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i guess i just dont want to listen to an entire album i dunno i will love for 40-60 minutes without knowing from people that its good.. i dont wanna lose precious minutes of my life and my brain is always very haywire about death
 
duke86fan said:
i felt shamed for kinda liking john mayer and not liking jack white and his overly retro generic rock.... i have this urge to conform because im so desperate to like everything everyone else likes and thus i have emotional issues


i love trout mask replica and i listened to it in full without skipping it.... meanwhile i dislike a ton of p4k 10s
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But even P4K top 10 is misleading. Anyone have a list handy of albums they at one point shit on and years later gave a retrospective high score?

Legacies change, albums are re-evaluated, audience reception gets hotter and colder.

And fuck Jack White and his reductive throwback boring ass music! (I have no problem feeling this way - just as much as I don’t have a problem w people loving his music)
 
NathanRicaud said:
I can’t believe you HATE Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon and The Velvet Underground & Nico though!!! 😶
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TVU has some good songs, but i prefer white light white heat because thats an actually scary and intense album. TVU has songs like sunday morning and im waiting for my mind that dont sound unique or difficult

and DSOTM just sounds like a standard stadium rock album
 
duke86fan said:
i felt shamed for kinda liking john mayer and not liking jack white and his overly retro generic rock
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And the people who shamed you are wrong. You can make up your own mind even if others disagree with you or try to make fun of you. I love a lot of albums that others have given scathing reviews of, people have tried to shame me for loving Death Grips but it has yet to work. I used to be self-conscious of the music I liked and hid my favorite music from everyone else because I figured everyone would judge me. But near the end of high school, a flip switched and I realized that by trying to restrain my own passion for music I loved, I was doing a disservice to myself, and now I'm much more open about the art that I love and not worrying about what others think. It's not an easy thing to do and I haven't managed to apply that same carefree attitude to other aspects of life just yet, but music to me is such a great thing that it deserves to be experienced freely.
 
duke86fan said:
i guess i just dont want to listen to an entire album i dunno i will love for 40-60 minutes without knowing from people that its good.. i dont wanna lose precious minutes of my life and my brain is always very haywire about death
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But you’ve already established this system doesn’t work. “People” will tell you that DOSTM is one of the greatest albums ever made (but you don’t like it and that’s ok). Same w VU or Liquid Swords. People have told you they’re great and you think otherwise. That system is flawed. But you also didn’t waste your time. Even if you ultimately don’t like an album hearing it may be worthwhile (i.e. not wasted time) to understand genre better, context, etc.
 
Lord Diaper Baby said:
But you’ve already established this system doesn’t work. “People” will tell you that DOSTM is one of the greatest albums ever made (but you don’t like it and that’s ok). Same w VU or Liquid Swords. People have told you they’re great and you think otherwise. That system is flawed. But you also didn’t waste your time. Even if you ultimately don’t like an album hearing it may be worthwhile (i.e. not wasted time) to understand genre better, context, etc.
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the reason i am nervous about losing minutes and wasting life and being haywire about death despite being 21 is a really personal reason that i dunno if safe to talk about here... TLDR... i get scared about my mental health
 
duke86fan said:
thinwhiteduke made fun of me for calling it boomer ass music
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Yes I remember that. But perhaps people took offense at the delivery rather than the message? I don’t know. Didn’t seem too scandalous to me but I didn’t wade into that debate back then.
I’ll disagree w someone all day. And add some good-natured ribbing. But I ain’t gonna ridicule.
(Unless you like Death Grips - that deserves it)
 
duke86fan said:
the reason i am nervous about losing minutes and wasting life and being haywire about death despite being 21 is a really personal reason that i dunno if safe to talk about here... TLDR... i get scared about my mental health
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You can always move the conversation elsewhere if it makes you feel more comfortable.

I do wish to make it clear that I'm not trying to tear you down or make you feel bad, I just hate to see people rob themselves of great experiences because of the judgments of others. Music sounds so much better once you start listening with open ears, trust me. 💙 much love, dukey
 
Vinyl&Kicks86 said:
i'm a big fan of rateyourmusic but i use it when i discover a artist i've never heard of their music and look up their highest rated album.then i listen to the highest rated album to see if it's something i'll enjoy.i let my ears decide what i like tho not the rating.i discover all kinds of awesome music this way.
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Yes! This is what I like things like RYM or P4K/reviews for...discovery and some light guidance.

And to be honest I love some good music criticism. I love a good music critic who can write about an album, musician, genre w insight and analytic skill. It provides me a lot more depth. But it doesn’t mean I have to agree w them.
 
tbh i think im just not a gza fan in general.. he is probably my least favorite member of the wu tang...

if it was something like a ghostface album or ODB or inspectah deck (but not one of the newer albums) i would definitely pick it up... but not gza as he has the least personality of all the rappers
 
Lord Diaper Baby said:
Just so you know I like Death Grips. That’s some of that good-natured ribbing! Is liking Death Grips something people make fun of?
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I've had people look at my sideways from time to time, I don't usually just play them for people unprompted because they can be a lot to take in, but I've met people who only know them through meme status and have a certain idea of their music because of that. My point was that people have told me that "Death Grips is bad" and expressed incredulity that I like them "unironically" but it hasn't spoiled my love for their music.
 
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