Post by Terrapin Station on Feb 26, 2018 12:23:05 GMT
Obviously, I'm giving my opinion that whether something is good has nothing to do with influence.
You said: "It's hard for me to believe that they're not primarily respected simply because Kurt Cobain talked about liking them.
" Why would Cobain's opinion matter more than Bowie's or Radiohead's (or Bono's)?
" Why would Cobain's opinion matter more than Bowie's or Radiohead's (or Bono's)?
Because of the stature that Cobain has, which was most strongly impacted by his suicide, where he's basically seen as a martyr.
It seems a bit silly, in general, to think most people like a band just because someone else liked them anyway.
In a recent thread about the Russian involvement with the U.S. election, suzi said (to another poster, not me), "So you don't believe that people buy into the things they hear on the news, or on the internet?"
I responded, "Whenever one suggests that there's anyone who doesn't just think for themselves, as if they existed in a vacuum, everyone has a cow and seems to suggest that social influence is just a myth. I've had that happen a ton of times on various boards."
Generally I hear "formulaic" as a criticism of bands who followed someone else's formula, not who invented their own; but I'll bite anyway: what was the formula?