good morning, i'm sarcastic

i just read a short article (linked via Bill Kahler's blog) about how guitar hero is killing rock 'n' roll.  and i think it argued the point terribly.

i imagine the writer of the article plays a real instrument or two, and he's maybe in a band.  if he doesn't play real instruments then he's just completely ridiculous for writing this.  to me it just sounds like he's whining because kids can do something visually similar to what he does, but it's way easier on a video game.  he put in all the hard to work to learn to play real guitar and now people are impressed by kids playing a plastic guitar.

boo hoo.

and then there are the people that complain that others aren't really fans of certain bands because they only heard of them on guitar hero or rock band.  i guess if other people who barely know the band call themselves fans it somehow tarnishes your own superfanboy image eh?  lighten up, be glad that other people are liking the music you like.  show them more of that band.

i play real guitar.  i used to play guitar hero a lot, and was pretty good at it.  guitar hero is not a threat to music.  people who whine about it instead of making music are a threat to music.

and i love the comments after the article.  take this one:

Yeah, I hate it when people only say they like songs after they've heard them too. Real music fans like music before they even listen to it.

wtf??

real fans like music before they hear it you say?  honestly?  sounds like mindless devotion to a band or something, automatically liking it despite having knowledge of it's quality.  i absolutely love Thrice, but if they released a new album and I hadn't heard it yet, I wouldn't tell somebody that i loved it already.  they've made songs that i haven't really liked before, it's not like i think everything they touch turns to gold.

"hey, how do you like the new (band name) cd?"

-"oh man, i love it it's great!"

"have you listened to it all yet?"

-"well, no.  i actually haven't listened to any of it yet"

w.t.f.

the internet is never short of dumb people.

i just spent too much of my morning writing this.

guess i felt like complaining.

off to work.

cya.