It's not about taking it too seriously
I'm not mad, but I am bored and in a mood, so I'm going to engage with you on this.
You're getting downvoted because you're being a condescending jerk. let's break it down:
You don't like the list sharing. that's fine! we can all live with that. Now since you know we all like to, the sensible thing to do would be to just not say anything. After all, what would be the point of saying "hey stop doing that thing you all like to do!".
But it' doesn't stop there either. You called us all jerkoffs for posting lists. Again, something we find value in, in fact it's been pointed out to you why some people enjoy it, but you weren't interested in that. You've doubled down on making sure we all knew you thought it was a very pathetic thing to do. Now let me be clear. I, nor anyone else probably, is offended that you called us names. No that's not the point at all. The point is that you put yourself above everyone else. And that we, understandably, do not take too kindly to. I don't think anyone is mad, but we sure as hell are not going to treat you kindly when you're being a condescending ass.
so no, we're not taking it too seriously. A downvote is a very easy effortless thing to give you. And my lecture aside, a comment is pretty easy too.
anyway, some things to consider, yeah?
I've discovered many artists I would not have otherwise by perusing SG commentariat lists. Find a list you like and then listen to the artists on there you don't recognize. Might find something you like. Or you can keep on with this condescension thing.
I'm just going to list three, that I will refer to as "the haunted pool trifecta"
There - Swimming Backwards
Sky Ferreira - Downhill Lullaby
Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
some of my favorite albums this year:
Lust for Youth - S/T
Black Marble - Bigger Than Life
Brutus - Nest
Blaue Blume - Bell of Wool
Wand - Laughing Matter
Heather Woods Broderick - Invitation
Tyler Childers - Country Squire
Metronomy - Metronomy Forever
Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
It's just kind of a question of if you'd rather beat traffic or catch their whole set. I'd rather see their whole set, I'm there to see them. And the encore will often have some of the best moments.
I get the impulse though, as Yacht and I were discussing once, often the experience of a show is "wow! they sound so good, this is great! I hope it's over soon!" I do get tired.
and the audience doesn't need to applaud.
but like I said before, the performance is a give and take. None of it is necessary, but if you want to create a good performance, you might want to!
see, I think this is an example. If you're not going to do an encore, say so! and that's fine. To just not do it when you know the crowd is expecting it is, I dunno, seems like they're just trying to make a point at the expense of their relationship with the audience.
(to be clear I don't think this is a reason to be angry with the band or anything, just saying that it would colour my experience of the show in a detrimental way, unnecessarily so)
yeah for sure.
so I guess what I'm also thinking is (kinda just thinking out loud here now), is that it is a weird ritual, but we are talking about performance here. so a little theatrics and ritual, well that's part of the game. Performances work and are satisfying largely because there is a give and take between artist and audience. I'm not saying an encore is necessary for this, but just saying that there is a reason for its existence.
I agree that encores are kinda dumb, a weird ritual. But like, the expectation is there. And here's the thing, you can put in an encore in your set whenever you like, you don't actually have to play more songs than you would have otherwise. I dunno, I sympathize with the band, but I think you do send a message to your fans 'You're not worth the encore' even if that's not intended.
Maybe it's more the approach. If the artist said "hey this is normally where we'd do an encore, but we're just gonna play a couple more songs and then be done". That would be totally fine! I guess that's sorta what she's doing here, setting those expectations.
well that's the thing. Tom is a Not-Roy. I'm not even sure Logan regards Tom highly enough to consider him a blood sacrifice. (this is all for the sake of argument and over-thinking, btw)
Yeah, Tom might make more sense. But it kinda seemed like Logan threw Kendall under the proverbial bus in real time during the hearing (did I read moment right), and more in that exact moment of when he proposed a blood sacrifice, they seemed to be pointing to Kendall as the target. but yeah. Tom. the meat in the sandwich.
Achtung Baby is my favorite, like pretty much favorite album of all time. And I think Zooropa is really underrated.
Pop, well I should give that a fresh listen, but it has at least one of their worst songs, imo.
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