This ‘rant’, for want of a better word is probably not going to be the most coherent thing in the world ever, but never mind, hopefully my point will still come across intact. If I even have one.
Time and time again, I hear people banging on about new bands. Some of them are good, and some, are bad, and some are just… OK. And to be honest, its these ‘OK’ bands that I find more annoying. ‘Bad’ bands like Nickelback or Hard-Fi just aren’t very good, and that, while not exactly a fact since it’s subjective, is pretty much the ’standard’ opinion, so fair enough, they’ve got their due.
However, what REALLY fucking winds me up is when people seem to love a band because of the style of the music, instead the actual song. Now, sometimes a band has just done what they like to do and other people have latched on to it because it happens to be the ‘in thing’ which is fair enough - the band have just stuck, mainly, to what they want to do. But it really is ridiculous that people then love a band because they’re the right style for the moment, regardless of how good the songs are! This is especially a sore point if the band has been around for ages doing the same thing but weren’t, at that time, doing the sound that was ‘in’ and so those same people weren’t interested. Surely the song should be the main thing, and not the style. Shouldn’t a painting be the part to like instead of the frame?
There seems to be LOTS of bands around today that fit this category, and I don’t know who’s to blame. In a way, it can be rested solely on the shoulders of those who blindly follow what they’re told is the ‘latest thing’. The whole thing is made worse to some degree by those bands who’ve seen where the money is, and jumped on the bandwagon. Calculating, pandering fucks.
On the other hand, it’s always happened, I suppose. I’ve known loads of people who’ve hated a song, but then when it’s been covered by some different artist, then they fucking love it. Its the same fucking song! It goes the other way of course, self-righteous musos will fucking hate a song thats popular. Not based on it’s musical merits, but based on its performer and sales. A song happens to be popular, and they fucking hate it. Some obscure recluse living in a bin in Newton Aycliffe does it and 3 people hear it, it’s a masterpiece. Again, it’s the same fucking song! When I were a lad, etc…
Werthers Original?
