I think sticking all the emphasis on them being straight, white guys is too reductive.
although their music seems perfect for the straight, white guy upholding the status quo.
Probably the same kind of guys that would have given me shit for wearing the Prince Purple Rain concert t-shirt to school the next Monday because he's a "fag" for being androgynous, and well, also for being black.
Maybe someone that Oasis would have called a "weird-o" before they kicked the shit out of me for being a "weird-o" myself.
I'm not sure what growing up in less than an ideal environment has to do with anything?
not to bring up Prince again, but, he did as well as I'm sure millions of other musicians.
It's too bad that I guess some people didn't get into his stuff, or weren't around for someone that truly did carve out their own musical space in rock and pop.
you want over-the-top anthems by people that were creative as f*ck, really pushed boundaries, really had style, really put themselves out there?
and another just for the Oasis/Beatles thing
I dunno what my point is anymore, but uh... just wanna say that I don't hate Oasis, I just don't get the big deal for something that seems like a middle-of-the-road throwback with a modern makeover in the guitar sound.
what I don't get is the dissensus valuation, I think its moronic. There's a degree we're all inverted snobs on here but some people lose all proportionality and take it to a ludicrous degree.
Perhaps that's why no one wants to comment on that NIN track I posted as a comparison from something from an extremely popular album from the same year. I promise that people can admit it's something that actually deserves the tag "desperate" without getting mallgoth-industrial cooties.
