Maybe this has been done before. Probably, in fact, since it seems so obvious. But I can't find anything in search.
Anyways, over on the Brothers in Arms revival, Mad Puffin writes
Cue discussion of how justifiable it is to have "the sort of people who like a record" enter into discussion of whether the record is good or not.
Well, how justifiable is it? I remember thinking of Radiohead as a one-hit wonder, feeling superior to them even through The Bends because who has time for MTV bands, and then all of a sudden, around the time OK Computer came out, realizing attractive hipster girls are into them, which asociation helped get me over my intitial, two-album brush off of them. Then came Kid A, and I was like, Shit, I was wrong all along. Along the same lines: going to a Royal Trux show way back when, and seeing just how cool everyone there looked, compelled me to get into them. Conversely, sometimes it's hard to be into prog (I am though) because of how many loud eccentrics seem to be into it, compared to say how fun people into The Stooges tend to be. Not an either-or proposition: I like Rush and The Stooges, but I'd rather go out to a party or on the pull with someone who liked The Stooges but hated Rush as opposed to the opposite.
Perhaps if by chance this hasn't been brought up yet it's because it's too vague or shallow a topic to consider. If not, have at it.
― cordoroy flax, Saturday, 12 March 2005 16:31 (twenty years ago)
There are definitely bands who have 'auras' - how else to explain why the Libertines seem to have such a stronger following than, say, Razorlight.
I'm fairly sure that said aura goes way beyong 'loads of really cute girls are into them', although that helps ;)
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 12 March 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)