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<blockquote data-quote="Darth Shoju" data-source="post: 3413905" data-attributes="member: 11397"><p>Did I somehow give the impression that I limit myself to a band's most popular album? The question was what do you consider a strong album with little filler. I listed albums from my personal experience that I felt answered the question and were recognizable. I could have listed others that few people have heard of outside my neck of the woods (Our Lady Peace's <em>Naveed</em>, Men In Kilts' <em>Commando </em>to name a couple) but where would the point be in that for such an exercise? I suppose a few people could end up looking into some of these bands, thereby giving them more exposure, but without details on what kind of music they represent I don't see that as being terribly likely. </p><p></p><p>I agree that mainstream music is often "safe" or "processed", but it is also often very good. I find it fairly irritating when people jump into discussions like these and decry mainstream music and rattle off some obscure performers in an effort to look knowledgeable and discriminating (not that I am accusing *you* of this...someone out there must know what they are talking about and you could very well be one of those people...I'm certainly not going to pretend to be). I had a friend in highschool who loved to find undiscovered bands and tell people about them until they became popular, then abandon them and mock them as "mainstream". Its in the same vein as people who slam Hendrix or Clapton as hacks and then tout some unknown studio/session musician as an under-appreciated genius (not that there aren't talented session musicians out there I imagine). I guess I can appreciate recognizing the talented performers who don't get the exposure they deserve, but deriding music just because it is popular makes little sense to me (again, not that I am claiming that is what you are doing, I guess your post just struck a chord with me).</p><p></p><p>And up here, Rush songs <em>always </em>get airplay.</p><p></p><p> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darth Shoju, post: 3413905, member: 11397"] Did I somehow give the impression that I limit myself to a band's most popular album? The question was what do you consider a strong album with little filler. I listed albums from my personal experience that I felt answered the question and were recognizable. I could have listed others that few people have heard of outside my neck of the woods (Our Lady Peace's [I]Naveed[/I], Men In Kilts' [I]Commando [/I]to name a couple) but where would the point be in that for such an exercise? I suppose a few people could end up looking into some of these bands, thereby giving them more exposure, but without details on what kind of music they represent I don't see that as being terribly likely. I agree that mainstream music is often "safe" or "processed", but it is also often very good. I find it fairly irritating when people jump into discussions like these and decry mainstream music and rattle off some obscure performers in an effort to look knowledgeable and discriminating (not that I am accusing *you* of this...someone out there must know what they are talking about and you could very well be one of those people...I'm certainly not going to pretend to be). I had a friend in highschool who loved to find undiscovered bands and tell people about them until they became popular, then abandon them and mock them as "mainstream". Its in the same vein as people who slam Hendrix or Clapton as hacks and then tout some unknown studio/session musician as an under-appreciated genius (not that there aren't talented session musicians out there I imagine). I guess I can appreciate recognizing the talented performers who don't get the exposure they deserve, but deriding music just because it is popular makes little sense to me (again, not that I am claiming that is what you are doing, I guess your post just struck a chord with me). And up here, Rush songs [I]always [/I]get airplay. ;) [/QUOTE]
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