Where is the love?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

So we're all resigned to a bit of a slump in pop and teenpop, but... am I imagining it, or is everyone getting spikey about music in general? I know "I Love Music" has rarely lived up to its name in the last 5 years, but it does feel like a lot of stuff (new stuff) is getting ACTIVE dislike more than seems usual (or healthy, to me).

Is this because things are "on the move" and people are trying harder to be "taste makers"?

Or perhaps I am just imagining it, and no explanation is needed.

Settle my mind, or solve my conundrum.

Comments

[pot80.livejournal.com]

It's because everyone there is getting older and as people get older, they tend to get more reactionary and/or set in their ways. The peak of ILM came at a point when people were more willing to get excited together, and now we're at a point in the cycle when people are more eager to define themselves against other people, or by what they dislike. It's lame.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

yes. tbh, many of the threads on ILE (on non-music subjects) seem unpleasantly "oh that's shit and you are an idiot for thinking otherwise"