Writer wishes for music that brings people together again
By: Veronica Ivey
Issue date: 4/30/09 Section: Opinion
It's sad that it's not like that anymore, and I can't help but wonder why. Today it seems music isn't about "feel good." It's about obscurity; its not whether or not you can relate to it but how long you can keep it your "best kept secret". People not listening to bands simply because they are now "main stream" is the most ridiculous trend I've ever heard of. What if that were the case for every other job or profession? You just get dropped because a mass amount of people like it, because you became successful?
Music shouldn't be about being weird and obscure and not even necessarily so un-original that it can be categorized. Music should be fresh, and have the power to move you. The whole "Scene-kid" scene has replaced "punk". "Lets all be as weird as possible and as original as possible just as long as we stick together in groves." The "scene" is not as accepting to originality as it puts off.
The past couple of warped tours I've been to have been so weird. I have to wonder how some of the bands got on. Great music yes, but not necessarily what I think to be Warped Tour material, especially with the crowd that it now generates. I use to make mosh pit buddies at Warped Tour which were simply strangers that met in the mosh and took care of one another. Last summer people ignored people and avoided them, and of course committed my all time mosh pit pet peeve, the people who decide to climb off in the pit and then expect no one to touch them and get all squirmy and pushy because people are touching and pushing them. It's mostly girls and then fights get started when their boyfriends try to defend them and fight hundreds of kids in the pit just trying to have a good time and jam to their favorite bands. Seriously? That's kind of the point of a mosh pit.
The crowd and fans "The Scene" generates now Is harsh and rude and so whiney. There is just no other word. It's not like the crowds use to be. Were people bonded and connected, the show was great for the band yes but also because of the entire packaged experience. The stories out of the mosh. Back when fans wanted everyone to know about their favorite band. You'd spend the summer days you weren't at a show hanging up posters and slapping stickers on every stop sign in the city you lived in to spread the word and not move on from your band when you see more than one shirt of theirs in your local Hot Topic.
Music shouldn't be about being weird and obscure and not even necessarily so un-original that it can be categorized. Music should be fresh, and have the power to move you. The whole "Scene-kid" scene has replaced "punk". "Lets all be as weird as possible and as original as possible just as long as we stick together in groves." The "scene" is not as accepting to originality as it puts off.
The past couple of warped tours I've been to have been so weird. I have to wonder how some of the bands got on. Great music yes, but not necessarily what I think to be Warped Tour material, especially with the crowd that it now generates. I use to make mosh pit buddies at Warped Tour which were simply strangers that met in the mosh and took care of one another. Last summer people ignored people and avoided them, and of course committed my all time mosh pit pet peeve, the people who decide to climb off in the pit and then expect no one to touch them and get all squirmy and pushy because people are touching and pushing them. It's mostly girls and then fights get started when their boyfriends try to defend them and fight hundreds of kids in the pit just trying to have a good time and jam to their favorite bands. Seriously? That's kind of the point of a mosh pit.
The crowd and fans "The Scene" generates now Is harsh and rude and so whiney. There is just no other word. It's not like the crowds use to be. Were people bonded and connected, the show was great for the band yes but also because of the entire packaged experience. The stories out of the mosh. Back when fans wanted everyone to know about their favorite band. You'd spend the summer days you weren't at a show hanging up posters and slapping stickers on every stop sign in the city you lived in to spread the word and not move on from your band when you see more than one shirt of theirs in your local Hot Topic.
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grumpy old giant
posted 4/30/09 @ 9:02 AM CST
Kids these days...
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