[Murmer99]

 

[Pinkunicornnx]

Guys... Stop posting these pictures -.-
I'm not a troll... I'm really 14 years old.

[foreverasskiss]

i just spray painted my cell phone gold.

 

[foreverasskiss]

time to take those little troll boots off.

[Mortte Jousimo]

Originally Posted by Pinkunicornnx

Guys... Stop posting these pictures -.-
I'm not a troll... I'm really 14 years old.

I think you should find somebody real (I mean somebody who you can talk face to face) instead of writing here. I haven´t found anybody here I can call my friend. And if I could find in my youth persons who like Velvet Underground from that really small village I lived then, I think you can also find people who like at least SY or PJ Harvey in your hometown or near of it.

[Pinkunicornnx]

Originally Posted by foreverasskiss

time to take those little troll boots off.

Dude, I'm not a troll

[guest]

sorry to be a real pain in the arse again but I have to say this: you really don't give a shit about this purported dearth of good music, because your peers listening to Bieber, Gaga et al supposedly portrays you to be "real alt, bro".

yes, I'm 17, I'm not some mythical sage, but coming from experience I think you're being just lazy and elitist. music isn't about constant one-upmanship, it is about listening to what you enjoy. I love SY and the music that I listen to because I am very much a fan of pure complexity and pure immediacy, perhaps skewing towards the former, with my enjoyed music existing at the confluence. now, this is of course mindless judgement for which I apologise in advance, but I think that you enjoy it because it has something of an outsider status within circles of 14 year-olds, and you would like to assume this sort of persona. now I'm sorry but that's fucking ridiculous. again, speaking from experience.

are you not listening to Dino Jr. because you enjoy them? how are you to know that your little teeny-bopper friends don't enjoy their music equally, if not more so? since when is 'underground' music the indelible marker of quality? because the last time I checked the vast majority of it sucks balls and that's the very reason it isn't popular.

apologies for this diatribe, I know I sound like some embittered, jaded old bastard, it isn't necessarily directed at you nor anyone in particular, just at an idea which has been allowed to fester for far too long. the crux of what I am saying is that listen to music because you enjoy it, but don't attempt to impose your likes upon the unwilling.

[Mortte Jousimo]

Originally Posted by guest

sorry to be a real pain in the arse again but I have to say this: you really don't give a shit about this purported dearth of good music, because your peers listening to Bieber, Gaga et al supposedly portrays you to be "real alt, bro".

yes, I'm 17, I'm not some mythical sage, but coming from experience I think you're being just lazy and elitist. music isn't about constant one-upmanship, it is about listening to what you enjoy. I love SY and the music that I listen to because I am very much a fan of pure complexity and pure immediacy, perhaps skewing towards the former, with my enjoyed music existing at the confluence. now, this is of course mindless judgement for which I apologise in advance, but I think that you enjoy it because it has something of an outsider status within circles of 14 year-olds, and you would like to assume this sort of persona. now I'm sorry but that's fucking ridiculous. again, speaking from experience.

are you not listening to Dino Jr. because you enjoy them? how are you to know that your little teeny-bopper friends don't enjoy their music equally, if not more so? since when is 'underground' music the indelible marker of quality? because the last time I checked the vast majority of it sucks balls and that's the very reason it isn't popular.

apologies for this diatribe, I know I sound like some embittered, jaded old bastard, it isn't necessarily directed at you nor anyone in particular, just at an idea which has been allowed to fester for far too long. the crux of what I am saying is that listen to music because you enjoy it, but don't attempt to impose your likes upon the unwilling.

I agree about that everybody should listen the music he enjoys. If someone likes Lady Gaga truly I think it is totally ok. I have always listened music just about the reason that I like it. Somehow I have always had quite different taste of music as the majority. But I hadn´t got any problem to listen Iron Maiden in the eighties although my schoolmates that didn´t understand for example my Jimi Hendrix enthusiasm at all, liked Iron Maiden also.

Music has always been part of some youth movement, but if it is only that, I don´t think that kind of person seriously listens music. And that kind of persons don´t listen music very much when they`ve grown adults.

[Pinkunicornnx]

Originally Posted by guest

sorry to be a real pain in the arse again but I have to say this: you really don't give a shit about this purported dearth of good music, because your peers listening to Bieber, Gaga et al supposedly portrays you to be "real alt, bro".

yes, I'm 17, I'm not some mythical sage, but coming from experience I think you're being just lazy and elitist. music isn't about constant one-upmanship, it is about listening to what you enjoy. I love SY and the music that I listen to because I am very much a fan of pure complexity and pure immediacy, perhaps skewing towards the former, with my enjoyed music existing at the confluence. now, this is of course mindless judgement for which I apologise in advance, but I think that you enjoy it because it has something of an outsider status within circles of 14 year-olds, and you would like to assume this sort of persona. now I'm sorry but that's fucking ridiculous. again, speaking from experience.

are you not listening to Dino Jr. because you enjoy them? how are you to know that your little teeny-bopper friends don't enjoy their music equally, if not more so? since when is 'underground' music the indelible marker of quality? because the last time I checked the vast majority of it sucks balls and that's the very reason it isn't popular.

