Refused.

[D.o.S.]

You're conflating: I don't hate Sufjan Stevens -- I don't listen to Sufjan Stevens. It's not worth listening to. Hence "unessential."

Fair enough, but did you ever listen to him/it, or just arbitrarily decide not to listen to...? How did you arrive at this conclusion?

I don't typically make melodicism a central point of the music I listen to, and the more singer-songerwiter-y stuff just makes me wonder why I'm not listening to Elliot Smith. also this sort of "twee" music makes me gag.

[SPACERITUAL]

Fiona apple was really hot in that one video but natalie imbruglia will always be the hottest.

[D.o.S.]

Also worth noting: you can spit out 4,000 words about any record to make it sound like a classic. Particularly if your only criteria is to make it sound like a classic. Overinflated importance is a pet peeve of mine.

[DarkAxel]

Overinflated importance is a pet peeve of mine.

feels almost like we're coming back on topic

[kbit]

Overinflated importance is a pet peeve of mine.

feels almost like we're coming back on topic

[casecandy]

Casecandy, have you ever been in a store where there was an employee that was engaging you about every piece of merchandise you looked at, chatting you up, and following you throughout the store in an effort to sell you something?

Because that's my exact perception of your talking about the bands you dig

Ah, man, if it paid more than minimum wage, that'd be my dream job

Once someone in a record store asked me to help them pick a punk album based on my swag Brand New hoodie

And I swear... I'm not making this up for the purposes of this thread... I gave them The Shape of Punk To Come

It was, and I quote, "too screamy"

[casecandy]

Elliot Smith

Seven things.

[casecandy]

If you were one of the people that read this thread through the whole way, you'll know that this is potently relevant to the ideas expressed therein LOL

This one goes out to you, D.o.S.

http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/para ... incredible