I've got 99 hairy Luftballons but Led Zep ain't one (3 Viewers)

[Nzoric]

Let's ruffle some more. Where do you boys stand on the beatles? :evil:

Recognize them for what they've done, bar 2-3 albums they aren't my thang.

 

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[Martin]

"for what they've done" sounds like something a prosecutor would say.

 

[Ford Prefect]

Overrated and appreciated by bands i don't like, but they are liked and i don't care enough anymore. Stones are my no 1 band.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Let's ruffle some more. Where do you boys stand on the beatles? :evil:

was a fan when i was younger, over them

Try so hard? I used to try hard, now i just play

keep playing and stop hating

 

[Martin]

was a fan when i was younger, over them

you really let me down. the beatles, the doors? what is with your average joe taste, where is your sophistication?

 

[JCK]

you really let me down. the beatles, the doors? what is with your average joe taste, where is your sophistication?

Says the one who adores Michael Jackson.

 

[Martin]

Says the one who adores Michael Jackson.

So what? Different expectations for different levels of people.

 

[JCK]

So what? Different expectations for different levels of people.

Just be glad I didn't mention Nicholas Cage.

 

[Martin]

Just be glad I didn't mention Nicholas Cage.

Self referential jokes

 

[JCK]

Self referential jokes

I just found a high level of hypocrisy in referring to certain tastes as "average joe", no jokes intended. You can now ignore my remarks, I am not a fan of arguing about taste.

 

[Martin]

I just found a high level of hypocrisy in referring to certain tastes as "average joe", no jokes intended. You can now ignore my remarks, I am not a fan of arguing about taste.

Okay, hypothetical situation. Let's say you had a friend who was brilliant, right? Real intellectual, knows everything important about culture, amazes you with his intellectual brilliance sometimes. Then he says there's nothing he loves more than bowling. And you say "bowling? I love bowling, but in your case I would expect something more refined. Chess, perhaps."

Any references to real people are coincidental etc etc.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

you really let me down. the beatles, the doors? what is with your average joe taste, where is your sophistication?

me sophisticated? you mistaking me for someone else homes. oh i got over the beatles in my late teens.

 

[Ford Prefect]

 

[JCK]

Okay, hypothetical situation. Let's say you had a friend who was brilliant, right? Real intellectual, knows everything important about culture, amazes you with his intellectual brilliance sometimes. Then he says there's nothing he loves more than bowling. And you say "bowling? I love bowling, but in your case I would expect something more refined. Chess, perhaps."

Any references to real people are coincidental etc etc.

Just because you think bowling is an average joe activity it does not make it one. Same goes to you thinking The Doors, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pulp Fiction, etc. are for the average joes, it does not make them so.

 

[Martin]

Just because you think bowling is an average joe activity it does not make it one. Same goes to you thinking The Doors, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pulp Fiction, etc. are for the average joes, it does not make them so.

But they are. Bowling is really popular, ie. it's a popular sport. And the other items you mentioned are too, thus they are part of a mainstream taste.

 

[JCK]

But they are. Bowling is really popular, ie. it's a popular sport. And the other items you mentioned are too, thus they are part of a mainstream taste.

Mainstream is one thing and average joe is another.

 

[Martin]

Mainstream is one thing and average joe is another.

How so? Is mainstream not the dominant (ie. average, you could say) stream?

 

[JCK]

How so? Is mainstream not the dominant (ie. average, you could say) stream?

For me, mainstream is popular where average joe is shallow. And they are not necessarily the same.

 

[Ford Prefect]

I think the difference is the interpretation of the term "average joe" - to me it means an apathetic, lazy person that isn't motivated. By that definition then Pulp Fiction, The Doors etc. would the average joe of indie cinema and alt music because they are dominant and popular sides of those markets that have more crossover success than the films of Gaspar Noe or music by The Guess Who etc.

 

[ALC]

average joe and mainstream is basically the same.

Now back on topic, Hairy Luftballoons are my favorite but not many people know of them. Are they considered mainstream?