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7/12/2025, 10:30:20 PM
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>most people's dislikes are way more arbitrary and prejudiced than their likes
I think that's natural, after all - who is going to spent a great deal of time listening to things they dislike? Of course we ought to challenge ourselves on our dislikes, its why I've gone back and listened to Ulcerate more times than I've listened to some bands I do like, however most people will not do this. Especially people like crabguy who are a reviewer and have to keep crafting narratives to keep people interested in him over other reviewers, he carved out a niche by making grand statements about current paths of dissonance. Sometimes just presenting yourself as the opposite of the tides of time will be perceived as novel and new in itself, regardless of the quality of what you say.
>DsO especially is still a huge dividing line for some reason
Its just politics, and I don't mean Mikko or left vs right (although that is a part of it I guess, especially so in hyper sensitive snowflakes like the crab), but rather DsO represents a shifting from the old to the new. Realistically SMRC should be an album that oldtards like and highly regard, but they are too stubborn to admit it, because of the later DsO albums existing, the only albums that feel safe for them to like are the two trash ones, which mind you that two songs on SMRC are from that period anyways.
Its inevitable to lose people in the shift from consonance to dissonance, just as it will be inevitable to lose even more people when you shift to higher aspirations like Ehnahre/JG, that doesn't make it artistically incorrect however. Medtner lived in poverty and was basically ignored for his whole career by both masses and academics, all save for a small cult following, but there is literally not a single instance of him attempting to make himself more palatable for others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utrwKdQYRZQ
Eventually people like myself found him anyways, and I'm glad for what he made.
>most people's dislikes are way more arbitrary and prejudiced than their likes
I think that's natural, after all - who is going to spent a great deal of time listening to things they dislike? Of course we ought to challenge ourselves on our dislikes, its why I've gone back and listened to Ulcerate more times than I've listened to some bands I do like, however most people will not do this. Especially people like crabguy who are a reviewer and have to keep crafting narratives to keep people interested in him over other reviewers, he carved out a niche by making grand statements about current paths of dissonance. Sometimes just presenting yourself as the opposite of the tides of time will be perceived as novel and new in itself, regardless of the quality of what you say.
>DsO especially is still a huge dividing line for some reason
Its just politics, and I don't mean Mikko or left vs right (although that is a part of it I guess, especially so in hyper sensitive snowflakes like the crab), but rather DsO represents a shifting from the old to the new. Realistically SMRC should be an album that oldtards like and highly regard, but they are too stubborn to admit it, because of the later DsO albums existing, the only albums that feel safe for them to like are the two trash ones, which mind you that two songs on SMRC are from that period anyways.
Its inevitable to lose people in the shift from consonance to dissonance, just as it will be inevitable to lose even more people when you shift to higher aspirations like Ehnahre/JG, that doesn't make it artistically incorrect however. Medtner lived in poverty and was basically ignored for his whole career by both masses and academics, all save for a small cult following, but there is literally not a single instance of him attempting to make himself more palatable for others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utrwKdQYRZQ
Eventually people like myself found him anyways, and I'm glad for what he made.
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