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General => Music Discussion => Topic started by: Alice the Sister on March 01, 2008, 06:46:26 AM

Title: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: Alice the Sister on March 01, 2008, 06:46:26 AM
Do you ever judge the music? Do you touch the music gently, and realize that it's a bit bumpy for this ride? In short, do you give everything a try, or does something about the pictures/OHP have to "grab" at you.

I'd say looking at the pictures/OHP will usually dissuade me. Cause I know if I had seen pics of Metronome or Codomo A beforehand, I wouldn't have given two shits. Same with certain other bands who look really really retarded so you lump them in there with, "Stereotypical trashy dark" or "too cute to be good" types of stuff.
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Post by: Yumeko on March 01, 2008, 06:44:18 PM
I'm the same way.  Pictures either totally work to a band's advantage or do the exact opposite.
Title: Re: Judging the clitoris by the pictures you see?
Post by: signal to noise on March 01, 2008, 10:10:26 PM
assuming this thread is what i think its about, i usually go by this rule:

if a band cannot dress themselves, they obviously cannot write good songs.
Title: Re: Judging the clitoris by the pictures you see?
Post by: 凸(。☉౪ ⊙。)▁▇▀▀▀~~~卍 on March 02, 2008, 03:17:45 AM
^ HAVE TO AGREE
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: Alice the Sister on March 02, 2008, 07:29:23 AM
This is a serious thread, but I still attempted for some lulz, since I knew certain words would be changed.
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: ♪└|∵|┐♪└|∵|┘♪┌|∵|┘♪ on March 02, 2008, 07:42:45 PM
Usually, I don't even look for bands pics before downloading their music.
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: Mrs.Kyo_Nishimura on March 03, 2008, 05:12:25 AM
I don't always know what the band I'm listening to looks like,
but usually you can tell a lot about a band by their fashion.
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: PierO on March 03, 2008, 08:28:45 PM
Never judge when you see pics.
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: Do As Eternity 6 on March 04, 2008, 04:00:59 AM
Now i don't really judge bands by their looks. however, in earlier times i did and it worked against them D: case in point VK... i wouldn't listen to it because i thought they looked like freaks. Obviously i changed my mind about that ... so yea. After that i try my bestest not to judge by looks anymore even though i'm sure there are times when i still do it even subconsciously D:
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: 琴乃 on March 04, 2008, 09:12:33 PM
^Some years ago, I wasn't really interested in vk, because, as you said, they looked like total freaks, and I found them quite ridiculous.
But I changed my mind when listening to bands like Plastic Tree, MUCC, etc... (even if they aren't vk at all)
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: xbiinex on March 04, 2008, 11:23:42 PM
Pictures can be quite distracting.
There are quite a few bands I really like where I'm sure I only like them because I listened to their music first without knowing what they look like. Else I might have found them to look too ridiculous to make g.o.o.d music.
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: Username on March 05, 2008, 01:45:37 AM
I listened to Dir en grey based completely on how they looked. Best decision of my life.

Applying the same thing to other bands has generally not worked.
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: kachida on March 09, 2008, 01:24:06 AM
yeah
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: signal to noise on March 09, 2008, 07:15:39 AM
Quote from: kachida on March 09, 2008, 01:24:06 AM
yeah

best response ever. "yeah" means nothing.
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: 非難GO-GO > バクチク on March 09, 2008, 01:07:44 PM
There are a shitload of bands I still have no idea what they look like. I've been listening to alot of them for years though. Ah , I normally dislike what most vk bands look like.

Some pop groups could pass as rock bands if you've never heard them before.
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: kachida on March 09, 2008, 03:10:13 PM
Quote from: signal to noise on March 09, 2008, 07:15:39 AM
Quote from: kachida on March 09, 2008, 01:24:06 AM
yeah

best response ever. "yeah" means nothing.

of course i judge the music by the pictures for sometimes.
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: kachida on March 09, 2008, 03:13:16 PM
Quote from: HONG GIL DONG on March 09, 2008, 01:07:44 PM
There are a shitload of bands I still have no idea what they look like. I've been listening to alot of them for years though. Ah , I normally dislike what most vk bands look like.

Some pop groups could pass as rock bands if you've never heard them before.

cant you understand what is the meaning of 'visual kei'?==
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: signal to noise on March 09, 2008, 04:40:07 PM
Quote from: kachida on March 09, 2008, 03:13:16 PM
Quote from: HONG GIL DONG on March 09, 2008, 01:07:44 PM
There are a shitload of bands I still have no idea what they look like. I've been listening to alot of them for years though. Ah , I normally dislike what most vk bands look like.

Some pop groups could pass as rock bands if you've never heard them before.

cant you understand what is the meaning of 'visual kei'?==

yeah vk means to have visual images and themes to supplement the music you make. not to dress like a fuckin dirty prostitute who casually listens to slipknot. being visual kei isnt an excuse to dress like a retard. we cant use that excuse for everything, its not 9/11.
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: Vessicator on March 10, 2008, 07:06:04 PM
Visual style. Oshare style. Doesn't matter; niggers make the same excuse when they're picking out a band.

Yes, I am inclined to choose the music that pleases me aesthetically. I doubt a band with fuck-ugly people would carry a lot of fans, no matter how musically talented they were. I mean, just look at Socrates. Ugly as fuck. And that's why he drank the hemlock; because back then in Greece, they didn't have plastic surgery. And he didn't take a shower, which is why everybody hated him. So he had a lowered self-esteem and cried every night to his wife who was a money-grubbing whore.

Hey, if your life was like that, you'd drink the hemlock too.

He was also annoying.

You know, this thread made sense when the wordfilters were in effect.
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: Rasvahappo on April 12, 2008, 05:35:15 PM
My music testing is usually kinda random, I just pick a name that sounds nice, and listen. But then, sometimes I go to their OHP, which isn't maybe the best way to.. know them, you know. :D I have left some bands alone without listening, just because I went uh-oh to their image. Actually, most of them weren't even ugleeeh or anything, they just looked so.. BORING. Well whatever, I still listen to the samples if they have any.

Not that I care that much about their looks, it's just that I won't bother. If some nice-looking band makes shizz, at least I can fap to them. ;D
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Post by: Vessicator on April 16, 2008, 08:47:28 PM
i want to know the password so that i can mess with the wordfilters
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: MR. Potato on April 20, 2008, 01:32:25 AM
i dont care about how they look , this is music ffs not Porn!
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: Jenova on April 23, 2008, 12:02:46 AM
Some times I do that.  Like if I'm going to try something new and I see band pictars on the site I find them at, that'll be a deciding factor whether I want it to be or not :|
Title: Re: Judging the music by the pictures you see?
Post by: odoroboujohn on February 17, 2009, 04:16:08 AM
When I cared about pics it was opposite I'd see the band and imagine what their music was like ie... Aliene Ma'riage, Earl grey, Neil
It was just how I imagined Awesome!!!