Thursday, September 18, 2008
List of the Day - 25 Best Metal Bands
Rob O'Connor writes a music blog for Yahoo! called 'List of the Day'. In honor of Metallica's new album, he publish the 25 Best Metal Bands. I am not going to recap the list or anything. You can & SHOULD read it for yourself (Click to the title of this entry for the link). I wanted to comment mostly on his preface in which he talks about what is considered Heavy Metal. That is probably the most open to interpretation genre there is in music or any other art form. I, myself, often use the term Hard Rock and Heavy Metal to distinguish between bands but I know I don't always use the same criteria. Not only is there Heavy Metal, but there is all the sub genres that were created by record labels and the bands themselves to help them standout among the metal scene. There are some questionable calls in his list as to be expected with such an open title. With that comes some of the stupid comments ('Where is this band' or 'That band isn't Metal' etc.) as if the writer purposely left off your favorite band just to piss you off. That is why Big Red and I enjoy making lists, they are open to interpretation. They are neither right nor wrong (although sometimes they can seem very wrong). They are just our thoughts and feelings. Of course, even our lists can bring out the idiotic comments too.
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First off, I need to get you "Fargo Rock City" by Chuck Klostermann. Don't buy it, you can borrow it from me. It's a good analysis of Heavy Metal and goes into detail on trying to pin down what is and what isn't metal. Plus, it's an entertaining read.
Second the hypocrisy of the internet poster never fails. They'll bemoan a writer, a website, etc. to death, but the next topic, story, discussion, they are right back there consuming the product again. Some day, some psychologist will make a lot of money studying internet posting behavior.
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