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I will agree that Twilight is bad, but compared to other mainstream crap is it the worst message being put forth? The objectification of young girls and women that passes for acceptable entertainment upsets me far more then the sexism within Twilight. I have to pick and choose my battles about popular culture at least Twilight is no MTV reality show.
Not in reference to langford or any specifically it is my belief that a number of music fans enjoy the obscurity of “their” bands, it makes them feel unique when only a couple people in their school or work place “get” how good their music is. To see their faves put on a mainstream stage (Twilight soundtrack) means more party crashes that don’t “get” how unique and stylish their music is.
Maybe I have just become hardened growing up in the late eighties seeing Green Day and Look Out Records go from a private club to mainstream success, seeing the Misfits logo of my tween years become as big of a cheesy marketing prop as Che Guevara’s image.
same here would rather have my son listen to this then All American Rejects and Lady Gaga
head = heard, I am illiterate.
I for one am happy that these bands will get to be head by a whole new market. Now maybe my 11 year old son won’t just roll his eyes when i play BRMC, Radiohead etc in the car. When I was young soundtracks and compilations exposed me to so much, I remember hearing the Pixies and Leonard Cohen thanks to Pump Up the Volume (terrible movie but good soundtrack) Some of these bands deserve a little mainstream attention , if I wanted to be in a private members only club I would of remained in the “punk” genre of my teenage years.
I agree Morrissey-Marr and Zooey are adorable.
I’d like this if it sounded like Arcade Fire.
Could you please define “selling out” in your own words? I used to think one of the definitions of the term as it relates to music was compromising your artistic freedom in order to sell albums. To me it seems that the label that put this comp. together had to come to these bands hat in hand not the other way around. It is win win the band gains access to young kids and odd 30 year old Twilight fans and they get to play what they want how they want(unless you have proof they compromised their sound). As for your question about the movie it is what you would expect in a love story geared for tweens not a real cinema tour de force, to say the least.