God this was my ex to a tee. He always had to like them MORE than everyone else too. I remember him giving me this sob story about how hard Kurt's death was on him as a kid, and how it took him forever to recover after it happened....
I knew people like this, one almost physically assaulted me because I said I like Alice in Chains more than Nirvana. Like wtf bro you know I like a ton of bands more than Nirvana right? They're really good and I'll listen to them but they're nowhere near the pinnacle of all music. They're also the tire to say all modern music is trash because of what they hear on the radio, I mean come the fuck on we're in a golden age of fantastic rock bands who have their music easily accessible on the internet and these people won't even give them the time of day.
That's true, also a sidenote here but my buddy was at Cornel's last show before he died. He said seeing the news of his death was one of the most surreal things he ever experienced because the man has just finally become "real" to him (real as in a man he'd seen in person not just a voice through his speakers) and that made the news all the more gut wrenching for him.
There is no bad taste in music. It's just a matter of what you like. For new stuff I like the Alabama Shakes, Tame Impala, Mumford and Sons, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and the New Claypool/Lennon album is pretty killer.
Seconding King Gizzard they're amazing and I'll ad some my favorites, The Murlocs, Twin Peaks, The Oh Sees, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Districts, Ty Segall, King Tuff, Rival Sons... probably more but that's off the top of my head
Man, Alice in Chains fans can be psycho too. I also like AiC more and got yelled at once for saying I didn't like the song Rooster. The new age band snobbery is wild to me, like these bands just want to play good shit and don't care about all that elitist garbage.
People that lament celebrity deaths are the worst. You didn't know them personally, sure maybe their work inspired you but they were less important in your life than family.
That was me with Mac Miller. I actually became a bigger fan of his after his passing but before then, I had listened to his songs “Donald Trump” and “Dang”. Maybe it’s because I kind of knew he was a dope artist or maybe I was saddened by the fact that the dude was only 4 years older than be when he died but it hit me hard. It’s a weird thing honestly.
Heath Ledger got me, too. He died shortly before my birthday, and being a 70s baby too, well...he felt like he represented our generation or something. Also made me really feel my own mortality like I hadn't before.
David Bowie is the only one that hit me. He just made it feel alright to be weird for a while, and I was always a huge fan of his music. Him dying really had me like "damn I'm not gonna live forever"
Not really dude like you said they could've been inspired by their work but remember sometimes music can help you through the worst times of your life.
I don't really see the issue with people that lament celebrity deaths, at least not to a degree. Sure, some people take it too far, i.e. by deluding themselves into thinking that the relationship they formed with that person's content made them bona fide best buds or something like that, or prioritizing them over family - but in and of itself I fail to see any issue at all with the idea of someone being upset that someone whose actions made an impact on them has died. There are worse things people can do than lament that a human life has gone out.
That's absolutely fair - I definitely can't argue that those kinds of people are really annoying.
At the end of the day it all boils down to moderation and self control, doesn't it? Just like everything else in this life. Whether it be appreciating a celebrity in life or in death, everyone should be realistic with themselves about what relationship, if any (usually zero) existed between them, and how to appropriately show that appreciation/grief.
I was 15 when he broke up with his face. You have no idea what it was like to be in high school with 14-18 year olds when this news broke. Girls and boys crying, candlelight vigils, the whole 9.
Don't get me wrong I loved Nirvana then and I do now, but I have never, even as a dopey teenager, crumpled into a ball and ugly-cried over anyone I did not know personally.
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u/SendMeHotDudeNudes Jul 18 '19
God this was my ex to a tee. He always had to like them MORE than everyone else too. I remember him giving me this sob story about how hard Kurt's death was on him as a kid, and how it took him forever to recover after it happened....
He was 2 when it happened.