In praise of the meidocre.

[redqueen]

I often think about artists who aren't so great. Mostly because people rag on them all the time. Whether it's not-so-good paintings, not-so-good music, not-so-good acting, not-so-good singing... whatever. It's good enough to get them noticed, but not great. So then there's all the bitching and ragging about how they're not so good.

Well I just wanted to say that I appreciate the fact that people have different tastes, one man's trash and all that, and that I think it's a good thing. People enjoying mediocre things makes it possible for artists to enjoy doing what they love, even if they can't make a living at it.

So even though I don't like Jessica Simpson's singing, or Will Smith's acting, or Limp Bizkit's music, I'm glad they have fans.

To all consumers of not-so-good stuff, I salute you!

:toast:

[Crankie Avalon]

1. "Mediocrities of the world...

...I absolve you." -- F. Murray Abraham as Salieri in "Amadeus"

[StopTheMorans]

2. I agree, here's to all you U2 fans out there!

:toast: (hope I didn't insult the mediocre):evilgrin:

[redqueen]

3. hehehehe

You bad!

:spank:

[StopTheMorans]

4. what can I say; I'm a glutton for punishment

I was feeling generous today, so I decided to allow U2 "mediocre" status in my own mind for a few brief seconds (which have since passed)...

[redqueen]

5. So what's the new status?

Lame? Horrid? Not even worth mentioning?

[StopTheMorans]

6. new status is "new gimmicks, same crappy recycled lyrics/guitar licks"

[dean_dem]

7. In the spirit of Bill Lumberg...

um...yeah....I'm gonna have to go ahead and um....disagree with you there.

You had me until you mentioned Limp Bizkit. Jessica Simpson, Will Smith, I can ignore. I hurt in my soul when I think that I have to share the planet with the pathetic nu-metal music-to-beat-your-wife-to-and-smash-beer-cans-on-your-head garbage that is Limp Bizkit. There's nothing mediocre about them, they're just crap.

[redqueen]

8. Yeah, maybe I picked a bad example there.

You have a good point about them not being mediocre. I was trying to think of a band I ragged on, and that was the first one I thought of.

[dean_dem]

9. How about Switchfoot as a better example?

There's a band that sucks, but you don't really want to expend any energy hating them when a band like Evanescence walks the earth. That would be my defenition of mediocre.

I would have said 311 as well, that is until they butchered that Cure song. May their loins rot and fall off.

[redqueen]

10. Sure...

But after further thought, I guess I salute fans of crap as well. That whole trash / treasure thing again.