Psychotic said:
That's subjective as ****, though. I can give you a decently-sized list of metal songs with bad unoriginal lyrics and mind-numbing repetition, too. Let's face it, most musicians get lazy sometimes. Across genres. This "quality" you speak about is self-defined, so it can hardly be considered an argument for anything.
Care to give me a link? I'm interested in this kind of stuff.
Slipped my mind already... Elitist, sure. Egotistical and selfish? I don't think I wrote that. Still, I concede that it was a touch insulting. But can you objectively describe and/or criticize without insluting a little? |
a. I never said that all metal is good...not sure where you got that from. In fact, I only really like a few bands that would be classified as metal (although the term metal is weirdly broad). I am praising the specific musicians that get it right, and saying that those musicians who make music for pop radio are almost never the same as those who get it right.
I also never said the word "quality"...I said "qualities", which would be synonymous with "traits". I wouldn't really call that subjective.
b. I don't have a link. Its just theres been a few times where someone on here has posted a thread like "Listen to this Taylor Swift song!" and I've gone in and said "here is a bunch of reasons why this song is garbage."
c. "the elitism... the superiority complex... the way they're "non-conformist", yet still similar to each other in clothes and behavior (i. e. conforming)... the close-mindedness and their adamance in denying it... their insecurity..."
Heres a piece of your OP...you may not have said "selfish" in so many words, but that is undeniably insulting