Sis...
You're wrong. I listen to them cause I like their music. And no, I don't enjoy the fact of being an outsider.
And yes you're right about the fact that a lot of underground music suck balls.

[Rob Instigator]

What is there for musicians age 16-25 to rebel against?

[Genteel Death]

Originally Posted by Pinkunicornnx

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And yes you're right about the fact that a lot of underground music suck balls.

Why not admit that you are a fucking boring cunt of a teenager, rather than blaming your apathy on your peers' music taste then? Fuck off. Go to your room. Just fuck off.

[Pinkunicornnx]

Originally Posted by Genteel Death

Why not admit that you are a fucking boring cunt of a teenager, rather than blaming your apathy on your peers' music taste then? Fuck off. Go to your room. Just fuck off.

No. I'm already in my room.

[Pinkunicornnx]

Originally Posted by halfeatencake

seriously though, my fav troll so far.

Stahp --'
I'm not a troll!!?

[evollove]

Has anyone bothered to check Pink.'s posts?

If she's a troll, she's lousy at it. Posts art, starts threads, comments, etc.

[chrome noise tape]

Originally Posted by evollove

Has anyone bothered to check Pink.'s posts?

If she's a troll, she's lousy at it. Posts art, starts threads, comments, etc.

so welcome to the trollsonicland

[Pinkunicornnx]

Originally Posted by chrome noise tape

so welcome to the trollsonicland

--' ...

[guest]

Originally Posted by Genteel Death

Why not admit that you are a fucking boring cunt of a teenager, rather than blaming your apathy on your peers' music taste then?

unfortunately yeah, this is what I am saying albeit bluntly.

[SONIC GAIL]

Originally Posted by Pinkunicornnx

I'm from the nickelcrap/bieber/swag generation... People who have good music taste are REALLY hard to find.

Ha try growing up in a town called Callahan inthe early ninties.


Shit's Glamorized. My primary music exposure was Garth Brooks and Boyz to Men.

[Chris Lawrence]

The first time I remember being aware of music as a trend suddenly shifting was as a (pre-death) Nirvana fan circa 1996 when dance music & hip hop became the popular thing to listen to, and I was mocked for still listening to Nirvana (etc) by the very same people who had just months earlier been listening to it too. What perplexed me is that I legitimately enjoyed that music, which is why I listened to it - I hadn't realized so many people had just become "fans" in the aftermath of Kurt's death, and abandoned it for the next big trend to (I guess) stay popular in high school.

Now, I enjoyed Nirvana and Sonic Youth. I was ridiculed for it. I have to consider that these kids may have actually liked that dance/hiphop regardless of whether it was the current trend. I barely gave it a chance, so in many ways I was no better. I remember music being a BIG identifier in my teenage years, whether positive or negative (I always felt I was born about 5 years too late and was basically acting like a kid trying to fit in with the ghost of a peer group that had long passed).

Nowadays, I appreciate music based on whether I listen to it and enjoy it, and that's all. I'm not actively seeking out any of the current popular music, but I can't deny that people enjoy it - and there's nothing wrong with that. Recently Lou Barlow posted a link to the newest Taylor Swift video on Facebook, singing its praises, so I listened & watched and it was actually really good! In my opinion, and apparently Lou Barlow's (and a few million others?). I can see how that would be a big argument in high school, but now it just doesn't matter (although it can be fun to debate musical tastes in a civil manner, I suppose...).

I think I may have had a point when I started, maybe how it's just funny to think back on how much music could drive rivalry in high school. No, I guess what intrigued me more was the idea that people could just change to accommodate a trend, and how that never seemed natural to me...I'm not saying good or bad either way (too late now!), I just find it interesting.

Oh, I remember my actual point. That for some people, music is just a background accessory and not something that defines them, so they will naturally listen to what's popular (and usually what's popular is popular for a reason). People who have a different sort of connection with music are obviously going to seek out things beneath the "popular" surface and listen to things that really excite them. Again, not saying good or bad (I certainly wish I wasn't as obsessive...), just interesting. I can't imagine not being totally fucking obsessed with music.

[Bytor Peltor]

I graduated from High School in 1988. I don't recall music trends for listeners back then. However, I do recall some artist trending in odd directions. Jimmy Page became a member of, The Firm. Rick Ocasek was leaving The Cars and going solo while ZZ Top started using electronic drums.

At the time, in my opinion, there was no "trend" indicating fans were wanting any of this. At the time, ZZ Top fans in Texas were pissed! Of course, we didn't have message boards to sound off on and we had to listen to the radio to hear anything new.

In the mid to late 80's, your willingness to search out anything different placed you in some sort of elitist category. Buying my first Legendary Pink Dot's release didn't make me elitist over others, but my determination to search them out and learn about the group, that made me different from others......others being everyone who was satisfied by simply listening to what was being played on the radio.

Today, can a couple clicks of a mouse make you elitist?