[lovefool223]

I don't know if this is supposed to be in the music section but it does relate to music so i'll just put it here hehe. So I have this friend who considers herself to be very anti mainstream anti pop anti corporation and she labels herself as very original. And then i tell her about how i miss Linkin Park and how i wish they would come up with a new album. And then she straight out says "Gosh i was like one of the first people to know them way before they became popular. and after they got all mainstream i don't like them anymore"
And i realized that she's not the only person that i know that does it..alot of people online in forums and in real life says these things like " i knew that song way before it got famous and now i hate it because everyone likes it" I don't know if anyones experienced that but are you too annoyed? And why do you have to hate a band or something when they go mainstream. What is so bad about mainstream. Anyways ...

[Myss Blewm]

hahahaha, I know a lot of people like that too. it's one thing to stop liking a band's music because they just happen to begin sucking as they get bigger, but it's something else to hate them just because they became big. But whatever, those people are stupid. You aren't cooler than anyone else just because you know a band/song first and began to hate them first. You need to get over yourself.

[ur AD0RkABLE]

yeahhh ! you know the word, "played out"? godddd ! it annoys me when they say things like that. -________________-;;

[ace.spattervenom]

Scenester elistists, something of the sort? "
The people who can't just like what they like. In a way, they're like, but completely the opposite of the people who only like songs/artists/whatever simply because they're famous. And it's sickening. Just ignore the rest of the world, who cares if the artist has become mainstream? or if a quater of the world is listening to them?

I know probably it's awesome to have known a band before their fame, before everyother person out there in the world like them and claims fanship. You can probably know them more personally, if you go to shows, actually be closer to them when they're playing, without barriers and thousands of other fans screaming so loud that you can't even hear their music. But dxmn, be happy that the artist you like isn't living as much of a crappy lifestyle, eating dirt, and barely getting by. Unless they actually have sold out, and are doing whatever it is they do pureply for the fame and fortune. But whatever, hate them for that reason. If you like their music, like their music.

Geez. These people need to realize that there are thousands of other people who are like them, who are just as "anti-mainstream" and crap. It's not original.

[stellabella]

I hate when people say that. Seriously who gives a flying freak if you liked someone before they became mainstream and all the sudden they suck because of it? Music is music, how famous you are plays no role in that.

[cubannn]

oooh yeah I know what you mean, the people that have to go out of their way to make it seem like they know EVERYTHING about the music industry, and try to degrade your music taste.

The people that need to get off their high horse and realize that everyone has different music tastes, and they need to let it go.

[uruchai]

oooh yeah I know what you mean, the people that have to go out of their way to make it seem like they know EVERYTHING about the music industry, and try to degrade your music taste.
The people that need to get off their high horse and realize that everyone has different music tastes, and they need to let it go.

that is completely true. I hate how those anti-pop music individuals look down on you just because you like Pop music. At times they make it seem like Pop music is the lowest form of the music genre. I admit I shouldnt expect everyone to like the music I prefer; but is it too much to ask to be respectful of others? ahh, who am I kidding? in this world, respectful people come in smaller amounts.

[lovefool223]

OMG THANK GOD I"M NOT THE ONLY ONE

[sj22]

Yes it is quite annoying sometimes.
I feel happy for the artists and bands i like when they become more well known. Even though i can't help but tell my friends i knew them before they got popular

[reversible]

I don't know if this is supposed to be in the music section but it does relate to music so i'll just put it here hehe. So I have this friend who considers herself to be very anti mainstream anti pop anti corporation and she labels herself as very original. And then i tell her about how i miss Linkin Park and how i wish they would come up with a new album. And then she straight out says "Gosh i was like one of the first people to know them way before they became popular. and after they got all mainstream i don't like them anymore"
And i realized that she's not the only person that i know that does it..alot of people online in forums and in real life says these things like " i knew that song way before it got famous and now i hate it because everyone likes it" I don't know if anyones experienced that but are you too annoyed? And why do you have to hate a band or something when they go mainstream. What is so bad about mainstream. Anyways ...

maybe she dislikes people liking her " favoruite things", i know that selfish, but a lot people do do that, i even do it sometime, not in music but in other things, its like tehcnology as well.

i love my sport and especially football, and i watch it for the sport itself not only for the guys, but then super bandwagon fans, and i mean SUPERRRRRRR bandwagon people started liking the sport because it was in and then the "like" reduced and when the World Cup was over they never talked about nothing, some of the girls who joined the bandwagon didn't even like the sport until they saw Cristiano Ronaldo.

eeeh i sound like a pinkberry


and about your anti-pop friend, shes s'pose tobe your friend and accept that you like whatever you like

[lovefool223]

maybe she dislikes people liking her " favoruite things", i know that selfish, but a lot people do do that, i even do it sometime, not in music but in other things, its like tehcnology as well.

i love my sport and especially football, and i watch it for the sport itself not only for the guys, but then super bandwagon fans, and i mean SUPERRRRRRR bandwagon people started liking the sport because it was in and then the "like" reduced and when the World Cup was over they never talked about nothing, some of the girls who joined the bandwagon didn't even like the sport until they saw Cristiano Ronaldo.

eeeh i sound like a pinkberry
and about your anti-pop friend, shes s'pose tobe your friend and accept that you like whatever you like

whats a pinkberry?

