I've never heard it
TRUFAX
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:35, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Imagine if you can, Coldplay with a banjo.
They're generally second on the list of 'bands I like' made by people who don't actually like music very much.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:40, Reply)

see also
Muse
U2
Arcade Fire
Pendulum
Oasis
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:41, Reply)

I've seen all of those bands.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:45, Reply)

The prosecution rests m'lud.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:47, Reply)

Indeed.
Every single band I listed there have either ripped off another band's sound wholesale, or have contemporaries far far better at what they do.

Sales do not equal quality.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:49, Reply)

They're a better judge of quality than anything else.
The subjective opinion of many millions of people is more reliable than the subjective opinion of one, or a few.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:51, Reply)

Nope.
Millions of people can quite conclusively be wrong.

Are you feasibly trying to make the case that, say, the Mr Blobby song, or Wet Wet Wet's version of Love is All Around are of the highest quality? Because they clearly aren't.

The phrase 'lowest common denominator' springs to mind here.

EDIT: I am in no way implying that obscurity equals quality either, that would be silly. Some obscure stuff is great, lots is obscure for a reason.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:53, Reply)

Yes, just because I don't agree with it doesn't make it less valid.
You're putting your opinion above not only another person but over thousands or tens of thousands of people.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 16:04, Reply)

We all do that to a certain extent though.
And I still can't understand how one can equate mass popularity with quality- the two are hardly linked at all. In fact, dumbed down stuff sells in vast amounts, just look at ITV's output. Are you making the case for X Factor over The Thick of it?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 16:06, Reply)

I may give them a miss then

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:41, Reply)

They really shouldn't be classified as folk either.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:42, Reply)

that's your real problem with them, isn't it?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:43, Reply)

No, it's that they are shit.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:44, Reply)

To be fair, neither should your face.
Man, I'm listening to some retro shit today. Layo & Bushwacka!, now Stuart Staples. Next up: Sabres of Paradise.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:44, Reply)

they got a best album Grammy.
People seem to think they are good.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:43, Reply)

winning awards is no guarantee of quality.
M People and Gomez have both won the Mercury Prize.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:44, Reply)

The thing about 'people' is that they're, on the whole, cunts.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:46, Reply)

Tasteless cunts at that.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 15:47, Reply)