In the Defense of Criticism Towards Metal

 

man thank you for this night, i will never forget,truly. I love you.    you made me laugh whole night,  i'am the happiest  person  in the world. Praise you. 

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Man u never give up, i've never seen such a stuborn one . you think many peolple listens to metal ,becouse is fashionable, rebelious touch, so guess what, WRONG ANSWER , It is art , and devine one. not just intended for teens, i will ask againg which is this music ''by and for adults.'' I'AM  ALL  EARS tell me , 

I think it would be fair to say that all Popular music is aimed squarely at the adolescent demographic. Even our beloved Prog was targeted at teenagers back in the day - certainly people even just a few years older than me never listened to Yes, Floyd or Van der Graaf - they preferred Cream or The Beatles - the target audience for these bands was incredibly narrow - we're talking +/- 3 years max. And so it is with every generation and every "trend" - the PR guys sign bands that will fit their most lucrative markets - Roadrunner knows who pays their wages, and they are smart enough to sweep-up a broad cross-section of popular bands to ensure they get a good proportion of that market - exactly as Charisma and Virgin did on the 70s (and 80s - notice how quickly Virgin jumped "ship" and chased after the next generation of teenagers).

 

That does not make it a pandemic when a few people who are interested in music rather than a trendy-fashion chose to listen to music from outside their generation.

 

I gave up trying to recapture my youth years ago, when I couldn't be bothered getting my "natural" hair-colour from a bottle anymore and when walking down stairs became almost as tiring as walking up - I like being a adult, but I also enjoy childish things like fart gags and giving people wedgies - big deal - it does not affect the kind of music I like to hear - yes I still have the natural curiosity of a teenager - I still want to learn new things, experience new things, hear new music - and if that music is Bal Sagoth's "The Dark Liege of Chaos is Unleashed at the Ensorcelled Shrine of A'Zura Kai (The Splendour of a Thousand Swords Gleaming Beneath the Blazon of the Hyperborean Empire Part II)", Diamanda Galas singing "Insane Asylum" or the theme tune to "Postman Pat" then I really don't care who it was originally targetted at, why it was written or what anyone else thinks - it does not make me someone who never grew out of "it" or someone who decided not to let go of that part of their earlier life - I'm just someone who doesn't have all the answers yet and has never given up asking questions - and if still liking juvenile music is a side effect of that, then whoopie - I'm not dead yet.

 

Talking of asking questions, here's one: What does that leave us wrinklies with? AO-flippin'-R? No thanks; Livin' In The Past? Not me.

 

 

Man, you just don't get it,do you? and where do you find that information ''the target audience is High School boys'' tell me, is it based on your assumptions? if that so , please reconsider that , you are very wrong ,i don't have to elaborate again, it is not  ''desperate attempt'' it is love for the music , passion (which obviousely is part you have skipped) and don't tell me that roadrunner is  marketting metal, if you don't like it , your problem. it is not called  ''pandemic level''  it is called GREAT MUSIC(WHICH YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF)  Man one cannot grow out metal ,  it stays inside him deeply, if one realy loves metal , it became part of his life, truly.