Has anyone considered the fact that maybe us "Yanks" (and I'm sorry,
but I personally find that a very offensive term) DO get it and
that's why we don't like it?  Maybe the rest of you out there are the
one's that don't get it and that's why you think it's cool.  

Personally, I do get it, and I'm not the least bit amused or
impressed. There's much better stuff than the Darkness for me to
spend my money on and telling me that I just don't get it is just a
case of the emperor's new clothes.  Sorry to tell you, but I get it
perfectly clear and that's why I don't like it and aren't buying it. 

But then, isn't the difference of opinion in musical taste respected
anymore?  Why do I (or we) have to "get it" at all?  Isn't saying
that us "yanks" just don't get it a way of ignoring the issue of
taste and quality and simply making an emotional argument of "if you
don't like what I like then you're not smart enough to know what to
like" ???  

Should I throw out a list of every band that I do like so that you
can all judge my intelligence level (or that of my entire country)
based on what music I "get" ?  

Or for that matter, should I throw out a list of every band that I do
like and insult all of your countrymen and women if you don't like
what I so obviously "get" but find you too dim to "get" ?

I used to like Audities because it presented me with alternatives to
the general crap on the radio.  But to find my inbox filled with
messages with the subject line of "Americans just don't get it" and
messages like "Darkness rule, not an opinion, just fact" is what I'd
expect from an AOL message board, not from what used to be an
intelligent mailing list where discussion of the merits of a
particular act didn't have to degrade to insulting everyone of a
specific nationality because some people don't like a particular
band.

Give me a break folks!  I seriously doubt this particular band takes
themselves anywhere near as seriously as some of the people on this
list are, and to think that something like this band's latest US
single/video heralds the future of all things "great" in music is as
incredibly stupid to me as my not liking them apparently is to some
of you.

And to say that not liking a band because the singer's voice is
annoying compares to not liking them because their jumpsuit is the
wrong color is ridiculous.  You listen to music you like because you
enjoy it, not because it's annoying.  If you find a singer's voice
annoying, listening to them intentionally would be what some people
would consider a sign of insanity. 

If this were a fashion show and you found the color of a particular
piece of clothing annoying, and therefore didn't like the piece,
would I be right to say that not liking an outfit because of it's
color is like saying you don't like the outfit because the model's
voice is annoying?  Then why make a statement like that with the two
points reversed?

If I'm over reacting here and have missed the joke in these messages,
then I apologize right now. But I don't think I've missed anything
here (and I didn't miss the joke in Darkness's recordings either, I
just don't find it very amusing). Besides, I've had my happy pills
today, so it's not like I'm in a bad mood or anything......

:-)

Can we get back to a more rational discussion about music?  Even if
it's about the relative merits or lack thereof in the music of a
certain band named Darkness, at least let's bring it back to rational
discussion here folks.

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Dave Bradley
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