how much should a person know about a band before wearing their shirt?

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  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    KV4053 said:

    The band members first names.... Niall, Zain, Liam, Harry, and Louis

    Here in the real world, I've never heard of these guys.
  • Sarava
    Sarava Naperville, IL Posts: 2,071
    KV4053 said:

    The band members first names.... Niall, Zain, Liam, Harry, and Louis

    Ewww..I know those names. Had to take my girlfriend and her daughtewr to see them at Soldier Field this summer. Yuck.

    As for knowing songs or the band and wearing their shirts? You know, I worried about stuff like that when I was 15. I'm 42 now and really don't care. Once your an adult I think you're supposed to stop caring about these things.
  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,514
    badbrains said:

    KV4053 said:

    The band members first names.... Niall, Zain, Liam, Harry, and Louis

    Here in the real world, I've never heard of these guys.
    I believe you ;-)
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  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,439
    Last week I saw a young girl, maybe 13 years old, walking down the street with her family wearing a Ramones shirt. I thought "Fuck yeah!". She could have been wearing some Katy Perry shit or Taylor "Jab a screwdriver in my ear" Swift crap. Pretty sure she couldn't name one Ramones song, but once again I thought "Fuck yeah!". \m/
  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,132
    Last-12-Exit said:

    I've been warned so I'll keep it nice: zero. The answer to the question is friggin zero. People can wear whatever the hell they want with zero knowledge of the contents on the shirt.

    Ha... I think I got the same warning :D

    Great answer.
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  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    on2legs said:

    Last-12-Exit said:

    I've been warned so I'll keep it nice: zero. The answer to the question is friggin zero. People can wear whatever the hell they want with zero knowledge of the contents on the shirt.

    Ha... I think I got the same warning :D

    Great answer.
    Seems epidemic with these warnings lately
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    Hobbes said:

    Last week I saw a young girl, maybe 13 years old, walking down the street with her family wearing a Ramones shirt. I thought "Fuck yeah!". She could have been wearing some Katy Perry shit or Taylor "Jab a screwdriver in my ear" Swift crap. Pretty sure she couldn't name one Ramones song, but once again I thought "Fuck yeah!". \m/

    I am like fuck no! because I bet she knows all the Katy Perry and Taylor Swift songs, that is called being a poser, the world already has too many posers. And if you are wearing a family members shirt of a band you don't know, I think that earns you an exception, I think it's cool if that guys daughter wants to wear his shirts, I am talking about people who buy shit at the mall because they want to seem trendy, I would say just be yourself, why is everyone trying to impress everyone? makes no fucking sense, never let others define you, that shit should come from within you, own it, and work with it, and do the best you fucking can. I mean if any of you want to be posers, more power to you, just ain't my thing
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,457
    =))

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  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,132
    edited October 2014
    Big Bank Hank said:

    Hobbes said:

    Last week I saw a young girl, maybe 13 years old, walking down the street with her family wearing a Ramones shirt. I thought "Fuck yeah!". She could have been wearing some Katy Perry shit or Taylor "Jab a screwdriver in my ear" Swift crap. Pretty sure she couldn't name one Ramones song, but once again I thought "Fuck yeah!". \m/

    I am like fuck no! because I bet she knows all the Katy Perry and Taylor Swift songs, that is called being a poser, the world already has too many posers. And if you are wearing a family members shirt of a band you don't know, I think that earns you an exception, I think it's cool if that guys daughter wants to wear his shirts, I am talking about people who buy shit at the mall because they want to seem trendy, I would say just be yourself, why is everyone trying to impress everyone? makes no fucking sense, never let others define you, that shit should come from within you, own it, and work with it, and do the best you fucking can. I mean if any of you want to be posers, more power to you, just ain't my thing
    But what if my thing is wearing shirts for bands I don't have a clue about? Should I let you define me and not wear those shirts? Or should I just do what makes me happy and wear what I want to wear and not care what a guy on a message board thinks about my shirt?
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,042
    edited October 2014
    I'm just not sure why anyone would be thinking about this. Who gives a fuck?? I think it's probably a good idea to dig a little deeper than a person's t-shirt selection process when making judgement calls about them, no?
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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  • Sarava
    Sarava Naperville, IL Posts: 2,071
    I think he's just messing with us.
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Leezestarr313 said:

    =))

    Here in the real world,
    My sisters just turned 18 and she only wears shirts of bands that she's seen live. She rocks paramore and gaslight anthem shirts. Does that make her cool?

