Hmm didn't know a short seemingly innocent comment would lead to this :)
Will be my last reply on this, so will give you chance at last word :)
Something we both hit on which is key is perception and marketing. Is Eminem really sorta deranged or is that a marketing ploy? Is Britney Spears really a virgin or really a ho or neither? And is Avril really a "white Goth"? None of us really know. Everything any of us see is marketing and/or heresay. Hardly anyone knows music stars personally...so we don't know what they're REALLY like. It's all image and marketing and handling. ANY interview, the artist/group is prepped for. Nothing's truly natural really.
In one of my marketing classes, we watched a Nightline show mostly about Insane Clown Posse. About how they were this "outsider"/"rogue" band, whose fans were hardcore and hated The Man and society and everything else. They got so popular that they then signed a record deal and appeared on MTV, etc etc. So what's the reality? Who knows?
Re: "teen pop": I don't like the music, generally. It's not related to production or marketing or image. Soundwise, I generally don't like it, in a similar way to I dislike country and heavy metal. It could be fabulously done, but that doesn't mean I'll like it any better. Yes, there's songs by boy bands that I don't mind, and so forth. But generally not. I don't "dismiss" it for any other reason than I don't like the music.
It seems you value alot of things when you listen to music. Marketing, persona, and of course the music itself. I'm alot simpler...I look for stuff that makes me tap me head or gets stuck in my head or that I want to listen to again.
In the end, I (currently) like Avril, you don't. And (hopefully) we both respect the other's reasoning for that.
I'm done...for real this time...I'm serious...definitely
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Will be my last reply on this, so will give you chance at last word :)
Something we both hit on which is key is perception and marketing. Is Eminem really sorta deranged or is that a marketing ploy? Is Britney Spears really a virgin or really a ho or neither? And is Avril really a "white Goth"? None of us really know. Everything any of us see is marketing and/or heresay. Hardly anyone knows music stars personally...so we don't know what they're REALLY like. It's all image and marketing and handling. ANY interview, the artist/group is prepped for. Nothing's truly natural really.
In one of my marketing classes, we watched a Nightline show mostly about Insane Clown Posse. About how they were this "outsider"/"rogue" band, whose fans were hardcore and hated The Man and society and everything else. They got so popular that they then signed a record deal and appeared on MTV, etc etc. So what's the reality? Who knows?
Re: "teen pop": I don't like the music, generally. It's not related to production or marketing or image. Soundwise, I generally don't like it, in a similar way to I dislike country and heavy metal. It could be fabulously done, but that doesn't mean I'll like it any better. Yes, there's songs by boy bands that I don't mind, and so forth. But generally not. I don't "dismiss" it for any other reason than I don't like the music.
It seems you value alot of things when you listen to music. Marketing, persona, and of course the music itself. I'm alot simpler...I look for stuff that makes me tap me head or gets stuck in my head or that I want to listen to again.
In the end, I (currently) like Avril, you don't. And (hopefully) we both respect the other's reasoning for that.
I'm done...for real this time...I'm serious...definitely