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Originally posted by JrKASperov:
And how can you ever call those types of music dull? there is more to hear, more to discover, more interplay, more change of mood and structure, more experimentation. It has more to offer than any other type of music, yet you proceed to call it dull. If you call it dull it certainly has to do with your approach to music, listening to nothing more than 'the first impression'.
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Originally posted by JrKASperov:
Why don't you people go listen to something in which you'll really be discovering music in all of it's facets. Rap and all that is so shallow compared to a LOT. Same goes for pop, soft rock, hard rock, RnB, punk, punkrock etc.
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Riiight...
JrKASperov, apparently, it's not sinking in very well. You tell people who have listened to these genres of music for
years that their taste in music or the music itself is light, dull, or whatever saying that yours is more artistic, but we can't say the same about yours?
How is ours less artistic? There's less to hear, the same chords being played? The fact that you say all mainstream music which is quite a damn bit is all light because of how the music is played, because chords may resemble each other and the like, is ignorant. A great work of music doesn't need interplay between instruments, it doesn't need complexity or what have you, a great piece of music is something that is able to touch a person and connect with them, regardless of how it is written or conducted.
Tell me about atmosphere, have you ever been to a heavy metal concert? Have you ever went to see Linkin Park perform live with hundreds of screaming fans crowded around? Seeing a great group live gives an atmosphere to their music that can't really be described, only that all the people are there for one reason, to get lost in the music. (as for prolonged listening pleasure (wtf that means), listen to a longer song [img]tongue.gif[/img] ).
You cannot talk about quality of music without having input of your taste in music also put in. Of course if you like the music, you're going to say the quality of it is better than another, that's painfully common sense talking.
I listen to as much music as I can, and I listen to more than one song of a genre before I condemn it like some people. Rap, I respect those artists because it takes skill to say lyrics much like they do even though I don't care much what they sing about as a whole. I have listened to several different groups in that field of music and I've come to my own conclusions about it.
Country, I thoroughly dislike, I won't lie. Just not upbeat enough for my tastes along with a few other things, but I'll respect those who enjoy it, listen to it, and leave it at that. But let me ask you something, why is it you can say that our music is light and dull and come back saying "How can you say what I enjoy is like that?"
But since you seem so quick to judge all mainstream music when you probably never really heard much of it, let me ask you, have you listened to the artists of hard rock like Motley Crue, Saliva, Ozzy Osbourne, or Skid Row? Have you listened to Rap Metal groups like Kid Rock or Limp Bizket? What about Nickelback, Godsmack, or Disturbed? Have you heard enough groups in each specific genre to openly condemn them? I don't believe you have.
So quit jumping to your own
assumptions and give it a rest. You can't win an argument based on opinion.