    Edit-when she was 10, I bought her a pearl jam shirt from the fan club for her cuz she was always listening to pearl jam and asked me to. Def a cool younger sister.
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    i only know a few pj songs and not much about the band, i still could'nt careless what anybody thinks, as long as i know what songs i like thats all that matters to me and im happy to wear pj tops to bed
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,457
    badbrains said:

    Leezestarr313 said:

    =))

    Here in the real world,
    My sisters just turned 18 and she only wears shirts of bands that she's seen live. She rocks paramore and gaslight anthem shirts. Does that make her cool?

    Edit-when she was 10, I bought her a pearl jam shirt from the fan club for her cuz she was always listening to pearl jam and asked me to. Def a cool younger sister.
    Good stuff, bb!

    Here in the real world, when I first started listening to PJ, there was no PJ shirt to be had, so I made my own, tie-died and with wax.

    I bought my nieces and nephews Tigers and Red Wings shirts, even though they don't know what these teams are. They were just happy they got something from America :D





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  • SheDreamsInColour
    SheDreamsInColour Posts: 143
    I think it's obnoxious to expect that someone's choice of shirt has to be directly proportionate to the amount they know about a band. I'm just so happy to see people in clothes that don't say "JUICY" across the ass that I don't care if they have any clue who the band is on their shirt.

    Someone not knowing who Nirvana is and sporting the shirt? Not a hill I'm going to die on. Fashion on, little hipster...fashion on.
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  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Leezestarr313 said:

    badbrains said:

    Leezestarr313 said:

    =))

    Here in the real world,
    My sisters just turned 18 and she only wears shirts of bands that she's seen live. She rocks paramore and gaslight anthem shirts. Does that make her cool?

    Edit-when she was 10, I bought her a pearl jam shirt from the fan club for her cuz she was always listening to pearl jam and asked me to. Def a cool younger sister.
    Good stuff, bb!

    Here in the real world, when I first started listening to PJ, there was no PJ shirt to be had, so I made my own, tie-died and with wax.

    I bought my nieces and nephews Tigers and Red Wings shirts, even though they don't know what these teams are. They were just happy they got something from America :D





    I totally know what you mean leeze, here in the real world whenever I travel over seas and take shirts for family and friends, they love and wear them with pride not knowing wtf the meaning of "thongs & bongs!" is :))
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    Eddieshometown said:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOwjVVSNOtY

    great movie
  • motar
    motar Posts: 141
    Depends on the weather.
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    on2legs said:

    Big Bank Hank said:

    Hobbes said:

    Last week I saw a young girl, maybe 13 years old, walking down the street with her family wearing a Ramones shirt. I thought "Fuck yeah!". She could have been wearing some Katy Perry shit or Taylor "Jab a screwdriver in my ear" Swift crap. Pretty sure she couldn't name one Ramones song, but once again I thought "Fuck yeah!". \m/

    I am like fuck no! because I bet she knows all the Katy Perry and Taylor Swift songs, that is called being a poser, the world already has too many posers. And if you are wearing a family members shirt of a band you don't know, I think that earns you an exception, I think it's cool if that guys daughter wants to wear his shirts, I am talking about people who buy shit at the mall because they want to seem trendy, I would say just be yourself, why is everyone trying to impress everyone? makes no fucking sense, never let others define you, that shit should come from within you, own it, and work with it, and do the best you fucking can. I mean if any of you want to be posers, more power to you, just ain't my thing
    But what if my thing is wearing shirts for bands I don't have a clue about? Should I let you define me and not wear those shirts? Or should I just do what makes me happy and wear what I want to wear and not care what a guy on a message board thinks about my shirt?
    you definitely should not give a damn what I think, just as I don't give a damn what you think when I am making my apparel choices, just thought we were discussing t-shirts just like the threads who said you shouldn't wear Pearl Jam shirts to a Pearl Jam show, which I thought was lame, and obviously many think my view is lame, that is fine, I don't make my opinions so the majority will like it, that is a weak ass way to live your life, if you like wearing shirts of bands that you have no idea who they are then go for it, I would never tell anyone what they can or cannot do, my suggestion would be that it is false advertisement but whatever, but I will always support freedom of choice as long as your choices aren't hurting anyone else, and what clothes you wear obviously don't, so rock on whatever you decide to wear
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