RedMage wrote:Don't think too much about it, Vernhal, it was just the Tom way of saying he simply decided he doesn't like TFK anymore.
Oh I know... hehe I have actually been stalking the Jam Session for a while so I have gotten used to seeing his comments all over.
Thats what actually persuaded me to respond. I have seen him be VERY close minded to bands he seems to have made up his mind on without listening to everything the band has to offer.
I guess I just get sad when I see people do this.. I feel as if they are keeping themselves from finding some truly great music.
I personally listen to almost anything out their and I listen to it thoroughly before making a decision about it. Just like I personally dislike all of Casting crowns music... I have listened to their first two cd's completely and I still found nothing that I personally found appealing. I hear that they either have a new one or are coming out with a new one.... and I plan on listening to that one completely too just to see if their music or my musical preferences have evolved to the point where I would like something they would have to offer.
I have found that by doing this I have found new respect for an artist I may have overlooked before.
Here are some examples-
Relient K-
during the time period that their first three cds came out I absolutely HATED pop/punk so I thought their cd's sucked. I still gave their 4th cd a chance though and found that I LOVED IT! I now own all of Relient K's cds and have found almost all of their music to be enjoyable.
Hawk Nelson-
Lets be honest. Their first cd pretty much sucked, some of the tunes were catchy but the songwriting was completely unoriginal and the production was horrible. But they definitely redeemed themselves on their sophomore release, I can't think of a single song I don't like.
Project 86-
They are known as one of those bands that trys to switch things up from album to album. I think if ANYONE just listened to a single cd from them they would probably be missing out. My sister owns almost all of their previous cds (pre Rival Factions) and she loves them. I personally don't like them. But I DO love rival factions, their sound matured to the point where I liked it and if I had just decided beforehand that I didn't like project86 so I wasn't gonna listen to it I would be missing out on one of my new favourite cds!
I guess I feel Tom Dincht is telling me that he knows ABSOLUTELY nothing about thousand foot krutch and he is unwilling to try and find out about them becuz he has already made up his mind based on only 1/4 of their music. Not only that but that 1/4 of their music is by no means a representation of their style and says nothing of their musical growth.
Of course I can understand why someone would dislike thousand foot krutch. Actually if they weren't so INSANELY catchy I doubt I would listen to them. Here is why-
1. their lyrics.... yeah I hate alot of their lyrics. They just sound so dumb...I mean some of the songs have good lyrics like "Phenomnon" "puppet" or "hurt"
But lyrics like
"We come crashing through your speakers into your ear canal like the alignment of the solar system, does this remind you of the day when we just wanted to rawk cuz we like it that way"
Aren't impressive >.>
2. They are repetitive. Alot of their songs sound the same. Especially on Phenomenon. I think they did better on The Art of Breaking but songs like "move" and "absolute" were definitely in their same vein. I'm hoping they will spread out more on The Flame in All of Us.
3. Trevor Mcnan's voice. I actually like his voice but it could be better and I definitely can understand why a lot of people find it annoying.
Good reasons to dislike them are not becuz they are "whiny" or "rapcore" because... Well neither of them are true!
OOk so wow... long post! If anyone actually took the time to read that rant you deserve a cookie!
