The Gaslight Anthem - History Books (October 27th 2023) Album • Page 69

People wanted generic?

 

Happy to be on the same team on this one

 

God, days like today make me want to shut the whole forum down. Let people like things and don't be a dick about it. It's not really that hard.

 

well that seems drastic

 

I just like honest discourse - I like this, somebody else doesn't, here's why, we disagree, that's cool! When it devolves into mocking another's opinion or calling them an idiot I lose interest so fast.

 

Literally my website, people being mean constantly on it, about shit like a band people like, for no good reason is a pretty good reason for me to not want to run it anymore. These last two pages? Make me not want to run it.

 

well no one called anyone an idiot here did they lol

 

I know you're very passionate about them (and I liked that previous Cold Years record A LOT too) but I really don't think anyone has said anything terribly out of line? Maybe could have been phrased better sure but it wasn't like anyone said "cold years sounds like a faulty water spout" or something

 

If you don't think "oh people wanted generic" is being ridiculous, nothing I say is going to convince you. I'm telling you how I feel reading it. I feel like running this website is a waste of my time when I read stuff like that.

 

Well, I guess I see that, but for the record, I do very much appreciate the website's existence. I think I've been a supporter almost as long as I've had an account.

 

I think you were very mean about Avatar in a movie thread the other day though to be fair

 

Thats a take.

 

Do you not do this same exact thing at times lol

 

I like both bands ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

same

 

Can't think of the last time I wrote something even negative about a band for no good reason.

 

I thought Northern Blue EP was great. Paradise was very good. Goodbye to Misery was about half good. And the new stuff seems sorta ok I guess.

Slow small downward trend to me.

 

this feels like moving the goalposts man. every thread on this site moves from topic to topic regularly and I don't think some Good Reason is required to say you dislike something.

 

Well I guess I need to check out this cold years band! I somehow never heard of them but it seems like people have strong opinions on both sides.

 

I don’t see how this is much different. An off handed comment about an album is not much different than an off handed comment about a band. It’s not a personal attack if someone thinks a band sounds generic.

 

I disagree. And I find that kind of "discourse" exhausting and reductive to the point that I can't read social media anymore because that's 90% of it, and also why when I see it on a place I ostensibly created, it makes me wanna not have it exist because I find it actively making the world slightly worse. And me feeling bad about something I have the power to stop, makes me think about it.

 

If you can't see the difference between me making a joke about a triple disc of a band I love, using something the band itself has said about it, and what I'm talking about ... I dunno what I'm gonna be able to say to show you.

 

I think you're taking this more personally than is necessary because it's a band you really really love

 

Yeah I don’t think I’ve seen any personal attacks and opinions were provoked when someone brought them up as a potential opener. This is nothing different than what goes on in any other thread on this site and I’ve seen much worse examples of what Jason is hinting towards. I don’t think any of these comments were really made with malice.

 

Obviously, that's been my entire point from the start. It's virtually exactly what I said?