OFF: Obscurities

[Torgo Sedler]

Once upon a time, Laj said...........

>>>> People that purposely listen to the most obscure music for the sole
purpose of being different, avoiding everything "popular" to try and be
as original as possible, but end up listening to the worst obscure music
(punk in most cases) just because it is unpopular. Some people just seem
to lose their objectivity, with popular and obscure music.<<<<

This is kinda the point I tried to make awhile back. I could never
understand how people could PURPOSELY like or dislike something. Now,
maybe I'm wrong and maybe it's all just a coincidence, but it really
does seem that so many people here can "force" themselves to like
something just because nobody else has ever heard of it.

>>>>I can't really comment on any independent movies as I haven't seen
very many, but most of my favorite movies are "hollywood" wide release,
highly promoted movies. <<<<

Well, I'm a  movie buff of sorts, and I do see quite a few independent
films. Why do I like these so much? It's easy math really. With
independent films I usually have never even heard the title before when
I watch one, so I basically know nothing about them going into them.
This makes for some VERY pleasant surprises indeed.

As for "mainstream hollywood" movies, I like these just as well,
unfortunately many of these fall under the wheels of the great hype
machine and therefore I expect more and they don't deliver. Holywood
hype is like a television laughtrack for me. Tell me when to laugh and I
probably won't, but slip something subtle by me with no warning and I'll
laugh 'till I drop.

So I guess if you apply my movie thinking to music, I could easily
understand why people like obscure music so much. In that case, ignore
my first paragraph please.  :^)

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