they're not selling out

[spooky_nine]

the spill canvas // staplegunned [video]

cutthroatstalker: the spill canvas has a video up on mtv u's site
cutthroatstalker: ugh

GlennDathu: the spill canvas?
GlennDathu: they don't play them at the retirement home
GlennDathu: sorry.

cutthroatstalker: my most favorite band in the entire world

GlennDathu: oh-- wait
GlennDathu: so you're saying "ugh" because they're on mtv?
GlennDathu: does this mean they've sold out?
GlennDathu: cause, you know, a dude's gotta eat.
GlennDathu: and mtv pays the bills.

cutthroatstalker: man, the song they picked kind of isn't my most favorite one
cutthroatstalker: no, i want them to get exposure and get filthy rich, AS LONG AS THEY STAY TRUE TO THEIR MUSIC
cutthroatstalker: and not start making music just to make money

GlennDathu: ooh i know what you mean!! ok i get this.
GlennDathu: cause like when i tell people "yeah bad religion is like my favorite band ever"
GlennDathu: people squint
GlennDathu: and say
GlennDathu: "oh yeah i've heard of them! 'la la la... 21st century digital boy... na na na'"
GlennDathu: and i want to throw them in a fire

cutthroatstalker: hahahahaha
cutthroatstalker: EXACTLY

Comments

[drunken-swagger.livejournal.com]

This is like when I say "I listen to metal" and someone says "oh, like Metallica?" and I am forced to impale them.

[spooky-nine.livejournal.com]

metal, you mean like creed?

[glaximus.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, metal, like those Creed guys right?

[glaximus.livejournal.com]

But wait. You say "Metal", they say "Metallica" and you say "Get impaled."

Do I have to qualify stuff like "Ride the Lightning" with the term "Old Metal" now?

[glaximus.livejournal.com]

what about albums like painkiller, or powerslave? Are bands like priest and iron maiden too cliche now?

[drunken-swagger.livejournal.com]

This is not a "metal elitist" reaction. Metallica may have been good for... something or another, but honestly, they were never all that great. And honestly, as far as metal goes, they could have not existed without that huge of a reprecussion.

Iron Maiden, on the other hand, is absolutely irreplaceable. Metal could not have become what it is now without them (and also led zeppelin... and also Megadeth, perhaps... but not metallica. They were just an american version of stuff that was happening in Finland anyway).