You know, I don't really like Hanson, but I do have a respect for them. They can play an instrument and sing. I know thats a stupid thing to say, but I have respect for people who can do that, hell, I always thought it was hard enough just playing an instrument or just singing.
this is a ridiculous post. everyone can do this. it takes a minimal amount of practice. outside of some pop acts (such as Britney Spears and American Idol finalists) and of course opera (but really who is counting that) there are very few musicians out there who do not both use an instrument and sing.
if the minimum for respect is the ability to strum a guitar while singing, there are several douchebags outside of frathouses that I think will
blow your mind.
Yeah this kinda I mean playing guitars/keyboards and singing is kinda common but drums and singing? I don't see that to often. I would guess it's rather difficult, but I could be wrong.
it's less difficult and more fumbling and kind of silly. drummers are about rhythm, not melody (for the most part). chances are your average drummer isn't into singing at all because he's probably not that concerned about melody and more concerned about keeping ridiculously perfect time. I've made a lot of exaggerations (obviously drummers care about melody and shit) but really, asking this is like asking why the sculptor doesn't paint; it's a different skill set.
I would not say I enjoy pop, but the three you mentioned are not intolerable. Carrie Underwood has put out some rather good stuff. I'll probably never be able to get into it because it is so ugh country sounding, though. I would be able to rationalize liking the music of the previously mentioned singers if they actually had more of a hand in writing their own material. I can respect them (somewhat) as singers, but even if I liked their material, I would not really be liking their material; know what I mean?
I'm not sure I follow. sorry, but Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Hanson, whoever the soup du jour is, they all kind of suck in the same way. you're arguing it's the aesthetic that prevents you from enjoying it too, which is bizarre. instead of disliking simplistic song structures with shallow lyrics and worthless, non-catchy hooks, you dislike the fact that it's got a southern edge to it? either your palate has been so refined by Blue Oyster Cult and 30 Seconds to Mars that certain accents in music grate on you, or there's some dissonance here that I'm not picking up on, because there's absolutely nothing different about the artists he listed from almost any other pop act.
someone once used that argument against me to ridicule me for not liking fall out boy.
so yeah. cool
yeah it's a completely worthless argument. it's like respecting someone who can rub their belly and pat their head at the same time. even if you do respect them, and you really shouldn't, (ideally) the respect is so small as to not warrant a thought of admiration.
It's their aesthetic that makes them a horrible band.
see, that's an example of an aesthetic that actually COULD irritate someone; they sing a certain way and play their instruments a certain way, to the degree that many people shovel them under the genre of "emo". while this is completely unfair to the actual emo bands, it is still a moniker that's applied to groups with that exact style.
as opposed to Kelly Clarkson who sounds exactly like almost every other female pop singer and makes little effort to differentiate herself, which is why it puzzles me that she becomes "not intolerable" (or following the rules of grammar, tolerable) as opposed to other acts that Jeff condemned.
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