Quit insulting people just because their taste in music doesn't line up with yours. You seem to have a habit of doing this, too.
LOL dude. I'm not particularly in to her music either so your argument here is hilarious. The curmudgeon comment was intended as a friendly jab and really, it would hold up to a libel suit (you are old - I am and you're older than me, and you were bitching about music the kids listen to these days, which is an archetype of curmudgeon-ness). It was meant, among other things, to point out how funny it is to have you complain about how some artist is "horrible" because it's not the genre you like (e.g. no guitars, though I realise you didn't say that part, but you did implicitly second it). To have you turn around and say that to me is irony befitting a hipsters stained T Shirt (which itselfr is irony-ception considerring your shaking your fist at the teenagers). I also found the "nonthinking man's darling" comment incredible for reasons that should now be rather apparent (again, not your comment, but I did not direct mine at you specifically did I?). You could have just said you're not into it or whatever, but instead you had to devalue it entirely, just because you are willfully blind to the value in it (it is possible to appreciate the value of something without actually liking it); the irony being that your devaluing post was the thing with no value. Glass houses.
You have some very strong opinions yourself, as expressed vehemently all week. In light of that, I am somewhat surprised that my comment affected you so. I have never intentionally insulted someone over musical tastes (yeah, plenty of old man jokes, but as mentioned those are friendly jabs; I get jabs for being the (comparatively) youngin/Canadain/Polish without crying about it), and now that I know being reminded of your age is so traumatizing for you I will endeavor to refrain from that sort of carry on.
I haven't heard much from Lorde, but what I've heard so far is of little interest to me. However, if disliking Modest Mouse (a band Granny Gremlin has defended on this forum) makes someone a curmudgeon, then so be it. Their music is some of the worst music I've ever heard. Their "lead singer's" singing defies description.
You're not a curmudgeon because you don't like this or that band. The issue is how harshly you critisise new music, and not even the banal pop, but the stuff thathas some artistic value, is thought-provoking just because you can't get past the aesthetics of it... and how long you hold a grudge over such trivial things; holy moley.
Your level of vitrol shoould be reserved for true douchebags such as these guys:
As a summary, the song is basically the story of a dude pressuring his girl to blow him (under the guise of being cool with her not going all the way, as well as reciprocity of the favour), and their target market/fan base was pre-teens. It was in heavy rotation on our local "Youth Television" channel's weekly video hits show. Now THAT'S "horrible."
