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saut · 03-18-2005, 03:27 PM

Why does every thread I start come to such a quick end? I mean, I was sure I'd get tons of interesting replies for this one, but I got 4. Is the TFP as a whole so uninterested in music or what? Hell, the "Backstreet Boys are Back!" thread has like 25 replies. How many of you actually give two flying shits about the Backstreet Boys? Just looking in that thread, most of the replies are something along the lines of "haha I can't believe they're back" or "I wonder what will happen between Nick and Jessica!?"

This part of the TFP is for the discussion of music, not irrelevant pop culture. I would really love to have some quality discussions about music, but that just doesn't seem to be happening here.

While I'm on the subject of irks I have with the music forum here, I'm going to have to let you know how I feel about the "what's playing now" thread. There's like 5,000 replies to this thing and it's nothing but "Artist Name - Song Title." Does anyone care? What exactly is the purpose of this thing? There's no discussion, and I highly doubt anyone goes through 120 pages to see what everyone's listening to. What's the point of having a thread where everyone posts but no one reads? What a waste of bandwidth. If you really cared to see what someone was listening to, there are far more efficient ways of doing so. Audioscrobbler, for isntance (which I started a thread on long ago) is one of those ways. Perhaps a master audioscrobbler page would be better?

I didn't mean to offend anyone, so don't take any of that the wrong way. I just want to make this part of the forum as interesting and active as the rest of it is.

And for the sake of keeping this post relevant to the thread, I'm listening to Opeth's Damnation right now and I don't know how I forgot to mention it in my original post. I get a really strong sense of summer for some reason (which is odd for how melancholy and usually "autumn sounding" Opeth are), especially in the third song, Death Whispered a Lullabye. It's also rainy, especially in Windowpane and To Rid the Disease, but for the most part, I kind of get the feeling that is has just recently rained (especially in Death Whispered...) and there's still a dampness in the air and the sky is still cloudy and grey.

Hopefully someone will read SOME part of the above and comment.

03-18-2005, 03:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
saut Registered User Location: Pittsburgh	Why does every thread I start come to such a quick end? I mean, I was sure I'd get tons of interesting replies for this one, but I got 4. Is the TFP as a whole so uninterested in music or what? Hell, the "Backstreet Boys are Back!" thread has like 25 replies. How many of you actually give two flying shits about the Backstreet Boys? Just looking in that thread, most of the replies are something along the lines of "haha I can't believe they're back" or "I wonder what will happen between Nick and Jessica!?" This part of the TFP is for the discussion of music, not irrelevant pop culture. I would really love to have some quality discussions about music, but that just doesn't seem to be happening here. While I'm on the subject of irks I have with the music forum here, I'm going to have to let you know how I feel about the "what's playing now" thread. There's like 5,000 replies to this thing and it's nothing but "Artist Name - Song Title." Does anyone care? What exactly is the purpose of this thing? There's no discussion, and I highly doubt anyone goes through 120 pages to see what everyone's listening to. What's the point of having a thread where everyone posts but no one reads? What a waste of bandwidth. If you really cared to see what someone was listening to, there are far more efficient ways of doing so. Audioscrobbler, for isntance (which I started a thread on long ago) is one of those ways. Perhaps a master audioscrobbler page would be better? I didn't mean to offend anyone, so don't take any of that the wrong way. I just want to make this part of the forum as interesting and active as the rest of it is. And for the sake of keeping this post relevant to the thread, I'm listening to Opeth's Damnation right now and I don't know how I forgot to mention it in my original post. I get a really strong sense of summer for some reason (which is odd for how melancholy and usually "autumn sounding" Opeth are), especially in the third song, Death Whispered a Lullabye. It's also rainy, especially in Windowpane and To Rid the Disease, but for the most part, I kind of get the feeling that is has just recently rained (especially in Death Whispered...) and there's still a dampness in the air and the sky is still cloudy and grey. Hopefully someone will read SOME part of the above and comment. Last edited by saut; 03-18-2005 at 03:30 PM..