Things you liked... Until you found out what they really are

[Quiet Stranger]

I would have to say song lyrics, like when i listen to a song I will think the lyrics are something but then I find out it wasn't what i thought and then the song isn't as special anymore.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

This makes no sense to me.

If you think a band are good, and you like their music, it doesn't matter what the people themselves are like. It's about the music, not what the people playing it look like.

You're going to miss out on a lot of really amazing stuff if you keep up that attitude.

Agreed. A friend of mine is one of those people who likes what I call 'safe rock'. He listens to Disturbed, Nickelback, Fall Out Boy etc (I actually like FOB but anyway, just painting a picture) but he hates My Chemical Romance because he has a problem with Gerard Way. I really don't follow. How does that stop him liking their music?! It's good music and it should be right up his alley as accessible, fun and fairly simple punk-rock-turned-pop-rock-stuff but nope, he just says "gah, I hate that lead singer guy!" ...sigh

It sounds like my friend, way way WAY back in Elementary School she really loved this one band but when they became "mainstream" they just absolutely sucked ass

 

[someotherguy]

The song Major Tom. When I looked up the year It was made in.. well, you get the idea.

 

[Verlander]

There is actually a type of marmite made out of bone marrow I think it is called petite marmite. I don't mean the one made from yeast. It even says it is yeast on the jar....

Well a Marmite is a type of French jar. Petit Marmite is a casserole-esque meal... maybe there is a marrow-marmite somewhere, but I'm pretty sure the brand Marmite wouldn't enjoy you saying that they have marrow, as they pride themselves on being a vegetarian option. You should try the brand though (English) it's great. A lot of people don't like it though...

 

[TheAbominableDan]

I don't think I've ever had the "found out what they really are" problem. But I have had instances of having trouble liking a work based on the creator.

I liked Ender's Game. Then I heard Orson Scott Card's views on things. Now I don't like it so much. I also can't read Cerebus after learning what Dave Sim was all about.

 

[MassiveGeek]

I used to like 50 cent songs when I was like 12, until I realised what he was actually singing about, and what he meant by "lollipop".

 

[CrashBang]

This makes no sense to me.

If you think a band are good, and you like their music, it doesn't matter what the people themselves are like. It's about the music, not what the people playing it look like.

You're going to miss out on a lot of really amazing stuff if you keep up that attitude.

Agreed. A friend of mine is one of those people who likes what I call 'safe rock'. He listens to Disturbed, Nickelback, Fall Out Boy etc (I actually like FOB but anywa usic and it should be right up his alley as accessible, fun and fairly simple punk-rock-turned-pop-rock-stuff but nope, he just says "gah, I hate that lead singer guy!" ...sigh

It sounds like my friend, way way WAY back in Elementary School she really loved this one band but when they became "mainstream" they just absolutely sucked ass

It can occasionally be true. LostProphets and Linkin Park began to suck as they garnered mainstream success. But, then again, AFI changed over time but they developed into something new and interesting. Granted, their last two albums have been more mainstream-friendly but they are still works of art so sometimes that kind of attitude is warranted and sometimes it's utter crap

 

[BlastedTheWorm]

I don't see why you stop liking something you liked just because you found something out. I mean, why does it render your previous enjoyment null?

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

There is actually a type of marmite made out of bone marrow I think it is called petite marmite. I don't mean the one made from yeast. It even says it is yeast on the jar....

Well a Marmite is a type of French jar. Petit Marmite is a casserole-esque meal... maybe there is a marrow-marmite somewhere, but I'm pretty sure the brand Marmite wouldn't enjoy you saying that they have marrow, as they pride themselves on being a vegetarian option. You should try the brand though (English) it's great. A lot of people don't like it though...

Ok well it's just a bit of mix up then. I wasn't aware there were many different types and brands.

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

So recently, there's been a song playing on the radio non-stop. It's called "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. I liked it. Here it is:


It's good, old-fashioned fun. I thought it was a cover song or something. I thought it's cool that a song that sounds like it's from the 70s can pop up and get popular.

That is, until I saw the band itself on Conan.

I can't find the clip on YouTube, but here they are on Letterman. It's not as sick as what was on Conan, but:


THEY'RE HIPSTERS! Dirty hipsters. I was tricked. Tricked into liking a song made by the biggest gathering of hipsters I've seen. It seems like each band member was made in a secret lab to conform to every single stereotype of obnoxious arty hipster in existence.

There's gypsy scarf-man on the guitar.
There's ironic beard bassman.
There's ironic bow-tie trumpetman.
There are three other people wearing "vintage" clothes.

And then there's the lead singer, who looks like he reached into an electrical outlet running high voltages of bad fashion...


Just a note, I still think it's a good song. It's just tarnished a bit in my mind.

So what things did you like until you found out something about them that ruined it for you?

I'll add liverwurst to that list. It's actually liver... Gah.

Of course they're hipsters. This song is played in every single hipster trailer. I found this in a "God of War" movie trailer that was a spoof of every single Michael Cera hipster movie ever. But the song is amazing. There is no reason that it should be tarnished at all because of who sings it.

