I hate the Melvins. Buzz is fucking annoying as a person, and as a songwriter, every album they've ever put out is composed of 1, maybe 2 good songs and the rest filler. Their newer stuff is just butt rock.

  • NomadicWarMachine [any]
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    3 years ago

    This is a pretty common take nowadays if you know a lot of non-normie people

      • NomadicWarMachine [any]
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        3 years ago

        Hating the beetles is pretty in vogue right now. It’s almost to the point that liking the beetles is the more contrarian take.

        • WALLTHERICH [comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          if that were true people who don't enjoy their music wouldn't be constantly mobbed by beatles worshippers every time they levy a criticism at them

          maybe it's different where you live or in your social circle but most people i've met cannot help but immediately spit in your mouth if you say you don't enjoy their music

          • NomadicWarMachine [any]
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            3 years ago

            There are definitely social media circles where liking the Beatles will get you almost as much flack as hating them.

            • WALLTHERICH [comrade/them]
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              3 years ago

              which is equally bullshit imo, if not for rabid ultra-fans obnoxiously cramming how wonderful they are down my throat i'd take the same stance i do with all subjective experiences: you like that stuff? good. i'm glad. it's not for me but hell yeah.

          • Diogenes_Barrel [love/loves]
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            3 years ago

            most people i’ve met cannot help but immediately spit in your mouth if you say you don’t enjoy their music

            :hyperflush: gonnna start going around saying the beatles are bad

      • NomadicWarMachine [any]
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        3 years ago

        Nah. My bar for "not normie" is pretty low. Like if you're willing to watch movies with subtitles and your favorite book isn't Harry Potter.

          • NomadicWarMachine [any]
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            3 years ago

            The Beatles music is... fine. It's good pop rock. The fact they became such a cultural phenomenon means that even if they were 10x better they'd still be grossly overrated. People hate wanking over them is about as cringe as people who can't shut up about how Sargent Pepper's Lonely Whatever is the greatest album ever. But saying there overrated is no lie and I don't personally like them very much and get annoyed when people act SHOCKED! SHOCKED I TELL YOU! to hear that.

                  • WALLTHERICH [comrade/them]
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                    3 years ago

                    i'm not. i just don't like their music and think it sucks. which is not helped by their incredibly rabid fanbase

                    also lol "objectively excellent" is not something i'd say about literally any art, but go off tiger

                    eta: let me try to be less of a dick about this. i just have never enjoyed their music. i don't really like pop music. i loathe being lectured by beatles fans specifically because they treat not liking their favorite band as tantamount to genocide. it's just exhausting and annoying.

                      • WALLTHERICH [comrade/them]
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                        3 years ago

                        yeah this is pretty much the standpoint i try to take with everything i don't like. i think i just find being labeled pretentious and faux-edgy for not liking something to be tiring, particularly when that's about the least hostile fan-interaction you can hope for with beatles fans upon announcing that you don't care for their music

                        tl;dr i think you're right and i agree with you, i just found the haughty attitude unpalatable