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[mechapathy]

note to all of the people who took my last entry as a personal attack:

You should realize that I'm not attacking people who listen to those forms of music. I am simply attacking people who make that sort of music, and the people who pump it into the mainstream.

Comments

[anonymous]

seems like tha same thing to me

[mechapathy]

Well, I'm sorry that it seems that way to you, whoever you are. The thing is, I don't really care what people listen to so much that I base my friends on their tastes. Most of my friends do listen to music that I enjoy, but some do not, and I'm not about to devalue them for that. In fact, I think it's great when people stand up for the things that they like, and don't change for anyone else. I simply get pissed off when I turn on the radio, or when I ride in someone's car and I hear music that makes my heart and throat tighten, and my jaw clench up. Go ahead, listen to whatever you want, I won't stop you, and I won't criticize YOU for it. I just wish that this music would stop being made

[anonymous]

seriously, everybody doesnt have to like ur music. u make it sound like ur music is the shit and everybody should like it. its all a part of being an individual.

[mechapathy]

Would you care to let me know who you are?

[soap947]

i suppose in technical terms it is, because those that gobble up the music are the reason the music is still doing well on the charts. mainstream record labels put out anything that does well, and will continue to pump it out, so people who listen to the shit are really the reason it's out there. nonetheless, i still agree with shawn. it kinda blows to think that my kids might look back on my music as i do on my mom's (the doors, eric clapton, etc) and respect my generations music, cause i hate it.

[mechapathy]

Caty, I don't think that people will respect this music in future generations. I don't believe that in 25 years someone will grow up to enjoy the popular music in 2005. Here's my reasoning:

The music of the 60s (and early 70s before the "Disco Out-freakage") had such a different message. It was one of hope, or of contempt for the things that really harmed people, or of unity, or of love, or of the many positive things that were happening at the time. It wasn't selfish, and it wasn't uninspired. Today's popular music is really selfish, at best, and doesn't come from a good place. There are Iraq war protest songs, but they never make it on the radio. And it's hard to find someone in popular music who will sing about how they love someone without actually meaning that they've fucked someone.

It's just a cryin shame.
-Shawn