It's sort of like my view toward athletes. I respect their professional skill regardless of their persona dilemmas. Brett Favre, Tiger Woods, and Michael Vick may all have done some bad shit, but I do not let that affect my view of their playing abilities. I respect that Vick is having an MVP season.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

This makes no sense to me.

If you think a band are good, and you like their music, it doesn't matter what the people themselves are like. It's about the music, not what the people playing it look like.

You're going to miss out on a lot of really amazing stuff if you keep up that attitude.

Agreed. A friend of mine is one of those people who likes what I call 'safe rock'. He listens to Disturbed, Nickelback, Fall Out Boy etc (I actually like FOB but anywa usic and it should be right up his alley as accessible, fun and fairly simple punk-rock-turned-pop-rock-stuff but nope, he just says "gah, I hate that lead singer guy!" ...sigh

It sounds like my friend, way way WAY back in Elementary School she really loved this one band but when they became "mainstream" they just absolutely sucked ass

It can occasionally be true. LostProphets and Linkin Park began to suck as they garnered mainstream success. But, then again, AFI changed over time but they developed into something new and interesting. Granted, their last two albums have been more mainstream-friendly but they are still works of art so sometimes that kind of attitude is warranted and sometimes it's utter crap

well it was just the fact that they were mainstream that made them suck

 

[EeveeElectro]

I used to laugh at Chuck Norris jokes until I found out what a dickwad he was.
Other stuff I don't like, because I don't like or it seems revolting. Black pudding is pigs blood, which I'm never trying.

 

[drbarno]

I remember hearing about the 2 girls 1 cup reaction vids on youtube and finding them funny.
then a few days later I looked at the video.

...

They're not so funny anymore T-T

 

[mortalsatsuma]

Well not that I have ever eaten it(yet I do want to give it a go) I was a bit surprised to find out that marmite is bone marrow.

Um, no it isn't. It's a yeast extract made from by products of beer brewing.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Well not that I have ever eaten it(yet I do want to give it a go) I was a bit surprised to find out that marmite is bone marrow.

Um, no it isn't. It's a yeast extract made from by products of beer brewing.

Read the quotes. I've been through this and it has been answered roughly 10 posts up. I got confused with the brand marmite that Paddignton eats and Petite Marmite.

 

[Susano]

I liked Ender's Game.Then I heard Orson Scott Card's views on things. Now I don't like it so much.

Ohmygod his views don't matter, those are AMAZING books. Have you read the 3 books that come after Enders Game?

 

[Lopunny]

I agree with the rest of the people here on Christian rock. I can think a band is totally awesome, but once I hear they're Christian, suddenly I get this image of the super-preachy types trying to be "real rock bands" and failing. I'm Christian myself, but I really don't like Christian rock, because it just doesn't do the same thing for me.

There's a GREAT Christian Rock Band called "Skillet", I liked them, some of their songs are honestly really good like "Rebirthing" or "Whispers in the Dark" and I took them to be love songs. Then I found a really preachy one called "Angels Bow Down" (before the glory of the lord) and I have rather mixed feelings now

 

[tikitime]

This makes no sense to me.

If you think a band are good, and you like their music, it doesn't matter what the people themselves are like. It's about the music, not what the people playing it look like.

You're going to miss out on a lot of really amazing stuff if you keep up that attitude.

Agreed. A friend of mine is one of those people who likes what I call 'safe rock'. He listens to Disturbed, Nickelback, Fall Out Boy etc (I actually like FOB but anywa usic and it should be right up his alley as accessible, fun and fairly simple punk-rock-turned-pop-rock-stuff but nope, he just says "gah, I hate that lead singer guy!" ...sigh

It sounds like my friend, way way WAY back in Elementary School she really loved this one band but when they became "mainstream" they just absolutely sucked ass

It can occasionally be true. LostProphets and Linkin Park began to suck as they garnered mainstream success. But, then again, AFI changed over time but they developed into something new and interesting. Granted, their last two albums have been more mainstream-friendly but they are still works of art so sometimes that kind of attitude is warranted and sometimes it's utter crap

well it was just the fact that they were mainstream that made them suck

I am a huge Linkin park fan and when they came out with Minutes to Midnight I was like "ok this is different but its not bad" and then i got their new album One Thousand Suns and it was just horrible, just absolutely terrible.

but pertaining to the thread topic I am a big seether fan and when i heard their cover of careless whisper I loved it until I remembered careless whisper was a George Michael song and i was deeply disappointed.

 

[Falseprophet]

I try not to let an artist's personal views affect my judgment of their work unless the two can't be separated. Otherwise I'm sure I couldn't watch, read or listen to anything.

Although there was the Kinks song "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". (A Latin-disco cover version was used in Kill Bill Vol. 1.) I used to think it was a song about a guy apologizing to his girlfriend, but someone posted on a forum they thought that song was about a wife beater trying to justify his actions and I haven't been able to hear it any other way since.