> i don't think listening to something makes you an elitist, the refusal to
> listen to a type of music does.
yes it is. if you base your choice of music based on a label/popularity (or
lack thereof) it does make you an elitist. i stand by my opinion. i like the
spice girls. if my friends ridicule me for it, that's their loss. everyone
keeps mentioning things like managers, not writing their own material,...
but when will people explain to me why they don't like the *music*.
>> the spice girls make fun music. why would that be less relevant than
>> for example stockhausen?
>
> I think the point should be that the Spice Girls DON'T make fun music....
> their
> writers do. I haven't got any liner notes I could check on this, but
> something
> tells me that they don't have writing credits for their own songs.
so why would that make their music less important?
if you use that rule, there's no way you can enjoy classical music. no more
beethoven, bach nor mozart for that matter.
> Another reason
> why I don't like those gals is 'cause they don't play their own instruments
> and I want to know what on earth you need 5 (or 4) singers for.
huh? you certainly don't like doowop either do you?
> One of them should be
> playing a keyboard instead, and another some drums, or at the very least
> hooking
> up a drum machine, and the two other ones some guitars.
okay dusty springfield didn't play instruments either. so i should chuck her
records out the door as well? she didn't write her own songs either...
what about the brill building roster? those spector produced bands as well.
> It's fine to like the music, but you gotta understand that there is a whole
> crew
> of people behind that facade working to please the least common denominator,
> and
> I'm not talking just a producer.
okay i gotta dislike any product that has a team working on it. hey i also
gotta dislike coke because gosh there's a team of people trying to make a
product. i understand very well that there's a team behind spice girls. why
should that make me stop listening to the spice girls? no it doesn't.
> Unfortunately, there is SO MUCH out there that I have to cover my ears to keep
> from bleeding to death by the sound of it.
true. sometimes underground music should stay underground.
> Furthermore, I became angered because I
> thought, if they have the capabilities to make such a great thing of beauty,
> why
> do they spend most of their time making crappy movies? I
same goes for indie labels. they make just as much crap as the socalled big
ones.
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