What's the problem with you guys

McCready00
McCready00 Posts: 371
edited December 2006 in Other Music
Why don't you just try to appreciate a song or a band for what they are and not by judging the musicians of a band for a stupid reason as "they play commercial songs". Why are you limiting yourself like that! My god...

Coldplay is commercial but Pearl Jam aren't.. what the fuck..

PEARL JAM ARE FUCKING COMMERCIAL !!!

my 2 cents..

P.-S.: I'm really not as angry as I seem !!!
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  • fada
    fada Posts: 1,032
    Every band bar and large are in it to be commerical. If they don't they won't survive. Rory Gallagher never released singles and was quoted as saying that he didn't want to be a top of the pops man. He toured enlessly to make his money(not much mind). If he had released a few singles he needn't have toured so much.
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Many people are just in denial about their favorite bands being commercial. Even the members of Pearl Jam were in denial about it for a while.

    However, I think by "too commercial" people mean the music sounds manufactured so it will be marketable to a large, diverse audience. Coldplay sounds like that to me sometimes, as well as Linkin Park, Nickelback, Audioslave, etc. That's why bands like these become so successful. They could be sold to a huge audience, whereas Pearl Jam's new single probably won't grab as many people. They still have a large fanbase, but that's a totally different thing than record sales.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    fada wrote:
    Every band bar and large are in it to be commerical. If they don't they won't survive. Rory Gallagher never released singles and was quoted as saying that he didn't want to be a top of the pops man. He toured enlessly to make his money(not much mind). If he had released a few singles he needn't have toured so much.


    If he would have released singles it probably wouldn't have mattered a whole lot. Bands do not make much money off of albums and singles unless they sell millions of copies. Rory Gallagher was not the type of artist who could put out a single that would sell 3-4 million copies. Bands need to tour and/or do promotional gigs to make money, period.
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,827
    nothing what's wrong with you ?
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  • fada
    fada Posts: 1,032
    He had a song off "Against the Grain" which had the same type of vibe as "Freebird" . It could have been huge but he didn't want it released. I don't think that he wanted the success. I think that it was done to the fact that the old blues players never had it and he felt that to play the blues you had to be kind of non commerical.
  • alobar
    alobar Posts: 310
    McCready00 wrote:
    Why don't you just try to appreciate a song or a band for what they are and not by judging the musicians of a band for a stupid reason as "they play commercial songs". Why are you limiting yourself like that! My god...

    Coldplay is commercial but Pearl Jam aren't.. what the fuck..

    PEARL JAM ARE FUCKING COMMERCIAL !!!

    my 2 cents..

    P.-S.: I'm really not as angry as I seem !!!

    you probably couldn't do the same with Justin Timberlake and just appreciate his songs without judging him first and that's too bad.
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  • brhf9
    brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    Ritalin anyone?
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  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    You know what I can't stand? Is when people complain about a band allowing their song to be played in a commercial. Who the fuck cares. Really.

    I don't judge a band on how 'commercial' they are. If I like the music... it's all that matters.
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  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    You know my problem is with manufactured music and bands not commercial music, to me it feels hollow, like sure they can sing or whatever but when there is no feeling there it makes it seem worthless, empty and shallow like Spice Girls, Pussycat Dolls, and other bands who basically just perform the music for a record company excec. to get rich.
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    McCready00 wrote:
    Why don't you just try to appreciate a song or a band for what they are and not by judging the musicians of a band for a stupid reason as "they play commercial songs". Why are you limiting yourself like that! My god...

    Coldplay is commercial but Pearl Jam aren't.. what the fuck..

    PEARL JAM ARE FUCKING COMMERCIAL !!!

    my 2 cents..

    P.-S.: I'm really not as angry as I seem !!!
    my reason for disliking coldplay isn't because their songs are commercial, my reason is that, in my opinion, their songs are crap :) I like music based on quality, not coolness or by how underground it is.
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  • yield2me
    yield2me Posts: 1,291
    McCready00 wrote:
    Why don't you just try to appreciate a song or a band for what they are and not by judging the musicians of a band for a stupid reason as "they play commercial songs". Why are you limiting yourself like that! My god...

    Coldplay is commercial but Pearl Jam aren't.. what the fuck..

    PEARL JAM ARE FUCKING COMMERCIAL !!!

    my 2 cents..

    P.-S.: I'm really not as angry as I seem !!!


    chill out
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  • paddy
    paddy Posts: 104
    I don't judge music. I just think 99% of it sucks.
    Hello, is there anybody in there?
  • concretepillow
    concretepillow Posts: 264
    paddy wrote:
    I don't judge music. I just think 99% of it sucks.
    Lol.
    99% is a little much though..... gotta go with 83%.
    It just feels right.
    Go see The Avett Brothers!!
  • paddy
    paddy Posts: 104
    concretepillow wrote:
    Lol.
    99% is a little much though..... gotta go with 83%.
    It just feels right.
    Too low, man. Think about it. There are millions of shite songs out there, millions I tell ye.
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  • Azwethinkweiz
    Azwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    i don't care about Coldplay being commercial or not.

    they're still a boring-ass band who write incredibly boring, bland songs.
  • momofglynn
    momofglynn Posts: 849
    coldplay isn't bad at all. It's the bands like Nickelback, Godsmack, Puddle of Mud, those types of bands that I just can't stand, they are like cookie cutter bands. I am not a huge fan of current pop music but you know what, I have seen Justin Timberlake perform live and honestly, he's a pretty good performer. He's no Stevie Wonder but he was enjoyable. I try to listen to something new everyday. Whether it be jazz, pop, rock, whatever. I am forever looking for something new.
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  • Azwethinkweiz
    Azwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    i'd rather listen to Godsmack than Coldplay.

    atleast they're rockin'.
  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    Azwethinkweiz wrote:
    i'd rather listen to Godsmack than Coldplay.

    atleast they're rockin'.


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  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,413
    McCready00 wrote:
    Why don't you just try to appreciate a song or a band for what they are and not by judging the musicians of a band for a stupid reason as "they play commercial songs". Why are you limiting yourself like that! My god...

    Coldplay is commercial but Pearl Jam aren't.. what the fuck..

    PEARL JAM ARE FUCKING COMMERCIAL !!!

    my 2 cents..

    P.-S.: I'm really not as angry as I seem !!!

    ok good I thought I was the only one who realized how insanely elitist some Pearl Jam fans are...it really is rediculous.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    SomethingCreative wrote:
    ok good I thought I was the only one who realized how insanely elitist some Pearl Jam fans are...it really is rediculous.

    nah, you hang around here long enough and you come to realize most of them are self-righteous twats.

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