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kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk that made me laugh.

No disturbance caused on my part, just seemed strange that someone with (I think) lesss than 10 posts to their name at the time should have such strong views on Jimmers taste in music and the "you're quite a fascinating specimen to observe." line added to the weirdness.

I'm all for ribbing Jimmer and Paul J for their love of Jimmy Eats World and expect them to do the same for my steadfast belief that ocean Colour Scene were a fantastic band (for 1 album at least), but your criticism of Jimmer came off as more than just friendly ribbing, like you were truly angered by his musical preference. Poor Jimmer might be sobbing his Bright Eyes out somewhere.

The meaning behind that statement is that it's oddly fascinating and equally creepy that this is his outlet to gloat about the gigs he's going to the from moment he buys a ticket, same with his travels, and his own "shameless self promotions". It's like he uses this board as some sort of self-affirmation for something missing in his real life. Lest we not forget, he leaves his opinions stamped all over everything from cities to movies to music reviews. Therefore, I had a few critical statements of his opinions that I found to be particularly interesting to myself.

Last edited by A Little Bird (2011-07-14 07:20:47)

His are gloats, they are different. It's like he searching for acceptance, by appearing "cool", or wants everyone to be envious.

This was all meant to be a light-hearted jab at some terrible music that has now snowballed into analyzing this man's posts and behavior. It's out of control and I'm bored with it already.

Good bye, Mr. Realness. Thank you for the conversations.

But doesn't that contradict your original statement of Jimmer as an 'anomaly'?

Anyway, sorry if I ruffled your feathers. I'm all for the lighthearted jibing.

Last edited by Get With The Realness!! (2011-07-14 07:55:36)

Haha it takes all sorts.

I fit the demographic of Pavement before SM. Which some would give me shit for and I would do the same back.

Just ponder on that for a moment, Mr. Realness. How can you take any so called music buff seriously when the above has been expressed?

I've said on numerous occasions in this thread, to each his own, and I respect that he will defend what he likes. We all have differing tastes when we expand upon our appreciation of Pavement/Jicks. If he wants to come on here and say Conner Oberst has it going on and trash FTT or RET, I am of the opinion something has gone wrong in his ability to assess music and song-writing talent. Nothing less, nothing more.

Well there are some songs written by Conner Oberst that I think are better than some songs written by Stephen Malkmus too (not many, but there are some), so perhaps my ability to assess musc and song-writing talent has gone all out of whack too.

Anyway, to each his own as you say.

While Jimmer's anti-Americanisms offend me at times, I think he generally means well as is mostly trying to provoke discussion. Sure, he has a random taste in music, but one of the good things about this place is that no one cares. I do agree on the Bright Eyes, indie boy-band thing. That was kinda funny.

Last edited by muzak (2011-07-14 13:15:51)

Thanks for all of this, folks, you are good people.

I actually wasn't going to respond, but I do feel a bit like I need to at least comment.

Firstly, Muzak, I am truly sorry if I come across as anti-American.  I am not, I properly love America, and still have an almost child-like fascination with the place.  I do however, love prodding the Americans on here with a stick to try and get a reaction, and to be honest, I kind of thought it was an enjoyable reciprocal arrangement where we all took the piss out of each other’s idiosyncrasies.  Mock my teeth, my boiled food and our stupid accents - I love it, and thought we could all do that to each other.  If this has ever come across as anything stronger than that I really apologise, and I will make a point of altering my tone. 

Little Bird is actually raising issues that have come up on more than one occasion in the past so I am struggling to completely dismiss them as just one guy (albeit, it could be the same one guy as before I guess).  I see this board as a fantastic meeting point of friends both cyber, and in real life, who share an interest in indie rock, and basically just kind of like each other.  I don’t see it as a Justin Bieber style OMG I LOVE MALKMUS board, I see it as a place for people into Malkmus to discuss him and everything else, as we tend to be of a type, and that type tends to get along.  But as I say, this isn’t the first time someone has got their nose out of joint for negative comments made by me, about SM records, and I find it really frustrating.  Can’t we discuss?  Can’t we debate?  Quite frankly, if someone loves everything, it is pretty hard to value their opinion.

I do also find strange the opinion that I have weird taste in music – although I love our discussions on that sort of thing.  Is it really hard to imagine some liking everything from indie-guitar singer-songwriter Stephen Malkmus to indie-country-guitar singer songwriter Ryan Adams/Bright Eyes?  Or power-indie-guitar band Pavement to power-indie-guitar band Jimmy Eat World (I know I am stretching it here, but you must see my point).  It’s not like I am saying the only music I like is Russian spoken word, Amerie and Atari Teenage Riot! 

Bright Eyes I will defend, but I have to say in all my years as a music fan I have never come across the opinion that he is some teen-act.  In the UK he is held up as a classic songwriter, and critically lauded, pulling a pretty cool, tasteful crowd.  This must be an American view, and I would once again say (as I do about JEW), that I pick the bands I like because I like them, not because of some association that has been presented to me (or made up by me). 

Finally the “gloating” thing.  I completely accept I post more stuff about what I am up to than others, but I am trying to start new conversations, something that is always needed on here.  I am in a band, I am promoting that monthly club night, I do go on holiday a lot and I do go to a lot of gigs.  If talking about that stuff is seen as gloating, then fine I will stop it, but it does seem a bit strange, that on a forum, you can’t talk about that stuff and use it as conversation starters.  Would be a pretty anodyne place if we could only discuss just how great Malkmus is.   

Sorry for the lengthy post, but hope that clears my name slightly.

JMMR

I have seen jimmer's CD collection and noted examples of all of these.

I reckon alb is the only one with a problem. I like reading about your doings. at most it's like a 'you might like' function while at the very least it fills a few moments in my empty life. win-win.