Originally posted by LarryMullen's_POPAngel:
Too many parts, not enough quality posts.
I miss the old days when it was normal and not this pre-teen junket that we have now.
I haven't been registered here long, but I've been reading since the so-called "Olden Days," and since I just got done watching 80's week begin on VH1, my take on it will be phrased thusly:
The New PLEBA, I think, is like MTV. When it first started up there were people who couldn't keep up and the there were people who flourished. Sure, MTV gave us crap like Twisted Sister and Suzie Q, but it also gave us breakthrough artists like Talking Heads, Madonna, the Eurythmics, and Michael Jackson.
There was a lot more crap music that topped the charts, but to find that brilliant, poignant up-and-coming artist on MTV (who wouldn't have gotten radio airplay otherwise) made it worth it.
And likewise, the signal/noise ratio on PLEBA has grown less favorable, this is true. But once in a while you get that post that makes you spray your coffee all over your screen, or one that makes you think of one of the lads in a different way. And then it's worth it.
-Echo
To paraphrase Theodore Sturgeon: If 90% of PLEBA is crap, it's only because 90% of everything is crap.
*Steps off soapbox*
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