You Won't Believe Your Ears...
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Not everyone listens to rock, not everyone listens to the radio and/or watches TV..
I can name several "immensely popular and influential" artists and you all will have no clue who am I talking about.
If not for the fact that I've seen a lot of TV shows in the 90's and HEARD THE CHARACTERS SAY THE NAMES OF THE BANDS YOU MENTION, I wouldn't know them either.
I don't know Simon and Garfunkel but I've heard someone say that band's name on TV (or duo, I don't know). I've only seen the name Alice in Chains used in threads like this one, where some people are SHOCKED that the majority haven't heard of them.
And who is Def Leper
?
I can name several "immensely popular and influential" artists and you all will have no clue who am I talking about.
If not for the fact that I've seen a lot of TV shows in the 90's and HEARD THE CHARACTERS SAY THE NAMES OF THE BANDS YOU MENTION, I wouldn't know them either.
I don't know Simon and Garfunkel but I've heard someone say that band's name on TV (or duo, I don't know). I've only seen the name Alice in Chains used in threads like this one, where some people are SHOCKED that the majority haven't heard of them.
And who is Def Leper
?I've given up having conversations with my friends over music. They hate my stuff (emotionally potent, brutal heavy metal) and I hate their stuff (derivitive popular tunes).
That said, teaching the history of 20th Century music ought to be on ALL school curriculums. Never let there be a generation who don't recognise Hendrix, The Beatles or Queen. They don't have to be fans...but it helps to know where you come from.
That said, teaching the history of 20th Century music ought to be on ALL school curriculums. Never let there be a generation who don't recognise Hendrix, The Beatles or Queen. They don't have to be fans...but it helps to know where you come from.
I can honestly say that, if it wasn't for Guitar Hero III, I never would have heard of Muse. Even now, they're just "that band with the really repetative song that made my wrist hurt."OhJohnNo said:
OT: The one that has always bothered me is when I mention Pink Floyd and people say "Oh, yeah, he's pretty good." It doesn't bother me when people haven't heard of them, seeing as they haven't been really big since the late 70s, but when people do know them and think it's a "he" instead of a "them", it gets on my cookies.
Besides, all you have to do is sing the first couple lines of "Another Brick In The Wall pt. 2" and people generally know who you're talking about. I imagine the same would be true for Queen if you mentioned "Another One Bites The Dust", "We Are The Champions", "You're My Best Friend", or the Wayne's World portion of "Bohemian Rhapsody".
Fanta Grape said:
Oh... God.
Oh God.
I don't know what an aneurysm sounds like but I think I'm about to hear it.
OT: People not knowing of a band is fine, really, there's all sorts of reasons she might not have heard of them
THIS, however:
Now it's okay.
I'm sad to say that, more often than not, I'm in the position of the store clerk.
"You haven't heard about Cat Stevens?"
- Nope.
"But you should have!"
- Why?
"Because he was huge!"
- And? I don't keep up with the music scene, and I certainly do not keep track of what was going on 30 years ago.
I fail to see how this makes me an inferior person. I could name several artists I like that you've never heard of: Jaco Pastorius, Richard Bona, Gojira, Return to forever.
I listen to - and keep up with - what I like. I don't see why this is a horrible thing.
That said, I do like Queen, and I'm quite surprised there are people out there who have managed to never hear about them. I don't resent them for it, mind, I just think it's strange.
"You haven't heard about Cat Stevens?"
- Nope.
"But you should have!"
- Why?
"Because he was huge!"
- And? I don't keep up with the music scene, and I certainly do not keep track of what was going on 30 years ago.
I fail to see how this makes me an inferior person. I could name several artists I like that you've never heard of: Jaco Pastorius, Richard Bona, Gojira, Return to forever.
I listen to - and keep up with - what I like. I don't see why this is a horrible thing.
That said, I do like Queen, and I'm quite surprised there are people out there who have managed to never hear about them. I don't resent them for it, mind, I just think it's strange.
I hear ya buddy, I have a few Nightwish albums, but I don't expect people to know them since they are not mainstream, even though they are well known to listeners of symphonic metal. Yeah, it is a shame.TrilbyWill said:
There are various pop culture staples that, regardless of when you were born, you should just 'know' about them. Someone mentioned Bohemian Rhapsody, that is certainly one of them, so epic, unique and infectious. Maybe she may know some of the music, not by title and artist, but by the tune? She may have heard "We will rock you" but not made the association to the band. Unfortunate for her that she was born in the age of butt-music which only serves to stimulate butt-heads.
I once showed a friend's sister Still Alive
Her: When was this released?
Me: 2007, why?
Her: I thought so, this sounds real old
First, four years does not make a song old and why does this matter?!?
I almost killed her after that
Her: When was this released?
Me: 2007, why?
Her: I thought so, this sounds real old
First, four years does not make a song old and why does this matter?!?
I almost killed her after that
Well I've actively tried to stay away from Muse. I've listened to a few of their songs and they're so... derivative. Not bad, but uncreative. And please don't try to prove me wrong, I'm sure there's that /one exception/ but even the biggest of snobs have that /one exception/ for Lady Gaga and the likes.Cheesus333 said:
But if a child hasn't heard of this:
Then their parents are doing something very wrong.
It's true it does't matter, but Freddy Mercry wasn't gay.enzilewulf said:
OT: It is indeed weird that people haven't atleast heard of Queen, I mean it was huge and more important it's still great music till this day.
Just let her listen some Queen songs, she will know them, nearly everyone does.
Freddy Mercury was gay. He was, in fact, very, very gay. Pretty open about it, too.LongHairRocker said:
Don't know where my thoughts were whil typing that, he was more bisexual then gay.MurderousToaster said:
I didn't think it was possible to grow up not knowing who Queen is, even now they still get massive amounts of airplay, especially in England. I have had an experience of similar surprise when I found out that a 26 year old coworker of mine had never heard an Eric Clapton song or knew who he was. To put this in context I work with a group of people who ages range from 19-60 and everyone else could at least one of his songs.
The I'm not from that era of music is a fair enough excuse, I mean it's not unlikely that someone would not have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the back catalogue of a musician who mostly active 20 years before they where born. Though that is limited to artist who don't have songs that still get massive airplay on the radio.
The I'm not from that era of music is a fair enough excuse, I mean it's not unlikely that someone would not have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the back catalogue of a musician who mostly active 20 years before they where born. Though that is limited to artist who don't have songs that still get massive airplay on the radio.
This is my answer . I don't listen to music ever , i know a couple of bands/ artists but i couldn't tell you any of their song titles . People assume that because i'm black that i know all the hiphop song and can dance really well . I don't listen to hiphip nor rap , nor do i listen rock or pop . The only artist ( and i really mean only ) i listen to is eminem. But i like video game/ orchestra music but never bough a cd . Oh and i'd love to go see a opera . TAKE THAT STEREOTYPES!tombman888 said: