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Originally Posted by Villavic
But critics sometimes just easily kill a work because of popularity.
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I was just reading an article on musical contrarians that made that point, saying that they just like to oppose the popular for opposition's sake. In fact, it mentioned FM.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monitormix/...contraire.html
Contrarians get even more infuriating when it comes to members of legendary bands, often claiming that the "genius" title has been misapplied. They'll tell you that the Buzzcocks were superior with Howard Devoto as their singer, and that Pink Floyd was at their peak with Syd Barrett. But were they? Was Fleetwood Mac actually more awesome before Stevie Nicks? Is Son Volt really a better offshoot of Uncle Tupelo than Wilco?