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>>894642 >>894736
Mainstream
music does tend to be "bad" and one who listens to alternative shit
does not necessarily do so due to hipsterdom or out of trying to look
intellectual. Mainstream music is created to attract the lowest common
denominator and reach the biggest amount of consumers it can, and in
doing so it tends to be made generic and lose substance. Most of it is
also created specifically for a party environment, and although it works
great in that environment, it lacks substance when taken outside of it,
i sure as hell won't listen to LMFAO at home if i want music with
actual substance. For those who aren't very into music or simply want to
listen to party music this is not a problem (taste is subjective
afterall), but when one is really into music it makes sense that he
rejects lots of mainstream stuff to dig deeper.
Really, this
applies to every cultural product. There will always be the generic
products for the masses (like Michael Bay movies or Call of Duty) and
the other smaller markets and products made specifically for niche
groups and people who want something better. People who are into some
sort of cultural product will tend to prefer the niche products (i for
example am into music, but i don't know shit about movies). That's why
in /mu/ you'll have people whining over "Plebeians" and in /v/ you'll
have people whining over "Casuals", because as they are people who are
into those products, they dislike the more generic mainstream culture.
...
this is really obvious shit. I'd usually expect people to answer with
"No shit, Sherlock" to this. But these days with everyone calling
everything they don't like "Hipster", i might aswell re-state this.
Though,
if someone does reject mainstream music simply because it is popular
and not because he personally dislikes it, and does so tryin to look
interesting or alternative, he is indeed an idiot.
>>894887
The fact you used Kanye as your example there made the irony much much better. |