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Originally Posted by merylsilverburg
I think it's kinda strange. Many people I hear say they are so individualistic that they do not fit "into a group." Meaning as in, their ideals and whatnot are so different from the rest of the world that they do not "fit in" anywhere or with anybody. Yet, when they list off their music, it ends up they *do* find a place to belong...because a lot of people listen to the same bands they do. So...what I'm saying is...it's very strange to hear people say "I don't belong anywhere" or "I'm a misfit" when they actually do, because the certain group of people who listens to the same music as you will actually be "your group" meaning your "type of people." If this doesn't make sense, it's okay, I just wanted to point this out only because...
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I don't find much sense in what you are saying here Meryl. Basically, this means that all people loving the same movie directors, the same videogames, the same painters would automatically make a group. So for example, just because I like some of the Nineties stuff Red likes, I'd have to feel like him, while we couldn't be more different. This doesn't make sense at all to me. In my opinion, art, even commercial art, has the extraordinary and impossible to define power to fascinate each according to his/her own internal resonances. The same song, the same band, can communicate different feelings, emotions, and ideas according to the listener. This happens also because we put ourselvels in everything we love, and because when you create art, you can be sure that 99% of those who will love what you are doing are misunderstanding you.
Many artists are conscious of this, others aren't. I remember Neil Young used to say he wanted his listeners to find their own individual path through all of his records - that's an idea I've always respected, and that's why I personally don't like prosaic songwriters and ready-made rock and pop stars (American, European, Japanese) that seem to act like gods talking to an audience of believers.