On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> listen to at first. it takes some effort and concentration to really get
> into the lyrics and the mood. which is completely unlike most mainstream
> music, which is easy to listen to, they repeat the chorus 18 times a song,
> and you can't help but have most of it memorized after one or two listens. i
> don't think it's necessarily just an intelligence issue, i think most people
> don't care enough about the music to take the time to listen carefully enough
I wouldn't say that it's that they don't care enough, I'd say it's because
they just plain don't like it. Sure most bands I listen to takea few
spins in my CD player before I like them - but I'd say it really depends
on my mood that I'm in. Who'se to say you might be in a Britney Spears
mood one day and just wouldn't know it because you don't have her CD
handy? Regardless, it's all subjective. We find this music speaks to our
souls because of the experiences we have had adn the experiences these
lyrics speak to. Other people find Pearl Jam and Blackstreet speaks to
thier experiences - this is the basis of music-liking, really. Who are we
t osay that our experiences are more 'authentic' than thiers? If our
experiences drive us to listen closly to tyrics and thier experiences
drive them to listen to lyrics that are just easier to understand, does
that make them any less, care-wise to the music, or intelligence wise? I
don't think so, personally.
Emo's a terribly subjective word. Which is why if you ask for a list of
'emo' bands you'll get many bands - most of which sound nothing
alike....SDRE is not Get Up Kids is not Joan of Arc.
