Can someone explain why someone spends thirty squid on a deluxe pre-order edition of an album when he admits he hasn’t liked the last six albums by that band, and then complains loudly on that band’s ex-singers forum how he hates the album?
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No I can’t explain it except, perhaps, to venture that the the person is question is a bit of an arse?
Seeing as he responded to a post of mine on that forum by calling me a “tw*t” – and he’s an American, where that’s equivalent to the c— word. So “arse” is a bit on an understatement.
Thing is, I think the album is brilliant.
I haven’t got a lot of time for people who rubbish a band or an album in a place where they know there are going to be fans of it, can’t see what it achieves really. I don’t like plenty of albums, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to annoy people who liked them. Poor etiquette in my book. Sounds like he’s not worthy of your time.
“They privilege also the reception of artifacts over the significance of how they are created.â€
I’ve encountered this a lot amongst Porcupine Tree fans, who’ll buy limited vinyl editions of SW’s other projects such as Bass Communion, then boast that a) they don’t like the dark ambient genre, b) they don’t own turntables, and c) the cellophane will always remain intact. Pathetic.