it's the publics fault
same as everything.

the festival we played at over the weekend was a case in point. Most of the public loved the boring droning dub/reggae, where every song was exactly the same, or they loved the covers bands, but when a band doing something a bit different or interesting (and I'm not just talking about my band) came on they just stared, or left. You get a few people who are well into it, but most just lap up the same old shit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:41, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I agree with the initial sentiment wholeheartedly
but have no "I'm in a band" anecdote to back it up with
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:48, Reply)

But that has always been the case
Most people don't want to hear challenging or new music, they want something safe and familiar. Most older music that is considered great today was not that popular when it was released. Sure, some of it may have charted but that is more down to the fact that there were far fewer records released in 1965 than there are today.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:48, Reply)

I agree entirely

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:51, Reply)

Yep, I can't argue with any facet of that
Monty will, though. Whether he believes it or not.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:54, Reply)

I don't think he has reason to
The stuff he is into is as rare as rocking horse poo on vinyl. The reason he has to pay so much for original vinyl is that they did not press many copies as few people bought them.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:02, Reply)

That's a good point
How old are you, just out of interest. I'm 32
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:09, Reply)

34
For one more month.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:13, Reply)

Ha
That wasn't meant to sound like a kid rounding their age up by including fractions of a year
"I'm 8"
"Yeah? Well I'm 8 and a half"
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:14, Reply)

Hahaha!
We're almost a year apart then, I'm 6 weeks shy of my 33rd

Not helping the playground pedantry pageant image here
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:16, Reply)

Ahem
*2 years
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:20, Reply)

Fuck me that's embarrassing

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 15:22, Reply)