Mindmaster wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Such terrible music... What a sad state mainstream music is in.
Quick, call in the hipsters to counteract your post!
Screw the hipsters, how about a cranky, cantankerous 40-something stepping into defend Imagine Dragons? (bet ya didn't see THAT one coming, did you?)
This makes perfect sense... well, using Imagine Dragons, not someone like me defending them. It's a younger band and they are doing basically what Linkin Park has been doing for years, just with a different style of music. They actually write songs from the heart, from their experiences and what they view the world around them to be (for the most part) just like LP does/did. Only problem is, most folks don't get it or simply don't like the style so they have to sh** all over them in much the same manner that I do towards just about everyone on this site. Only difference being that Imagine doesn't really deserve it whereas most of the folks on here have it coming to them.
The fact that the "hipsters" gravitate towards them... well, that's kind of like taking a medication that just happens to have a really nasty side effect.
Back to the serious point, I do think this is a good move. LP has their own stuff going and their style is ever changing/evolving and I think their time with the franchise is done. I seriously doubt that anything they have now would really fit the darker tone this movie is taking and hiring them on just to try to shoe-horn something in would just be insulting to Mike, Chester and the rest of the crew.
Now we can cue the narrow minded rioters to start protesting my defense of both Linkin Park AND Imagine Dragons. Just remember, music is an art form, art is subjective WHICH MEANS each person comes away from it with something different based on their own particular tastes, feelings and life experiences. So while you may not like it yourself, which is perfectly ok, that doesn't warrant a blanket "They Suck!" statement. They don't suck, you're just too damn small minded to realize this world doesn't revolve around you and your tastes. And obviously Imagine Dragons isn't just for hipsters. No f'ing way do I fall into that category or solidly into any other but
I am quite capable of enjoying the music.