Am I Alone In Hating The Beatles..?

[Riff Raff]

This is an awful lot of effort being put into hating a band.

If I don't like a band, I'm not going waste time with them.

Exactly. I can't stand Kiss like the plague but I avoid them like it too its easy. I like to spend more energy on the bands I do like.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Can an exception be made for Nickleback? ***:

Honestly, I never understood the Nickleback hatred either. Dislike them, sure. Hate them, ok but why go to extremes? To each his own I guess.

 

[Riff Raff]

Honestly, I never understood the Nickleback hatred either. Dislike them, sure. Hate them, ok but why go to extremes? To each his own I guess.

Yep. It seems to be more socially acceptable to just simply hate on more modern bands. Granted I don't like Nickelback either, its not because they aren't classic rock but the music just doesn't cut it for me personally. There are classic rock bands I can't stand either like cited in first post but that's all it is. Too much energy is spent from people on ''hating'' particular types of music or bands instead of just using positive energy on the bands they like. Having an honest but negative opinion is fine as long as its not just irrationally driven by hate.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Yep. It seems to be more socially acceptable to just simply hate on more modern bands. Granted I don't like Nickelback either, its not because they aren't classic rock but the music just doesn't cut it for me personally. There are classic rock bands I can't stand either like cited in first post but that's all it is. Too much energy is spent from people on ''hating'' particular types of music or bands instead of just using positive energy on the bands they like. Having an honest but negative opinion is fine as long as its not just irrationally driven by hate.

I totally agree.


I see you're a Mod again.

 

[Aero]

Yep. It seems to be more socially acceptable to just simply hate on more modern bands. Granted I don't like Nickelback either, its not because they aren't classic rock but the music just doesn't cut it for me personally. There are classic rock bands I can't stand either like cited in first post but that's all it is. Too much energy is spent from people on ''hating'' particular types of music or bands instead of just using positive energy on the bands they like. Having an honest but negative opinion is fine as long as its not just irrationally driven by hate.

What if this music is affecting the direction of music as a whole? If music ceases to be about art and instead about making money and becoming famous, than that music seems like a prime target for hatred, simply because it represents all that's wrong with the industry today.

 

[AboutAGirl]

There has always been music that leaned more towards artistic intent and music that leaned more towards commercial intent. No more so today than there was in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s. A band like Nickelback certainly has nothing to do with that trend.

 

[Riff Raff]

What if this music is affecting the direction of music as a whole? If music ceases to be about art and instead about making money and becoming famous, than that music seems like a prime target for hatred, simply because it represents all that's wrong with the industry today.

I don't believe their music affects the direction. Bands out there make good rock music today regardless of Nickelback's existence.

 

[Vader]

What if this music is affecting the direction of music as a whole? If music ceases to be about art and instead about making money and becoming famous, than that music seems like a prime target for hatred, simply because it represents all that's wrong with the industry today.

The music industry as a whole reflects this money over art "standard" and has for a VERY long time. Nickelback while a grain of sand in the beach of commercialism certainly bears no responsibility for It's existence. I could name at least several thousand "artist" who fit perfectly into that nitch.

 

[Johnny-Too-Good]

I've never got the 'Hate Nickelback' campaign, and the 'They're not rock' views. With the shit that's played on popular radio a Nickelback track is a welcome release. We have the same thing going on here in the UK, not only with them but bands like Manic Street Preachers and Steriophonics (these bands can pack out arenas by the way). Also the rock station I listen to refuses to play anything by Oasis. I would call this 'Rock Snobbery', ie 'I know proper rock music and you don't'. It's all complete bullshit because everything is a matter of personal taste.

 

[Aero]

The music industry as a whole reflects this money over art "standard" and has for a VERY long time. Nickelback while a grain of sand in the beach of commercialism certainly bears no responsibility for It's existence. I could name at least several thousand "artist" who fit perfectly into that nitch.

I'm not specifically talking about Nickelback here. It could be any number of bands or music genres as a whole that deserve this hatred towards them.

Look at all the hate disco got at the end of the 70s. Not that I hate disco, cause I don't, but it represented the death of rock and roll to a lot of people at that time and many began openly showing their disgust with it.

I wish more people felt this way about boy bands and lame pop music nowadays to the point where they'd protest stations playing it. Maybe then we'd see better music made.