TV on the Radio, for instance
Sometimes I'm wrong.
I'm willing to admit that.
This goes back to a mini-discussion I had over spring break. I was reminded of it tonight.
I have yet to feel like I like Vampire Weekend. MGMT is in kinda the same territory. I've come to realize that there's nothing that turns me off to a band as much as hype, deserved or not.
TVOTR is a perfect example. I picked that one up a short while after all the hype had died down. At this point, I think it's a fantastic album. Overhyped, sure, but something had to be. There are a lot of situations where I just find I can't get into a band that's got a lot of hype behind them. I'm still not really sure why. Maybe it's the uidea of discovering things at my own pace. Maybe it's simply the idea that I don't like being told what I should listen to.
Whatever the case, it's kinda bizarre and kinda useless. Not wholly negative, surely, but not really positive either.
Another example: I missed a free Bon Iver concert earlier this spring because everything I had heard up to that point seemed to be baseless hype. I regret that.
I don't know, it's weird. I was honestly kinda pleased to see Chris Riemenschneider say that Vampire Weekend wasn't particularly good at SXSW. For whatever reason, he's the one critic I'm willing to put a little faith in, and we seems to have generally similar opinions. And when I heard his comments I was like "Yeah, that's exactly what I thought" despite the fact that I know little about the band beyond the 5 minutes or so of music I've heard.
Maybe they're good, maybe they're not. At this point, I don't see any way I could make myself get into them. Maybe in the long term I'll regret that, maybe not.
But, ultimately, however it works out, it seems that I appreciate things more if I find them on my own. I probably like Bon Iver more than I would've if I had gone to that show. I know I like TVOTR more than I would've if I had listened to everyone telling me it was the best album of 2006. And whether or not it's for the best, at least I get it right eventually.
I'm willing to admit that.
This goes back to a mini-discussion I had over spring break. I was reminded of it tonight.
I have yet to feel like I like Vampire Weekend. MGMT is in kinda the same territory. I've come to realize that there's nothing that turns me off to a band as much as hype, deserved or not.
TVOTR is a perfect example. I picked that one up a short while after all the hype had died down. At this point, I think it's a fantastic album. Overhyped, sure, but something had to be. There are a lot of situations where I just find I can't get into a band that's got a lot of hype behind them. I'm still not really sure why. Maybe it's the uidea of discovering things at my own pace. Maybe it's simply the idea that I don't like being told what I should listen to.
Whatever the case, it's kinda bizarre and kinda useless. Not wholly negative, surely, but not really positive either.
Another example: I missed a free Bon Iver concert earlier this spring because everything I had heard up to that point seemed to be baseless hype. I regret that.
I don't know, it's weird. I was honestly kinda pleased to see Chris Riemenschneider say that Vampire Weekend wasn't particularly good at SXSW. For whatever reason, he's the one critic I'm willing to put a little faith in, and we seems to have generally similar opinions. And when I heard his comments I was like "Yeah, that's exactly what I thought" despite the fact that I know little about the band beyond the 5 minutes or so of music I've heard.
Maybe they're good, maybe they're not. At this point, I don't see any way I could make myself get into them. Maybe in the long term I'll regret that, maybe not.
But, ultimately, however it works out, it seems that I appreciate things more if I find them on my own. I probably like Bon Iver more than I would've if I had gone to that show. I know I like TVOTR more than I would've if I had listened to everyone telling me it was the best album of 2006. And whether or not it's for the best, at least I get it right eventually.
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I know what you mean. I feel I've gotten over much of that, but there's still some lingering hype-hate in me.
I'm not sure Bon Iver is a good example of that for me. I do think the hype is ridiculous. But also - I may eat my words here - I really can't stand it. It lasted about 3 days on my iPod. To me, his voice sounds like nails on a chalk board. The hype definitely intensifies my dislike.
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