Xero wrote:
5/3/// wrote:
And then, Rob Halford is teh über-gay icon and nobody gives a crap!
I think the difference is Rob Halford didn't have horrible music to back him up (rather awesome music really).
Same thing can be said about people who like My Chemical Romance, if they like the music, they obviously wouldn't care. Though hating and/or liking a music genre because of the image and trends is a very insecure thing to do IMO. Especially bashing music (metal is a good example) they probably never even heard to reassure themselves.
My view with the "hot new trends" (such as emo) is while it is annoying that everyone in your life that you see don't seem to like metal at all, and instead watered down mainstream garbage, at least I (and a million other people) listen to metal and enjoy it, so let the "emo" people not see the light for all I care. Though brainwashed (in getting caught up with the crowd, ex. "those people must be wrong/have issues cuz its not the most popular thing evar lol!), it's still possible for them discover music on their own, they just don't know anything better is out there. And there is the possibility people can actually sincerely like emo music (or My Chemical Romance).
It's weird how people associate an image of a band with their own personality. I suppose Miley Cyrus proves that with all it's 12 year old girl fans (as the majority at least)
Who the hell are you to judge what music is good and what isn't?
And the "see the light" comment is pretty stupid too. You make it sound like metal is some kind of a sect and that we, who've seen the light, are the chosen ones.
I like metal but I also like blues, some emo, some punk rock, classical music, some pop music and even - shame on me? - some soul & rap music. I don't look like a metalhead and I do think both metalheads and emokids look stupid because they want to belong to one scene more than they really care about the music and I think it's a ridiculous stance...
But then, I'm a friendly, "let'em be" kind of guy so it's their problem...
Like Joe Perry once wrote: "Let the music do the talking".
PS: And yes, Grandbazaar, my avatar was, indeed, intended to piss off that arrogant douche known as Wsx23. Now that it's done, I can change it.
