As you walk down the street, you'll meet a lot of stupid people. Imagine how stupid the average person is. Then realize that half of them are stupider than that. I love analyzing the attitudes of rockstar posers, who think that wearing a band t-shirt would automatically convert them to being genuine rockers. How many times have you seen that goth or emo looking boy or girl, desperate to identify his or her own individuality, roaming around in a Nirvana t-shirt. (The band, not the brand.) Chances are that person doesn't know how many members Nirvana had, and what's more, doesn't even know to spell Kurt Cobain. The atrocious spellings I've heard of the name 'Cobain' would just make the Late Kurt happy he shot himself. And of course, if you ask them to name tracks, they'll name for you Smells like teen Spirit, Rape me, Drain you, Lithium and thats it. So they are 'hardcore' Nirvana fans who know the names of just 4 songs by the band they worship.
Another band who's followers are a bunch of imbeciles is Metallica, the most over-rated band in history. When I was 13, I first heard Nothing else matters, and after that, grew out of their monotonous style, only occasionally listening to a few tracks during the years since. The Metallica supporters will wear a Metallica t-shirt and swear to you that Kirk Hammett is god, without knowing how many m's and t's are there in Hammett. And of course how could I forget Guns n' Roses fans who, in their tiny world of delusions, believe that Slash is the greatest guitarist of all time? Thats like being a Zimbabwe cricket fan and believing that Brighton Matamba is better that Sachin Tendulkar. I guess that's what Einstein meant when he spoke about relativity.
Now to generalize beyond just targetting specific bands, I do not understand why brown people, like us Indians, grow long hair when it doesn't suit you, or shave their heads completely bald. Bald heads look good on blacks, and long hair on whites. Being both bald and long and wrong haired as a brown person is ugly, repulsive and disgusting. If you do not have hair to flaunt, don't grow it. In contrast, if you do have hair to flaunt, which can be kept in place without pouring a litre of oil on it every morning, grow it. If not, keep it short and decent. Your love for rock is in your heart and not in your hair. Another of these poser traits is to wear these weird earrings along with the long hair. They probably don't have enough holes in their body so they want one more, with a piece of metal in it. And then of course there are guys who'll go clubbing, get high on weed, dance to trance, and get out of the club and proclaim himself to be an Iron Maiden or Sepultura fan. SACRILEGE. There are two words for you. Pretentious megalomaniac. I guess this is what all this big wannabe macho male attitude strutting around discharging the f-word at every nook and cranny is all about. It's called fear of identity. If you're looking at Rock to give you an identity, go someplace else. being a rock fan enhances your identity, it doesn't create one for you...
Another band who's followers are a bunch of imbeciles is Metallica, the most over-rated band in history. When I was 13, I first heard Nothing else matters, and after that, grew out of their monotonous style, only occasionally listening to a few tracks during the years since. The Metallica supporters will wear a Metallica t-shirt and swear to you that Kirk Hammett is god, without knowing how many m's and t's are there in Hammett. And of course how could I forget Guns n' Roses fans who, in their tiny world of delusions, believe that Slash is the greatest guitarist of all time? Thats like being a Zimbabwe cricket fan and believing that Brighton Matamba is better that Sachin Tendulkar. I guess that's what Einstein meant when he spoke about relativity.
Now to generalize beyond just targetting specific bands, I do not understand why brown people, like us Indians, grow long hair when it doesn't suit you, or shave their heads completely bald. Bald heads look good on blacks, and long hair on whites. Being both bald and long and wrong haired as a brown person is ugly, repulsive and disgusting. If you do not have hair to flaunt, don't grow it. In contrast, if you do have hair to flaunt, which can be kept in place without pouring a litre of oil on it every morning, grow it. If not, keep it short and decent. Your love for rock is in your heart and not in your hair. Another of these poser traits is to wear these weird earrings along with the long hair. They probably don't have enough holes in their body so they want one more, with a piece of metal in it. And then of course there are guys who'll go clubbing, get high on weed, dance to trance, and get out of the club and proclaim himself to be an Iron Maiden or Sepultura fan. SACRILEGE. There are two words for you. Pretentious megalomaniac. I guess this is what all this big wannabe macho male attitude strutting around discharging the f-word at every nook and cranny is all about. It's called fear of identity. If you're looking at Rock to give you an identity, go someplace else. being a rock fan enhances your identity, it doesn't create one for you...
