You know OLP has become more mainstream when...

K_OLP · Post by **K_OLP** » 8/19/2002, 12:29 pm

:| just because you heard theme at a BBQ dose not mean they are mainstreme when ever i work at stuff like that i always put olp songs on

K_OLP · Post by **K_OLP** » 8/19/2002, 12:31 pm

i have the cd big shiny tunes 6 it is the song life # 5

Solidarity 9-6347 · Post by **Solidarity 9-6347** » 8/19/2002, 12:43 pm

im not so sure MTV necessarily has that much to do with becoming mainstream...i remember when Korn videos dominated TRL

ArlieKoz13 · Post by **ArlieKoz13** » 8/19/2002, 12:55 pm

I remember that too. They were always stuck at #3 though because nsync and Backstreet Boys were numbers 1 and 2.

UltraViolet · Post by **UltraViolet** » 8/19/2002, 4:28 pm

joe_canadian wrote:you know OLP is going mainsteam when Raine changes his name again to "R Diddy"

you missed my siginture. It use to say,

the R, the A, the I, the N, the E, the M, the A, the I, the D, the A. rainemaida, rainemaida. :lol:

Haha. It is nice to see someone else wrote the P. Diddy thing.

Yeah we can have R- Diddy, DC, J to the T, and S&M( that's steve and mike-get your minds out of the gutter) :lol:

Bananababy · Post by **Bananababy** » 8/19/2002, 6:32 pm

Junkimunki wrote:im not so sure MTV necessarily has that much to do with becoming mainstream...i remember when Korn videos dominated TRL

but Korn sorta is mainstream, isn't it?

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 8/19/2002, 7:05 pm

I think you guys let media curve your musical taste a little too much.

bort8 · Post by **bort8** » 8/19/2002, 7:15 pm

'mainstream' is such a generic term...it could mean so many different things...there could be an album that hardly anyones heard of thats totally unique and whatnot...then it starts selling lots of copies and then all of a sudden its considered mainstream. who cares whats mainstream? how about liking something cause its good...not because its popular or not

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 8/19/2002, 7:22 pm

I think labels in general influence people too much and that's pretty sad. As soon as you name a band you like people are like, Oh they're sellouts, they're not punk, eww too popular, mainstream, she's a poser and blah blah blah .. I don't pay attention to the labels anymore. It's no longer about the music, it seems to be all about what the media tells you to like. :|

Bananababy · Post by **Bananababy** » 8/19/2002, 7:23 pm

bort8 wrote:'mainstream' is such a generic term...it could mean so many different things...there could be an album that hardly anyones heard of thats totally unique and whatnot...then it starts selling lots of copies and then all of a sudden its considered mainstream. who cares whats mainstream? how about liking something cause its good...not because its popular or not

I agree.

Potato Girl · Post by **Potato Girl** » 8/19/2002, 7:34 pm

bort8 wrote:'mainstream' is such a generic term...it could mean so many different things...there could be an album that hardly anyones heard of thats totally unique and whatnot...then it starts selling lots of copies and then all of a sudden its considered mainstream. who cares whats mainstream? how about liking something cause its good...not because its popular or not

That's friken right!

Mainstream could mean anything. And if OLP have gone mainstream(they haven't) who cares. It's not their fault or anything. And if they make more fans, great. And if they make a bit more money... good for them. They deserve more play, more fans and more money, they've worked so hard for the past 10 years and anything good that comes to them, they deserve. Be happy for them!

No offence to anyone.

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 8/19/2002, 7:46 pm

Potato Girl wrote:
bort8 wrote:'mainstream' is such a generic term...it could mean so many different things...there could be an album that hardly anyones heard of thats totally unique and whatnot...then it starts selling lots of copies and then all of a sudden its considered mainstream. who cares whats mainstream? how about liking something cause its good...not because its popular or not

That's friken right!

Mainstream could mean anything. And if OLP have gone mainstream(they haven't) who cares. It's not their fault or anything. And if they make more fans, great. And if they make a bit more money... good for them. They deserve more play, more fans and more money, they've worked so hard for the past 10 years and anything good that comes to them, they deserve. Be happy for them!

No offence to anyone.

I think you missed the point of bort's post.
He's saying that the term mainstream is so generic it shouldn't even be used to describe ANY form of music. By saying "if OLP have gone mainstream" you imply that it is a possibility for band to do so. I think Bort is saying that it's wrong to make that generalization. You even put your 2 cents in to say they haven't gone mainstream. Who says? I think it's important not to label music.

Potato Girl · Post by **Potato Girl** » 8/19/2002, 8:11 pm

CoreyRIT wrote:
Potato Girl wrote:
bort8 wrote:I think you missed the point of bort's post.
He's saying that the term mainstream is so generic it shouldn't even be used to describe ANY form of music. By saying "if OLP have gone mainstream" you imply that it is a possibility for band to do so. I think Bort is saying that it's wrong to make that generalization. You even put your 2 cents in to say they haven't gone mainstream. Who says? I think it's important not to label music.

I think you missed the point of my post. I originally posted to say that i agreed with bort's post. The "who cares about mainstream" part. The rest is my opinion on how OLP has supposedly gone mainstream. Why would it matter anyway if they did go mainstream anyway.

As for the 'putting my 2 cents in...'. It's kind of annoying to go on the CC and hear people bashing the band, and then look in some threads here and see people bashing the band. I'm not saying that anyone here in this thread is doing that. Also, this is a messageboard...i can put my 2 cents in whenever i want. You just did that to my post.

Endymion · Post by **Endymion** » 8/19/2002, 8:15 pm

CoreyRIT wrote:I think it's important not to label music.

You can label it brilliant or shitty, or anything in between, if you want. Labeling it mainstream or underground has it's place, but not as a definition of quality.

pariah · Post by **pariah** » 8/20/2002, 6:49 am

Gee whiz...I started this thread as a joke, and people take it SO seriously...

1) I was not bashing the band, nor was anybody else
2) I didn't say it was *bad* to go mainstream or anything else.
3) The only thing that influences my musical taste is if I like it or not. Not who's playing it, or where, what station, ect...

Thankyouverymuch.

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 8/20/2002, 1:33 pm

Potato Girl wrote:I think you missed the point of my post. I originally posted to say that i agreed with bort's post. The "who cares about mainstream" part. The rest is my opinion on how OLP has supposedly gone mainstream. Why would it matter anyway if they did go mainstream anyway.
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I got the point of your post. I'm just confused how you can agree with something you contradict in the next sentence. If it doesn't matter whether or not OLP has gone "mainstream" and it being such a general term, why so quick to say they haven't?