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member Shipwrecked and Comatose 
Joined: 06/01/09 Location: Cardassia Prime Posts: 15,635 |
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Yep. If they're around me, they will be hearing NIN. If we don't listen to an actual NIN song, I'll play something on piano or bass. My friends are all fairly well acquainted with NIN, thanks to me.
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I never force stuff I love to my friends. I've some friends who (try to) do that, but insisting that another should listen to stuff that *you* like, with you being the one who's promoting the music through and through.. that tends to create a reluctance to really try and get into the music as it is. Music taste is a very personal thing, especially in the case of profound, multi-layered, intimate music, such as that of Nine Inch Nails.
I do promote Trent's music though, in a kind of a roundabout way: putting on songs of his whenever it fits the occasion, and when the opportunity presents itself, telling them interesting stuff about him to showcase his music's innovativeness and variety. (e.g. *listening to Closer* "You know, that movie you love [The Social Network], this dude made its soundtrack." )  Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/27/2011 06:21PM by ppaulh. | |
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Well, if one is an obsessed NIN-fan (which is totally fine) and
idolizes the band so much by forcing another or a new friend to listen to NIN then one would think of the band as an absolute artist over everything else in this world. I used to be that way when listening to Green Day, it seemed like a brand new experience and at the time a new start to revealing an absolute like.. There's in fact more music and artists which I can truly appreciate based on specific genres. (yes i dislike certain genres, one having disliked simply for racial purposes). As long as you notice similarities between new people and/or friends (think like last.fm would detect similarities between other users), then you can share those similarities.. either by looking at their attire or by means of good communication or similar interests. I only post links to NIN videos from YouTube and share it via social networking sites to share music, all legal  and sometimes I
succeed in convincing another to appreciate it. You're free to likes and dislikes, however if there are no similarities between one another then there's a probable negative correlation | |
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member Oozing of Onslaughttitude 
Joined: 12/03/07 Location: In front of my computer Posts: 1,708 |
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ninrogueX92 posted:Why don't you try listening to the music on merit and not racial tones? Most English bands don't sound English, they sound American. You can fake any kind of accent, actors and artists do it all the time. I mean you can dislike rap. But you have don't have to dislike rap because of race. There are black rap artists and then you have the Beastie Boys. So, i'm having a hard time figuring out which genre you don't like because of race?!? | |
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I don't force it on any of my friends, although I wish more of them were into it (currently it's at...1. loose fan
 ). I get excited when they ask questions about The Trent's work...but as far as I know I don't come off as some obsessed fan. | |