3 comments:
i agree... rock is in your heart not your hair.. why be wanna be?
Well all this is so true! I know so many rockers who ardently profess that they are rockers and when you ask them about the legends of rock they draw big fat blanks (those blanks should have been cheques and it would all be mighty good!) How on earth or heaven or hell can you have a "rocker" who "HATES" Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Led Zep (to name a few of the Gods) and yet state you love Metal and rock! Eh... not happening! Go talk to someone else who is a poser like you!
Damn! At the Iron Maiden gig there were so many people who were just there for status and NOT for the band! Women... who knew jack coz all they were doing was standing there not even trying to look at the screens that were showing what was going on on stage. Almost every second person was wearing an Iron Maiden tee shirt... for what? Bruce himself wasn't wearing an Iron Maiden tee shirt! A full description of Maiden is about to follow along with the height of posing!
Seriously I have to agree about the hair! Which I will write about in my Maiden report!
On the "poser" topic... I had my fill from the time I left for Bangalore till the time I walked away from the Maiden gig! An overdose of posers!
It all started at the airport when I overheard a woman say she has never heard of "Iron Maiden" BUT she is just going for the concert. A late start trying to become a rocker!
Anyways, we get to the Maiden gig at around 6. FTN (F#@*ed Truly Now) were truly bad and I am not just saying that. I was just outside the gates when I heard their second last or last song and they were bad! Someone later told me the sound was bad. I was like... "Dude the sound doesn't make you good or bad! IF you are a bad band then don't blame the sound. These guys were a bad band!" Talk about posers! Then came Parikrama who were not a disappointment at all. That guy can definitely sing! They did an all original set. Very impressive... great talent and stage presence! (I don't only criticize!) Then came on the "first" "Female" "Rock vocalist" (IF you can call her that) India has seen! I actually had high hopes BUT when she started I wanted to cry... in frustration and not respect! She was horrendous (I'm being kind now) She was off key most of the time. Her father Steve Harris should take his daughter to the slaughter... something he should have done ages ago but better late than never. She has an irritating high pitched nasal voice, the type that makes you want to fling things at it to make it shut up and go away! It stayed there even while a frenzied crowd kept yelling "%#@! off bitch!" Thousands of middle fingers went up in the air and the woman showed them the rocker's sign (sign of the devil it's called!) I call it rocker's sign! She definitely should have spread her legs and aired her brains... or whatever else had to be aired... the woman was DUMB! Finally she was off and a thankful crowd started yelling for Maiden! The energy level in the crowd when Maiden walked on to the stage was truly powerful. it sent shivers down my spine... and when Bruce started to sing... it was heaven right there!
Every second person was in a Maiden tee shirt. NOT FORGETTING long hair... guys in long hair... dark guys TRYING to carry long hair off... not happening... instead of trying to look like rockers they came across as Mowgli wannabes.
Now coming to the women... some of them were actually headbanging and singing to the Maiden songs... some were standing there like they were forced into being there. Sad! I would NEVER go for a gig where a band I hate is playing!
Almost everyone out there was either stoned or drunk or both of the above. it was pretty chaotic and one could have gotten high from the smoke that filled the air. Talk about bats out of hell these guys were animals. I reckon Neanderthals would have been more civilized. The pushing and the jostling that went on irrespective of whether there were women around or not.
The time came for the Gods to walk on and the crowd went nuts! We had to get out of the area before we got trampled on! Sad that people couldn't behave!
You could pick out the posers coz they were ALL drunk and stoned or both. The true fans were there to see the Gods of rock and getting a high on their music! The way the crowd belted out "Fear of the dark" was awesome! Why would ANYONE want to be stoned or drunk at a Maiden concert?
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