Dienstag, 29. Sep 2009, 11:25

(perhaps I will add more to this entry later)

You know, I never understood why people had/have such strong opinions for or against Dave Matthews. I really enjoy some of his songs, but I don't really see why people think he is SO SUPER AMAZING nor do I understand why people think his music is for stupid women or douchebag men?? haha I think that he is just a victim of shitty fans.

Similarly with Coldplay, I don't understand why their image is like, "DEFINING OF A GENERATION!!!" (if I recall correctly, they were the #1 played band on last.fm for 2008?) nor music for yuppies/mainstream pretentious idiots. I really like their old stuff from their first and second album, but after that they changed their sound and I don't really care for them anymore–despite that I don't think they SUCK or anything, but I just don't personally care for them anymore.

Despite these two examples, there are bands I CAN understand the stark contrast in opinions of, but (for now, at least) I don't think my opinions are that notable to warrant writing them down. haha

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I also don't really understand the hub bub over Jay-Z. This is not to say I don't think he's a talented fellow, but I don't really understand why he's SO highly regarded. (and/or the people who think he is no longer as great as he used to be) I guess because I don't follow the rap world much, I probably don't understand how much of an influence he had/changed the style or whatever from the "gangsta rap" of the 90s to the more complex "flow" that a lot of rappers have now days. Again, this is not to say I don't think he's good at what he does, I just don't understand the super strong opinions.