Taking another's dislike of your favorite band as a deep personal insult - C/D?

Slagging the New fuckin' Radicals though brought on a tirade of hate.

WTF?

nevertheless, i passionately hate Ned for his blatant disregard of Superchunk

Maybe this is just something I've learned from hanging around with a variety of musicians my whole life, but I find it repulsive when people are critically blinded by their own interests. If you want to be an idiot, by all means, but at least preface with, "I am going to say something idiotic now!"

He's gone on to be an enduring legend. Not common with hacks.

So why you've been hanging out with musicians your whole life?

If someone makes a pejorative crack about a favorite band of mine, all it says to me is that they're missing out, or simply that they have different taste. If they wanna smear sickly goop like Scout Niblett or Fall Out Boy or Usher all over their ears, that's their prerogative.

I've been assured that something is definitely wrong with my brain because I don't like DMB, though. You'd think they would be more cool about it, like "I've got my stuff, you've got your stuff, there's some overlap, it's all cool" but instead it's more like insane ranting about how I'm just being contrary and haven't really listened to the music. That shit is deeply classic when I'm in the right mood, but so very dud otherwise.

but that doesn't ever mean i'm right

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I don't hear anything exceptional about the DMB. Never have. Probably never will.

1) people identify so much with their music and musical preferences are so personal that any criticism of the music becomes interpreted at personal attack. Again, "this music is me, so by attacking this music, you attack me"

2). If Morrison was a hack, what are you guys? If you're you musically inclined at all, let's hear some tunes. How's your voice? Post some lyrics. Etc.

yes, once again, unless you are more technically proficient in a particular area, ANY criticism is invalid since you obviously don't know as much or otherwise you would have already gone thru the work to do the same exact thing etc etc etc

The feeling is mutual re: your Buckaroo Banzai loathing. Oh I seethe. *seethes*

REally, though, similar questions have been posed before, and my answer is similar: If I was to be offended by everyone who didn't share my exact tastes, I'd have to say bye-bye to a lotta friends/loved ones etc.

How about, Taking another's dislike of your favorite band as reason to dismiss them as a human being. That's more my style. Don't get mad, get dismissive.

I don't know if I'm guilty of "dismissing" anyone as a "human being," but I've certainly lost some respect for people I've met who paid good money for albums by Creed, Alanis Morrisette and Kid Rock.

HI DERE!

Meaning what? You're a completely out of touche idiot?

-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), September 14th, 2005 1:28 AM. (later)

Someone I know said the first release sounds a bit like the Cure, with more electronics.

Cybergoths?

meaning that if J-Mo hadn't made a certain critical career move he would now be haunting the Rainbow, barely tolerated by the staff and hoping for wry fux0rz and tourists to buy him drinks in exchange for the pleasure of smirking at his old-time stories

I, too, aspire to be a big fat drug-addled has-been dead dude in a bathtub sometime in the future. Of course, I have always been known to shoot for the stars.