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Date Posted: 19:08:12 09/19/05 Mon
In reply to:
Imawannapea
's message, "Re: Are you serious???" on 16:40:31 09/19/05 Mon
oh and we all know it's you Bootsy!! So get a life.
It's over for you now. Your day is done. Just accept it nicely and SHOVE ON!
>DORK STAR DORK-ESTRA!!!!
>
>>Allow the title of my post to remain in your, dear
>>readers, mind as you read my reply to the banter on
>>this message board.
>>
>> First of all, we begin with a look into my own
>>position. As a lover of the GD, I have seen DSO a
>>number of times. Approaching the venue at the Royal
>>Oak Music Theater in Michigan I had a light heart
>>about what to expect that night I ventured into their
>>world for the first time. I was 16 years old, and had
>>been a lover of the GD since I was in the 7th grade.
>>Not expecting to be that impressed with a "cover band"
>>as they were labeled by my friend who introduced me to
>>the show that evening, we entered the venue in the
>>middle of the Bertha opener. I was amazed at how well
>>vocally and instrumentally the band sounded. The rest
>>of the show was a great time; I danced, met some cool
>>people and had a wonderful experience. It was so
>>satisfying to hear songs that dwell in the very fiber
>>of my being played live for me to enjoy.
>>
>> Since that night I have seen DSO a number of times
>>whenever they have come to Michigan and have been to
>>Gratefulfest twice. (BY THE WAY YOU GUYS SHOULD COME
>>UP TO EAST LANSING AND PLAY SOMETIME. MSU WOULD
>>WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS)
>>
>> I have opened my thoughts with a statement of my
>>position on the music to inform you, dear readers, as
>>of my stance to the level of my appreciation of DSO.
>>I know many people whom LOVE DSO, people that think
>>they are the greatest band in the world. I know people
>>that hate DSO, people that think what they do is
>>phony, unoriginal and lacks creativity. To be honest
>>with you both sides of the issue make points that are
>>true. I will choose not to venture into examples of
>>what I FEEL are the good and bad points, I will only
>>say that they do exist.
>>
>> I make my stance in the middle of the pack. I
>>enjoy seeing DSO; I think they are very talented
>>musicians (let me also say that besides my love of the
>>music, my technical knowledge of music, styles and
>>theory in non-existent). I say this to extinguish any
>>further debate as to the fact that I said DSO were
>>"talented" musicians. All I know is that they sound
>>good to me and I enjoy listening to them and the music
>>they play.
>>
>> I begin now the purpose of my post, the prior of
>>which has been to educate you, dear readers, of the
>>angle from which I write to you.
>>
>> The music that was created by the GD begot a
>>culture. It developed into a way of life. I have
>>always felt that it was not the purpose of the music,
>>but a byproduct of it. I have always felt that it was
>>created by the phans not the music. It was centered
>>on the music but held, within itself, a number of
>>different purposes. Politics, schools of thought,
>>mindsets, beliefs and ideologies thrived in this type
>>of environment.
>>
>> Over the years, at the point that I have been
>>introduced to the music, these things have come to be
>>the "scene" not just a byproduct of it. I think that
>>a culture that was developed on ideals of acceptance,
>>caring, love, understanding, freethinking and peace
>>has become a complete caricature of itself. I feel
>>that everything that was able to thrive in the type of
>>environment that was created by the GD has been
>>suffocated out by those things themselves.
>>
>> Acceptance has been given a prerequisite of "as
>>long as you are equal to my experience and my
>>intelligence level"
>>
>> Freethinking has been morphed into a collection of
>>thoughts and ideals so genre based that the term
>>"Freethink" has become a complete oxymoron in its
>>description.
>>
>> I have never been involved and have never been
>>drawn to the culture that surrounds this music by any
>>of those things. I find myself to be made an outsider
>>by my political viewpoints, upbringing, way of
>>thinking and overall appearance. The only thing that
>>has ever drawn me has been the music. The music that
>>is able to speak to me a hold me hostage like nothing
>>else on the planet, and I think that so many of the
>>other issues that I have spoke of have clouded the
>>music as the main purpose of it all.
>>
>> I think that nowhere has this been made clearer
>>than on this message board. The complete lack of
>>respect that both sides of the argument have shown to
>>each other is unbelievable. As I said before, both
>>sides have made great points, however they have been
>>completely overshadowed by the lack of control you
>>have over yourselves.
>>
>> To be offended so personally by someone else’s mere
>>opinion does nothing but show a level of
>>self-righteousness in you. Why is it so hard so
>>accept that someone else has a different opinion than
>>you? Sitting on this message board picking apart
>>trivial points in each other’s arguments to prove that
>>your reasons and knowledge and your opinion are
>>superior to someone elses is the biggest form of
>>mental masturbation that I have ever seen. Also
>>though it has not been blatantly stated (or maybe it
>>has) it seems that for most people involved the point
>>of the discussion is not to further the goal of such
>>discussion but to simply prove that "I am smarter than
>>you, I know more about this than you, I have seen more
>>shows than you, therefore I am right."
>>
>> All of these things have taken away from the fact
>>that this is all about the music and nothing else.
>>You either like it or you don't. Just because you
>>like it doesn’t mean it is better than another form of
>>music, all it means is that you like it better. I
>>could sit here and begin to debate with you on how I
>>think 50 cent is a more talented artist than Jerry
>>Garcia. I could rattle off a ton of facts proving my
>>points and you all could rebut them with facts of your
>>own.
>>
>> Case and point: opinions are backed reasons,
>>reasons are made up off facts (whether they be
>>personal facts or statistical. You will always have
>>opinions, reasons and facts on both sides of any
>>argument; they can be shaped to prove anything the
>>author of them wants.
>>
>> Let your egos subside and remember the ideals that
>>all of this once stood for. I believe that the
>>individual components of the culture that I mentioned
>>before were no the whole of it. The whole of it was
>>obviously what all those things created, TOGETHERNESS.
>> Being able to dress, look, live, think, love, speak,
>>read, watch, participate in, stand for, hope for, and
>>work for whatever and however you want. And to let
>>the music bring you together.
>>
>>"Pride, Envy, Avarice-these are the sparks that have
>>set aflame the souls of man..."
>>
>>-Dante
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