeper 05/10 - Modern Life is War 05/21 - Spite, Bodysnatcher, Thrown 05/29 - Knocked Loose, Loathe, Show me the Body, Speed 06/02 - Bush 06/22 - George Thorogood 06/23 - Dillinger Escape Plan, Deadguy, Candy, Carbomb
And I used to find Mumford inoffensive, but Karosko converted me awhile back.
Now I can't listen to them without a grimace.
See, this is what I don't understand. To me, it seems like this sudden distaste for Mumford has nothing to do with the quality of their music, but the fact that they have become crazy popular. Why?
why do so many people hate Kings of Leon but love Black Keys?
i think quality of music has to do with it just a little.
But I didn't know it was cool to dislike Mumford and Sons? I actually got a lot of crap at Roo last year for not liking them. It seems everyone I hang out with loves them.
It's not. It's become cool to dismiss someone's opinion as them just trying to be cool when you disagree with said opinion (if that makes sense).
Not saying that's what Jess was doing, but I see it all the time on the internet now. Whenever someone states an opinion that someone else disagrees with, it immediately goes to accusations of that person just being a "hipster" or just espousing that opinion to try to be/seem "cool." It's a strange thing to me.
As far as Mumford, I just don't like their music; I think it's inauthentic and I don't enjoy it.
Unfortunately, it works the other way as well. When someone claims to have a positive opinion of an artists that is overwhelmingly considered bad, say skrillex, for example. They are painted as someone who has a poor knowledge of ”good music”.
See, this is what I don't understand. To me, it seems like this sudden distaste for Mumford has nothing to do with the quality of their music, but the fact that they have become crazy popular. Why?
why do so many people hate Kings of Leon but love Black Keys?
i think quality of music has to do with it just a little.
karosko said it best so far. inauthenticity.
But a lot of those KOL bashers had no problem with them until ”Only by Night”.
03/14 - Thievery Corporation 04/25 - Black Country, New Road 05/04 - In Flames, Gatecreeper 05/10 - Modern Life is War 05/21 - Spite, Bodysnatcher, Thrown 05/29 - Knocked Loose, Loathe, Show me the Body, Speed 06/02 - Bush 06/22 - George Thorogood 06/23 - Dillinger Escape Plan, Deadguy, Candy, Carbomb
And I used to find Mumford inoffensive, but Karosko converted me awhile back.
Now I can't listen to them without a grimace.
See, this is what I don't understand. To me, it seems like this sudden distaste for Mumford has nothing to do with the quality of their music, but the fact that they have become crazy popular. Why?
To me, it has everything to do with their music. Thought I was clear about that. Although your point about people bashing others that like artists like Skrillex or Nickelback on the internet is well-taken. That is definitely an ugly side of internet forums about music. That's not something I'm willing to defend, but it's something I think everybody does at one point or another; it's just some ugly instinct just about all of us have.
Too many hipsters around here. Last year everyone was in love with Mumford and Sons. The only thing that has changed since then is they have gotten much more popular. It isn't like they have a poopy new album to complain about. They haven't even released any music since then. Kings of Leon was the same way. Everyone loved them until they got popular. After that everyone started dissing them. The Black Keys are becoming the some way. The fact that these bands aren't your little secret anymore doesn't change the quality of the music.
I saw both Kings of Leon, and the Black Keys at small bars in their formative years, and did not like them much then either. I don't really find either offensive they are just not my thing.
why do so many people hate Kings of Leon but love Black Keys?
i think quality of music has to do with it just a little.
karosko said it best so far. inauthenticity.
But a lot of those KOL bashers had no problem with them until ”Only by Night”.
for me personally, it's only an observation. i've never been a fan of KOL, before or after their sudden surge in popularity from 2009(?).
but another observation is that people who discover artists and become fans when they are at a lower tier of popularity feel some kind of distaste or even betrayal when they take off in mainstream success. i guess the argument has to be made for "what kind of mainstream success" or "to what extent of mainstream success".
in KOL's case, from i've read/observed it was that they changed their sound to a generic, rock/pop sound and started their own line of mega-expensive scarves or something.
why do so many people hate Kings of Leon but love Black Keys?
i think quality of music has to do with it just a little.
karosko said it best so far. inauthenticity.
But a lot of those KOL bashers had no problem with them until ”Only by Night”.
Because, in my personal opinion, the music on "Only By the Night" wasn't as good as the music on their first two albums. Again, it has to do with the music. I personally try to never, ever like or dislike an artist based on their popularity. It inevitably will affect my opinion of the band subconsciously, but I always try to judge a band on the merit of that band or artist's music. I really believe in that.
Too many hipsters around here. Last year everyone was in love with Mumford and Sons. The only thing that has changed since then is they have gotten much more popular. It isn't like they have a poopy new album to complain about. They haven't even released any music since then. Kings of Leon was the same way. Everyone loved them until they got popular. After that everyone started dissing them. The Black Keys are becoming the some way. The fact that these bands aren't your little secret anymore doesn't change the quality of the music.
Incorrect. I disliked Mumford then and I dislike them now. There are many posts I had last year regarding Mumford that prove that fact.
For the record, I'm not saying that everyone who dislikes mumford feel that way totally based off their popularity. If you don't like their music, I get that
Post by A$AP Rosko on Jan 14, 2012 16:02:59 GMT -5
A band I always bring up in this debate: Modest Mouse. A lot of fans jumped ship when Modest Mouse hit the big time with the single "Float On." I personally love that single and love that album (it's my second favorite MM album behind The Moon & Antarctica). The fact that it was commercially successful and, as a result, it was becoming less "cool," in one sense, to like Modest Mouse did not deter me from the fact that Good News was an incredible collection of well-written, catchy songs.
In that case, popular did equal better to a certain extent. I might even argue that that's also the case with The Black Keys. But, in the case, of Kings of Leon, I think their albums that took off commercially were their worst albums BY A MILE. Mumford doesn't really apply in this because I never liked them. Point is, it's situational, circumstantial, and relative.