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Old 02.25.2009, 06:15 PM   #1
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So frequently I find that if something is really hyped up, I don't enjoy it like everyone else. The amount of hype is inversely proportional to how well I like it.

Slumdog Millionaire for example. Good movie but I don't think it deserved all the hype. I don't see that many movies so I really can't say whether it deserved all the Oscars.

I just got Merriweather Post Pavilion and I'm extremely underwhelmed. It is my first exposure to Animal Collective so I can't base it on any of their other work.

I'll certainly give it a couple more spins but man doesn't sound that great to me.
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Old 02.25.2009, 06:19 PM   #2
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MPP - and AC - deserves all your attention. They're truly great.

I do not really care about the hype. There's some hype things I hate (MGMT, Fleet Foxes, Kaiser Chiefs, etc), and some hype things I like (for instance: The Knife, Simian Mobile Disco, etc)
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Old 02.25.2009, 08:08 PM   #3
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Schopenhauer said: "He who writes for fools always finds a large public". I think that that of course applies to other arts as well.
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Old 02.25.2009, 08:19 PM   #4
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Old 02.25.2009, 08:51 PM   #5
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MPP - and AC - deserves all your attention. They're truly great.

I do not really care about the hype. There's some hype things I hate (MGMT, Fleet Foxes, Kaiser Chiefs, etc), and some hype things I like (for instance: The Knife, Simian Mobile Disco, etc)

The Knife has been hyped? (That's a serious question)

Although I literally just discovered them for the first time about 4 months ago, when I clicked into one of their vids on YouTube, and I can't get enough of them.

Hype or not... I simply cannot enjoy Animal Collective. I am starting to enjoy the look that fans develop on their faces when I tell them that.
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Old 02.26.2009, 05:25 AM   #6
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The Knife has been hyped? (That's a serious question)

Although I literally just discovered them for the first time about 4 months ago, when I clicked into one of their vids on YouTube, and I can't get enough of them.

Hype or not... I simply cannot enjoy Animal Collective. I am starting to enjoy the look that fans develop on their faces when I tell them that.
Yeah The Knife has been super hyped by Pitchfork when Silent Shout was released. But that was totally deserved
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Old 02.26.2009, 06:53 AM   #7
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Slumdog Millionaire and Animal Collective aren't very good examples...

Oscars don't make a film good, they just add reputation in a (commercial) politically correct parameter...

and Animal Collective is just a proof of how being high all the time distorts your musical taste.
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Old 02.26.2009, 08:10 AM   #8
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Old 02.26.2009, 08:40 AM   #9
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The Knife has been super hyped by Pitchfork

That explains why I hadn't heard of them until recently. I rarely read any type of music magazine (online or otherwise).
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