I must say I'm very fed up with people suggesting that
other people are making music simply as a piss-take or
to piss off others.
I've had that kind of accusition made about myself, as
I am half of an all synthetic grindcore band, very
very extreme to most people's ears, and often times
people just don't get it, and think we are doing it to
be funny. That's not the case, though we have a sense
of humor.
Also, I used to play a lot of harsh noise stuff live,
using a boombox with the back cut open, short
circuiting it with my fingers. A lot of folks didn't
know how to take that either.
I usually figure that an artist believes in what they
are doing. Sure, it MIGHT be a pisstake, (and we all
know what i am refering to as "it") but I think it's a
lot healthier to believe it's a serious work, and if
you don't like it, then ignore it.
What really annoys me is the insinuation that those of
us on the list who have come to expect a certain level
of difficulty with the initial listens of a record by
a certain artist, and are thus willing to give it the
deep listens it requires, are just doing it because
the artist in question is cool. what a load of bollox.
In my personal experience, I've had many records take
quite a bit of time to click. From Napalm Death to
Prince, they've initially struck me as stupid or bad
or horrible, and a month or 5 later I stumble across
the record in my collection, pop it in, and suddenly
realize what i've been missing out on, and end up
loving the record. So this is part of my listening
habits now. If at first i don't like it, I give it
another chance later. Sometimes it turns out I really
don't like it. Plug for example, I really don't find
anything engaging about drum'n'bass for poppa, and
i've given it a fair share of listens over the past
few years...
anyhow, this has gotten into a rant/ramble, so i'll
end it here.
anthony
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