Why is everyone so negative about OLP lately?

p0tat0 girl · Post by **p0tat0 girl** » 8/4/2003, 5:30 pm

wow...that kinda like changed my opinion almost on everything...u really made a point there axtech

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/4/2003, 5:32 pm

theirflowers11 · Post by **theirflowers11** » 8/4/2003, 6:01 pm

i know im gonna piss a lot of people off, but from my personal views i would like to tell half of you to shut the hell up and get off the forum . if all you can do is bitch and moan about this band, just shut up. i dont care if your a hardcore fan, if your gonna bitch and moan about the new stuff, or anything just leave and go bitch to others. im sick of hearing these things. the new music is not that damn bad. who wants to produce the same cd over and over which seems like yall want them to do, just leave the guys alone and keep bashing to a minimum. (sorry, just had to vent some frustration)

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/4/2003, 6:07 pm

Yeah. Here's the most common reply to that...

If you don't like the complaining so much, perhaps you need to learn some tolerance of the views of others. Everyone has an opinion. You know that your opinion is going to piss people off (you just said so). Does that mean that you should be told to shut up and leave the board? No. So, the same goes for those others that have negative opinions of the new stuff.

theirflowers11 · Post by **theirflowers11** » 8/4/2003, 6:10 pm

yes your right, i was just getting tired of seeing people say the same thing in every thread. i mean, the band doesnt care, they dig what they are doin and some just cant get over it or move on or whatever.

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 8/4/2003, 6:15 pm

you know what? you just recently joined this place and you're telling everyone else that you're tired of the bickering and that those who do should leave this forum.... does that make sense to anyone?

The fact is we all don't have to be lovey dovey with OLP at every moment of our lives. I think everyone here can claim to be some of OLP's biggest fans. We've spent hundreds, and some people thousands of dollars to see them and purchase their merchandise. Just because a lot of us have lost some interest in the band because of their direction does not mean that we don't belong on this forum. If you want the supposed "hardcore" fans go to the CC, where everyone there wants to have Raine's children.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 8/4/2003, 6:25 pm

Now that I'm back from vacation........I'd like to make MY very SIMPLE point by saying this:

yawn

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 8/4/2003, 6:26 pm

just because someone just joined or found out about this place doesnt mean theyre any less of a fan.

i may not have 2 million posts but just cuz i dont does that make you or any of the other 40 or so ppl above me in terms of post count are "More hardcore fans" then me?
not really

ive been a fairly big fan of the band for a while.. i travelled from halifax to barrie to see them once.. (they managed to play closer but not till AFTER i started school so i couldnt go.. so i went to barrie instead)
thats a 20 some hour drive. am i "proud" and "bragging" about it? fuck no

i didnt even know about the CC back then.. but that means jack shit ..

just because the person joined recently and is still obviously a big fan and is just sick of all the bashing and snapped.

it happens plenty of times.. if i were to say something about alkaline trio or matt good.. i'd have many ppl down my throat.. (sorry.. they were the 2 bands that we seem to talk about and a lot of ppl still like)

theirflowers11 · Post by **theirflowers11** » 8/4/2003, 6:27 pm

sorry sorry, shallow thinking on my part.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/4/2003, 6:27 pm

I think his point was that this person has been on the board a short time and is saying he (she? sorry, don't know your sex) is sick of people on here, and thinks people should leave the board.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 8/4/2003, 6:28 pm

one GEEEEEEHIIIIIIIIANT snorefest......

*cough* this thread I mean :lol:

theirflowers11 · Post by **theirflowers11** » 8/4/2003, 6:28 pm

well said sandman

Susan · Post by **Susan** » 8/4/2003, 6:31 pm

I most of us are just left disenchanted since the band went though their big change. Since I waited and waited for gravity, and was sorely disappointed by it, I've lost interest and enthusiasm for them.

I listen to the old stuff, but there's a bazillion awesome bands out there.

Thus, I advise you to enjoy OLP, but branch out into other stuff.

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 8/4/2003, 6:33 pm

to everyone he is complaining about the olp bashing, look at the title of this topic. A question has been asked and people are answering it.

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 8/4/2003, 6:33 pm

I'm sorry for having an opinion that's not pro-OLP. I retract everything I said. I love mediocre at best music. Go OLP! Keep churning out bad music! I love it!

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/4/2003, 6:33 pm

Edit: This was in reply to Susan.

Exactly. I still love Naveed to SM like nobody's business. Gravity... I can't listen to the whole thing through. I listen to a song or two now and then.

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 8/4/2003, 6:35 pm

indeed, the fact that some of us aren't gravity fans doesn't mean that we're no longer fans of their first four albums.

finding emo · Post by **finding emo** » 8/4/2003, 6:35 pm

I hope this is goodbye wrote:I'm sorry for having an opinion that's not pro-OLP. I retract everything I said. I love mediocre at best music. Go OLP! Keep churning out bad music! I love it!

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 8/4/2003, 6:38 pm

alan.. there is nothing wrong with not liking OLP
i just think the guy/girl who snapped is just upset.. its normal.. if i were to say alk3 sucked horse cock you'd be pissed.

to "borrow" something you yourself said a while ago in some other thread,
theirflowers11 is just "defending" a band they still love.
thats their opinion. you have yours. they have theirs.

as for what you said susan. i agree.. there are plenty of other great bands out there and EVERYONE should branch out. not just olp fans or anyone else, everyone needs it. it makes life better.

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 8/4/2003, 6:45 pm

Sand, I wouldn't flip out if you didn't like ALK3, I would just tell you some good songs and that you're wrong. :lol:

It's not that I don't like the first four albums. I've had to buy Spiritual Machines three times, and had to buy Happiness, Clumsy, and Naveed twice. I love those cds. I listened to Happiness before every single tennis match of mine from my sophomore to senior year. Before I got Happiness, I listened to Clumsy. Those albums are great, the new stuff just isn't good.

We all know what OLP is capable of. This is about 1/10 of what they can do. Like I told Val, it is just wrong when you can write amazing songs, but now find yourself rhyming "there" with "there."