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This isnt a question of your favorite band. If it was, it wouldn't be an interesting thread, because everyone would naturally choose KISS! Lol.
Seriously though..... Just days after finishing my 10th grade school year, I started a summer job working in a small machine shop that produced 'high stall torque converters' for street rods and full-on drag racing cars.
A friend and classmate was hired on the same day. I was a big fan of metal. He was a big fan of Bruce Springsteen. I knew nothing of politics, and like many 'Bruce fans', I assumed 'Born in the USA' was an homage to America'! I didn't listen closely enough to know any better, because even then I thought his music was absolutely terrible, and he also struck me as a bit of a 'poser'.
Later, I still hate almost every song(except for maybe "Tenth Ave Freeze Out"), but even that's lost its appeal. It wasn't til the late 90s, that I discovered that "Born in America" was NOT a patriotic album. That wasn't a big deal to me. But what was a big deal, was the discovery about how he and Jon Bon Jovi have found 'methods' of vastly reducing their own property taxes on their incredibly expensive homes & properties(to the tune of paying only hundreds of dollars, when upper middle class neighbors are paying 15x as much on smaller properties), while at the same time, bitching about "the rich not paying their fair share"!
Then of course, there's the ridiculously high concert ticket prices charged by Bruce. Here's a guy whose core audience are 'working class' , but who ironically cannot afford decent seats to see him! When asked about that 'phenomenon' recently, his answer was, "well, I kinda feel bad about it". But not quite bad enough to actually do ANYTHING about it! Of course there's no expectation that he do anything either, as long as he gives lip service to "feeling bad about it". That way, at least he gets in some quality virtue signaling! He won't be loudly criticized, as long as he keeps pushing the 'correct' political messaging!
God I hate that guy! Also, Pearl Jam, Bon Jovi(poser metal!), and Dave Matthews Band.
Which bands or musicians do you find intolerable?
Seriously though..... Just days after finishing my 10th grade school year, I started a summer job working in a small machine shop that produced 'high stall torque converters' for street rods and full-on drag racing cars.
A friend and classmate was hired on the same day. I was a big fan of metal. He was a big fan of Bruce Springsteen. I knew nothing of politics, and like many 'Bruce fans', I assumed 'Born in the USA' was an homage to America'! I didn't listen closely enough to know any better, because even then I thought his music was absolutely terrible, and he also struck me as a bit of a 'poser'.
Later, I still hate almost every song(except for maybe "Tenth Ave Freeze Out"), but even that's lost its appeal. It wasn't til the late 90s, that I discovered that "Born in America" was NOT a patriotic album. That wasn't a big deal to me. But what was a big deal, was the discovery about how he and Jon Bon Jovi have found 'methods' of vastly reducing their own property taxes on their incredibly expensive homes & properties(to the tune of paying only hundreds of dollars, when upper middle class neighbors are paying 15x as much on smaller properties), while at the same time, bitching about "the rich not paying their fair share"!
Then of course, there's the ridiculously high concert ticket prices charged by Bruce. Here's a guy whose core audience are 'working class' , but who ironically cannot afford decent seats to see him! When asked about that 'phenomenon' recently, his answer was, "well, I kinda feel bad about it". But not quite bad enough to actually do ANYTHING about it! Of course there's no expectation that he do anything either, as long as he gives lip service to "feeling bad about it". That way, at least he gets in some quality virtue signaling! He won't be loudly criticized, as long as he keeps pushing the 'correct' political messaging!
God I hate that guy! Also, Pearl Jam, Bon Jovi(poser metal!), and Dave Matthews Band.
Which bands or musicians do you find intolerable?
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