I hate your band.
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How does wealth constitute overindulgence? You implied that, but didn't back it up at all.
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If you're wealthy and you're not overindulging yourself, then you're doubly stupid. Give it to charity and don't be wealthy since you're not using it. If you are using it, you're overindulging yourself. Vicious rumours were a great band, did you know that? WORD OF MOUTH!!11
Being wealthy doesn't mean you're nec. overindulging yourself. Indeed there's no way to support that. Usually it does, though and excuse me for lumping in the altruistic millionare with all the scumbag millionares maybe he should keep better company etc etc
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they will mostly be teenagers, they would be the ones I'm trying to attract.
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If you're catering to a select target audience, whichever it may be as narrowly defined as yours, I just find it very hard to take your artistic output seriously. You might dissagree, but so far, the only art I do not find offensive is the art that doesn't presuppose what my taste is like and where I come from as a listener. I've found that the artist's intention is communicated very strongly in his art, and when that intention is as moronic as "Hey you, white horny teenager! Rock out! Good times! Le't get this party rollin'! " I just can't help but want to set set artist on fire, then loudly proclaim that I do indeed like it when the party gets hot. If you think MM's intention is any different than that, I say wishful thinking. Strip away all the 00's pretense and post-rock cynicism from, for example "This is the new Hit" and what you're left with is "party with us and buy our record!" I just want more from my music than that. Feel free to have a different oppinion, but then I have to say I think you're a moron, don't I?
Bottom line: this is an issue of ethics. I cannot stomach this american lifestyle mentality on any level. Today I saw on VH1 that Jlo made 36 million dollars this year by selling her skin in every possible way and it ennoys me just slightly more than say, an interview by korn or the deftones or creed (sorry carnivore). They share the same unsophisticated tired views on art, the relation between art and the audience, the presupposition of what 'rock' or 'popular music' is supposed to be... *sigh* everybody who makes it in the US seemingly falls into those predefined rockstar lifestyle choices and this trite superficial ethic and I'm just sick of it. This makes me somewhat bitter but the fact remains in my oppinion that your aspirations could use a more critical look.
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What would you be if you could be anything, and why aren't you on your way toward that goal right now?
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If I could be anything I'd be a 40 feet tall robot setting the world on fire with my napalm breath and laser eyes. I'm working on it
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