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What about Incubus? I don't think they were on that list.
At that time, if it didn’t involve Hetfield / Mustaine / Ian etc then I had no interest.
Pink Floyd are a massive band too. Bigger than any of the list. I reckon I could name maybe 5 tunes. Don’t like them either.
To me, Ride the Lightning was more important than all of the list, the Stones, the Beatles, etc put together together.
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Theres no “claim” about it. That’s just weird. It’s the “I’ve heard of them so you must have done too” position.
Thats as silly as saying a Lewis Hamilton fan absolutely must know who Arie Luyendyk is because I know who he is. You haven’t? Why?you must have done! He’s a racing driver too!
Different genre can easily mean zero interest, therefore zero attention paid. Zero need to commit it to memory.
I wouldn’t go to a festival with those bands on the list, and they wouldn’t get to play with the bands I like. Zero chance of cross over. None of them are going to be on the bill with Anthrax.
I wouldn’t buy a magazine with them in the cover, unless there was something else in the mag I was interested in. And I wouldn’t read the article about the cover star if I didn’t care about their music. And to be honest, if the person in the front looked like a strat playing old man then I wouldn’t be bothered about checking them out either.
If they appeared in Jools when I used to watch it they clearly didn’t excite me enough to remember them.
But that’s ok. I don’t expect other people to have even heard of all the bands I listen too. That would be weird.
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However, I doubt "most" remember that SG, any more than they recognise the bands in the list. It wasn't widely available or in production for very long, and in any case I get the impression there's generally a lot more interest here in Les Pauls, Strats and Teles than there is in SGs.
(Just saying, I'm not trying to have a big argument about it. )
'Musos', eh....
Although I don't know who Jeff Tweedy is. Who wilco are, I haven't heard their music or recognize that SG..
And I am supremely proud of those facts. You should see me, My chest is pumped up, my shoulders back and the smug grin on my face is a joy to behold!
Music is a large world, I wouldn’t sneer if someone didn’t know who Allan Reuss or Baden Powell was. I like the music I like.
Maybe it’s an age thing, I’m not sneering or looking for an argument. I guess some people just don’t absorb much outside their own sphere of interest etc.
I like to think I have a reasonable appreciation of lots of genres; music is one of my main interests. I couldn’t tell you albums, song names etc but I do tend to recognise artist names from genres I wouldn’t ever listen to, if they’ve had reasonable exposure/success I’ve probably seen or read about them etc.
I only listen to 3 of those bands in the article myself and don’t resemble the comments about their listeners but I’m aware of all of the others in the article.
The Pearl Jam comment about 'Josh' was a reference to this video, just watch the intro
For me they did it all on that first album - I'm not saying the later stuff was inferior, I know they have many fans, but they lost the hard rock element and that's the part I liked.
It can be a badge of honour among musicians to like a wide variety of stuff, and I'm sure it can be useful, but I think you could also argue that people who only listen to a certain type are actually more passionate about it?
There's obviously not a right or wrong way to enjoy music.