03-01-2005, 11:11 AM
You're not crazy.
Well, not psychotic anyway. I think you may have a mild neurosis known as "Pitchforkitis", in which all music sounds good as long as it isn't too popular at the time. Some symptoms of this are that you apparently liked ska until other people started liking it, think rap music was actually better 10 years ago than it is now, like Alice in Chains but don't like nu-metal, and know the various obscure classifications of music nobody listens to. This sounds like a pretty bad case. But it is pretty common for someone your age. It may be a passing phase. But unfortunately, if it does pass, you will have transformed into an uncool geezer who listens to the Oldies' station to hear the music from back when music was music. And if it does not pass, you will end up being the hipster with a thousand obscure CDs nobody else can stand to listen to.
Unless you were ever big into the underground rap scene (in which case you will surely have heard better than what I am about to suggest), I'd seriously consider giving Eminem a listen. I like Aerosmith and Alice in Chains, but nobody in those groups can hold a candle to Eminem in terms of talent (especially compositional talent). Of course, you can't listen to the clean versions or there won't be any lyrics left to hear :rolleyes:
Alternatively, skip straight to the geezer stage and start listening to Pink Floyd, Led Zep, and Clapton.
Or just keep on enjoying that black metal and risk turning into the hipster with the music collection everyone hates. But don't say I didn't warn you! ;)
Well, not psychotic anyway. I think you may have a mild neurosis known as "Pitchforkitis", in which all music sounds good as long as it isn't too popular at the time. Some symptoms of this are that you apparently liked ska until other people started liking it, think rap music was actually better 10 years ago than it is now, like Alice in Chains but don't like nu-metal, and know the various obscure classifications of music nobody listens to. This sounds like a pretty bad case. But it is pretty common for someone your age. It may be a passing phase. But unfortunately, if it does pass, you will have transformed into an uncool geezer who listens to the Oldies' station to hear the music from back when music was music. And if it does not pass, you will end up being the hipster with a thousand obscure CDs nobody else can stand to listen to.
Unless you were ever big into the underground rap scene (in which case you will surely have heard better than what I am about to suggest), I'd seriously consider giving Eminem a listen. I like Aerosmith and Alice in Chains, but nobody in those groups can hold a candle to Eminem in terms of talent (especially compositional talent). Of course, you can't listen to the clean versions or there won't be any lyrics left to hear :rolleyes:
Alternatively, skip straight to the geezer stage and start listening to Pink Floyd, Led Zep, and Clapton.
Or just keep on enjoying that black metal and risk turning into the hipster with the music collection everyone hates. But don't say I didn't warn you! ;)