Hmmm, I'm wasting some time before heading to the gym and just spent some time reading through one of many Brody Dalle threads.
Why is 75% of it about her appearance? Why is there such a need to shred female musicians for their apprearence...or their love lives? (Yes, there is a degree of it for men, but to such a lesser extent.)
Why do people get so extra vicious when they don't like a bands music? (Especially a band that may or may not get the ever useless "punk" label.) Why can't the comment just be "They're just not my thing."
I can certainly respect a person not liking a certain band...but why such violent comments? I try to figure this out in general and in relation to some of the stuff I read about my own band. I've read some terrible comments.
I can come to no conclusions...I can only hope that my skin grows thicker and thicker.
Why is 75% of it about her appearance? Why is there such a need to shred female musicians for their apprearence...or their love lives? (Yes, there is a degree of it for men, but to such a lesser extent.)
Why do people get so extra vicious when they don't like a bands music? (Especially a band that may or may not get the ever useless "punk" label.) Why can't the comment just be "They're just not my thing."
I can certainly respect a person not liking a certain band...but why such violent comments? I try to figure this out in general and in relation to some of the stuff I read about my own band. I've read some terrible comments.
I can come to no conclusions...I can only hope that my skin grows thicker and thicker.
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i guess i'll throw in my unasked for 2 cents, so you can have a viewpoint from someone who is self labeled that worthless label of "punk". i think the reason people make brodie's love life their business because of how shady it was that she broke up with tim after being signed to a major label. plus changing their sound to a courtney love-esque sound. sound progression is natural... but to completely do a 180 from one album to the next? strange. it can work to your advantage if the 180 is good. but i just think her new stuff sounds like she's trying too hard to be courtney love. the reason i think people attack brody is because they see how she acts. she's not a very likeable person. i've met brody and am friends with people who lived with her. they just don't have anything nice to say.
i don't really either. maybe none of that is any of my business. but it strikes a nerve with me. i don't like fake people. i think brody makes herself viewed on image. she's as much to blame as people or media. but i don't just dislike her or am extra hard on her cuz of her gender, this is not a boy/girl issue with me. i also hate cheap sex, because mike virus <-- sends me hate mail. yada yada i'm blabbing on.
but as for people saying negative things about your or the epoxies, tell them to suck it. if it's what you love to do then no one can take that away from you. i got a job when we got back from tour at hot topic (yaya yuk it up) and i spin your cd there. kids eat it up. so nyah!
[Edited on Sep 07, 2004 9:44PM]