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*Stormy*
Guest
....about POP.
No, I am not coming here to post my 'conversion' or 'revelation.' I still hate the damn thing. But I DO think I understand now how some of you feel about it and why some of you say the things you do (even though it pissed me off sometimes)
You see, I am on the other side of the fence now. I went to see STP (Stone Temple Pilots) last night. They were okay in the 90's but I was never really a fan until Number 4 and Shangri-la-de-da came out. So I am a New Millennium STP fan. I wanted to hear that stuff. They had for the most part changed their sound and I liked it! They sounded like a different band on many of the songs and Scott's voice was better, I thought. I liked the new style, where I never really went gung-ho for the 90's albums.
Well, at the show, it was clear the band had become a 'greatest hits' jukebox churning out everyone's old favorite STP songs! Vaseline, Interstate Love Song and all the 90's hits. Okay, I realize they have reached that point in their career where they have a lot of hits and that's what most fans want to hear, but my problem is they neglected the ones I liked. They played a couple of songs from 4 and joked that "Sour Girl" had 'saved 4.' They seemed to distance themselves from their newer stuff, the stuff I liked, and sounded ashamed of it. Scott referred to Shangri-La-de-da as their 'invisible' and 'secret' record and made jokes until the fans laughed.
I was mad! I wanted to scream out that I LOVED it (at one point I did
) and I didn't want them to abandon it because it was not so commercially successful as the 90's ones. I thought, it was good, what do sales matter? Damn those fans 'stuck in the 90's' who couldn't accept the different sound! They never even did "Days of the Week" the 'hit' from it in concert. It seemed the band had turned its back in that album and its sound and were going to do what most fans wanted, to bring in the crowds and sell more records. Oh how badly I wanted to tell them that their newer stuff was good, it was my favorite, don't be embarrassed of it and make excuses for it!
That was last night. Just now when I woke up this hit me- this must be how some of those complaining about people not liking Pop feel and what they are trying to say. Now by saying this, I do NOT mean to imply that is what I think U2 is doing with Pop, just that some of the things some people have posted sound like maybe that is kind of what they think, and they are bitter over it. I know I am with STP.
Am I right? In some way at least?
Disclaimer: I do not this to be a negative or trouble starting thread. I enjoyed the show, really I did
it's just that when this connection came to me I wanted to post it and see if I had hit on something. I do hope no one will make anything negative out of this that is not intended. I only want a serious, insightful discussion about feelings and opinions here. Please don't anyone take it the wrong way
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~"A little out of touch, little insane, just easier than dealin' with the pain!" ~Soul Asylum, "Runaway Train"
~**The LONE She-Wolf of PLEBA!**~
[This message has been edited by *Stormy* (edited 04-17-2002).]
No, I am not coming here to post my 'conversion' or 'revelation.' I still hate the damn thing. But I DO think I understand now how some of you feel about it and why some of you say the things you do (even though it pissed me off sometimes)
You see, I am on the other side of the fence now. I went to see STP (Stone Temple Pilots) last night. They were okay in the 90's but I was never really a fan until Number 4 and Shangri-la-de-da came out. So I am a New Millennium STP fan. I wanted to hear that stuff. They had for the most part changed their sound and I liked it! They sounded like a different band on many of the songs and Scott's voice was better, I thought. I liked the new style, where I never really went gung-ho for the 90's albums.
Well, at the show, it was clear the band had become a 'greatest hits' jukebox churning out everyone's old favorite STP songs! Vaseline, Interstate Love Song and all the 90's hits. Okay, I realize they have reached that point in their career where they have a lot of hits and that's what most fans want to hear, but my problem is they neglected the ones I liked. They played a couple of songs from 4 and joked that "Sour Girl" had 'saved 4.' They seemed to distance themselves from their newer stuff, the stuff I liked, and sounded ashamed of it. Scott referred to Shangri-La-de-da as their 'invisible' and 'secret' record and made jokes until the fans laughed.
I was mad! I wanted to scream out that I LOVED it (at one point I did
That was last night. Just now when I woke up this hit me- this must be how some of those complaining about people not liking Pop feel and what they are trying to say. Now by saying this, I do NOT mean to imply that is what I think U2 is doing with Pop, just that some of the things some people have posted sound like maybe that is kind of what they think, and they are bitter over it. I know I am with STP.
Am I right? In some way at least?
Disclaimer: I do not this to be a negative or trouble starting thread. I enjoyed the show, really I did
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~"A little out of touch, little insane, just easier than dealin' with the pain!" ~Soul Asylum, "Runaway Train"
~**The LONE She-Wolf of PLEBA!**~
[This message has been edited by *Stormy* (edited 04-17-2002).]