She's my friend but sometimes gets on my nerves cause it's not just music that she talks about it's movies, actors, things...like everything basically lol. but she's my friend and i guess it's cool if she does it. lol

[reversible]

whats a pinkberry?

She's my friend but sometimes gets on my nerves cause it's not just music that she talks about it's movies, actors, things...like everything basically lol. but she's my friend and i guess it's cool if she does it. lol

pinkberry, i didn't know what that was, but i guess they censored the word bi-a-tch

[Malice_Kaiser]

I hate it when people do stuff like that. Just shows that they're trying waaaay too hard, and need to chill. Just like what you like and leave it at that.

[MY SOUR JELLiE BEANS :D]

I hate when people say that. Seriously who gives a flying freak if you liked someone before they became mainstream and all the sudden they suck because of it? Music is music, how famous you are plays no role in that.

Yea , I couldn't have said it better myself.

[wee33]

ugh. there's a lot of people online that talk like that. i don't know anyone personal that's like that. i wish people that have that type of personality just shut up. it's so annoying. it's just music, so whatever! i mean i listen to indie and mainstream, music is music. it's all the damn same. if the song/music has personal meaning to you then who the heck gives a pile of dirt. like it or not there'll be bands people love and hate.

[kkkkk]

"ubiquity breeds contempt" theory applies here.

So what's wrong with selling out? Paradoxically, it seems that once you become popular, you also become very unpopular. Suddenly, those in the know aren't as awed by Wolfgang Puck -- not when his name is displayed in major airports across the country. They look down their noses at Yo-Yo Ma. They disdain Andy Warhol.

Here's the problem: The moment you take your special, authentic, limited-edition product and leverage it, make it widely available and normal, the very people who loved it inevitably rebel. "Starbucks isn't what it used to be," they tell you. The tastemakers who made you successful in the first place turn on their heels when they smell that you're not authentic anymore.

When a product is everywhere, when it's hyped in the media and advertised on the sides of buses, sometimes it seems as if the product exists and succeeds because it is everywhere. Before ubiquity, when it seemed as if the product (or its creator) wasn't in it just for the money, somehow that felt more real, more wonderful, more authentic.

Marketing has always been one of the most despised aspects of business. Brands, logos, salesmanship, positioning, and focus groups have gained a reputation for insincerity and corporate greed. Most of this comes from people's desire to have something real -- and to get it from someone who isn't trying quite so hard to sell it.

Sure, the vistas, the smell of the sheep, and the excitement of a true discovery make the first kind of cheese seem to taste far better than the second. But isn't that just another form of marketing? Why does the intention of the creator have so much influence on our perception of the product?

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really, mainstream isnt so bad. or is it? (some are really bad, but some are really good too!)

[broken.wings]

Yeah, those kinds of ppl are annoying. It's annoying when they don't like a band/group/singer anymore just because they've made it big. If their music is good then it's good.

[lovefool223]

"ubiquity breeds contempt" theory applies here.

So what's wrong with selling out? Paradoxically, it seems that once you become popular, you also become very unpopular. Suddenly, those in the know aren't as awed by Wolfgang Puck -- not when his name is displayed in major airports across the country. They look down their noses at Yo-Yo Ma. They disdain Andy Warhol.

Here's the problem: The moment you take your special, authentic, limited-edition product and leverage it, make it widely available and normal, the very people who loved it inevitably rebel. "Starbucks isn't what it used to be," they tell you. The tastemakers who made you successful in the first place turn on their heels when they smell that you're not authentic anymore.

When a product is everywhere, when it's hyped in the media and advertised on the sides of buses, sometimes it seems as if the product exists and succeeds because it is everywhere. Before ubiquity, when it seemed as if the product (or its creator) wasn't in it just for the money, somehow that felt more real, more wonderful, more authentic.

Marketing has always been one of the most despised aspects of business. Brands, logos, salesmanship, positioning, and focus groups have gained a reputation for insincerity and corporate greed. Most of this comes from people's desire to have something real -- and to get it from someone who isn't trying quite so hard to sell it.

Sure, the vistas, the smell of the sheep, and the excitement of a true discovery make the first kind of cheese seem to taste far better than the second. But isn't that just another form of marketing? Why does the intention of the creator have so much influence on our perception of the product?

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really, mainstream isnt so bad. or is it? (some are really bad, but some are really good too!)

wow so indepth but i don't see anything wrong with mainstream things. i mean there is a reason things are mainstream because majority of the people think it's good. anyways i'm just glad i'm not the only one annoyed

[kissez*]

I don't care if the artist goes "mainstream", it's just that some artists, when they make it big, drastically change their sound.

[amydien]

We discussed something like this in my Pop Culture class....I think it's because some people just find themselves 'special' because they're the only ones who knew this or that certain type of music/artist.

I do find myself somewhat 'special' sometimes because Im a jpop and kpop fan, but I never go into such extreme as what your friend did. But lol, I'd also be annoyed if my friend was like that.