tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post115007484131092531..comments2023-10-01T01:56:19.699-07:00Comments on You Made Me Theorize: Some more anti-Celine....the Mars VoltaJoseph P. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-78836985595886754862009-12-07T08:34:23.056-08:002009-12-07T08:34:23.056-08:00I love that you put this post up. When we were sam...I love that you put this post up. When we were sampling Animal Collective all I could think about was The Mars Volta and how they would make an excellent example of experimental rock. Like you, I first heard their music through my brother (coincidentally, Inertiatic ESP was the first song I heard) and I was partially turned off by the frantic beat and partially intrigued by his voice. Now, three years later, I love their music. I think that our tastes mature as we grow, and we are more willing to open our minds to new types of music--I know I've come a long way since the days of N'Sync.<br /><br />In class I was hesitant to say that musical tastes are "acquired", because I know that no matter how many times I listen to Metallica I'm just not going to like it, but now that I think about it, I can remember a time when I despised my all-time favorite band. Maybe once we have heard a tune enough times to recognize it we automatically like it more than with did initially. <br /><br />I agree with you that The Mars Volta's lyrics are often nonsensical, (What of this mongrel architect/A broken arm of soon will set/Past present and future tense/Clipside of the pinkeye fountain) and as someone who criticizes the juvenile poetry of teen sensations such as Taylor Swift, this makes me feel like a hypocrite. I can love the music and excuse the lyrics, and even go as far as to assume that they are over my head, written during an eye-opening psychedelic drug trip, and that's OK with me. Does this make me the sort of asshole music critic that Wilson writes about in Let's Talk About Love?Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403419066174130395noreply@blogger.com