Eternal Idol wrote:
heatseeker wrote:
While I don't think people dislike bands specifically because they are popular, I do think that people's perceptions of bands influence their opinions of the band's music. Try listening to some band that you don't like/think is okay and think "what if band x came out with this?". Not to drag this up again, but if you listen to The Crusade and honestly think "what if this record was by Metallica?", you can't say your opinion wouldn't be affected.
Or some people, like me, could give a damn about Trivium altogether. I'm not interested because their music does nothing for me, not because some kids down at the Hot Topic like them. It is possible to just plain not like a popular bands sound, but of course fans of said popular band will dismiss that opinion by saying "you just don't like it because it's popular". It goes both ways.
Yeah, that's not what I'm saying...but whatever. I'm just trying to say that people's impressions of a band affect what they think about the music. Not necessarily that people don't like bands because they're popular, it could be anything about a band.
But yeah, I can see that most people disagree with me. Okay.
