I agree - music fads are dumb as well. I know exactly what you are talking about with Greenday. They don't bother me as much though.
I can't believe they thought it was a clothes brand. Makes me want to strangle them people. :p
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I agree - music fads are dumb as well. I know exactly what you are talking about with Greenday. They don't bother me as much though.
I can't believe they thought it was a clothes brand. Makes me want to strangle them people. :p
I don't really see why people get worked up over trends. I dont see how it's a big deal that there are John Deere things.
It's hard to explain. It's like, if I owned a John Deere shirt right now, I wouldn't wear it until the fad was over. If I did wear it, say, to some huge city, and someone I didn't know said "Cool shirt!" I would be disgusted. If it wasn't 'in', and never WAS 'in', and somebody said "Cool shirt!" I'd be like "Thanks!"Quote:
Originally Posted by CagneyDog
I guess I just love that I have a taste for what is not "in", and will probably (hopefully), never BE "in". It's not that I go and say "Oh, this is SO not popular, I'm going to buy it and start liking it". It's just that the things I DO like are usually not popular.
It's the same thing with music. I just LOVE bands that aren't well known. It's not that I like them BECAUSE they aren't well known, but I do enjoy the fact that they aren't known. Then they become popular, and it SUCKS, because I've liked them WAY before. In example, Fallout Boy. I've liked them for a long time, but it seems to me they've just become popular recently..
I guess it's a little selfish - because its good for the band. But that's just an example I suppose.
I try not to let it bother me too much, but I guess its mostly just the ignorance of some people. I'm not saying all people who like to wear popular clothes are ignorant. Sometimes they really are nice clothes! It's just those that will see somebody wearing a skirt, for example, and think "that is SO hideous". Then they see it in a magazine, and they think "Hmmm". They they see some celebrity wearing it and they think "Hmmm!!". Next thing you know they one own. THOSE are the people that bother me.
I guess its the main thing is, why can't people be themselves? :p
Eh, I see where your coming from but still :p
I love Greenday, I love their old stuff. It doesn't bother me that everyone is obsessed with American Idiot.
In a way, when people are trying to be "different" and stick out they are just acting like the other 20 billion people that think the same way. :p
:P:P Good point, but I'm not trying to be different. I just AM different. Well, maybe not a WHOLE lot physically and stuff. I am mentally though, very different. :o Anyway, I guess this is getting kind of sidetracked. :p
I don't mind people likeing American Idiot. It's awsome. I just hate when they call themselves fans but don't even know how long they've been around and I hate being criticized for likeing their old stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by CagneyDog
Another fad example is those sparkley purses. My mom sold them at her shop and no one had ever seen them. I was thinking about getting one just because I liked them and I figured that no one else had them so it would be different. The next week, EVERYONE had them. Now, you can't see a single person without one. Now, I hate those things because EVERYONE has them. They get way too boreing!
I COMPLETELY agree. Their newest CD though has completely turned me off of the band though, unfortunately. As well as their new "fans". :(Quote:
Originally Posted by WolvesRawk
I still LOVE Green Day but just not their new "fans." They are hardly fans if they don't know that there are other CDs than American Idiot. I can be considered a fan because if you name a song by Green Day, I'll most likely know it and be able to play it on my guitar. These people that only like Green Day because it's what everyone else likes are annoying. It happens to so many bands now. Just look at AC/DC and Fall Out Boy. It's rather sad really because they'll be fans one day, then not care about that band the next.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessika
Well a fan is just someone who is a fan of their stuff. So whether they only like the new stuff and haven't even heard of "Dookie" or older albums, or you're someone who knows everything about them down to their eye color, you're still a fan in my opinion. You both still buy their merchandise and support the band.
I agree with wolesrawk I'm a big fan of ac/dc and I love there music all the cds and everything and there are people at my school they say ooo I like that band too and I'm like wat song do you like and they are like ummm the new ones and um like umm ok?! Do you know the names and they are like no and then i say then how come you say you're a gan if you don't know anything about them. I'm also a fan of The All-American Rejects I love them I have all there cds know a lot about them and people yet they so called say they are a fan and yet they are not like I know someone I im with and they say I love that band i'm a fan too and i'm like what are the songs you like and she is all i like dirty little secret and i'm like oh what else and she is all that is the only song I know and i'm like ummm ok?! That just gets on my last nerves.
Careful, music people... you may be running down and chasing off potential 'real' fans. After all, there was one point in your fandom when you only knew one song or one cd by the bands you love, but since no one made you feel bad or stupid for being that way, you kept learning more about the bands, and getting in to more of their stuff. If they like the new stuff, why not try to turn them on to some of the old stuff, or more stuff from the band? You may be discouraging people who could potentially be great concert buds, or who have similar enough tastes musically to turn you on to something new you'd love but don't know about yet.
As far as the clothes go, I think it is worse to give up something you really like just because other people like it, too. I think not liking something just because other people do is even worse than liking it because other people do. If you really want to be yourself and be an individual, than forget about all the trends. Don't even let them register with you. There's no rule that says you can't incorporate both the most popular and the not-even-on-the-map-yet things into your style. It's all good, as long as it is what you like and what makes you feel good.
Good post Allecto.
I'm not sure if you were referring to me or not, with the "not liking because somebody else does". That's not exactly how I feel, its just, its not as fun to wear what everyone else is wearing for me, I guess. :p
I don't not (I know, double negitive) get stuff because others like it, I just loose intrest when others like it. Such as with the sparkly purses. Since they're now everywhere, they are just boreing.
for clothes i don't mind them getting or accecories but this girl i'm talking about first they say the like the band and then she says she hates it when she hears someone that doesn't like it and then she hears someone else say they love it she says she loves it too. That is how i'm trying to say it.
Those are the most annoying people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Almita