It seems to me that people who don't care for her style in general (Reply #103)

In the discussion thread: Geez, now we have to worship Beyonce? [View all]

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 02:42 PM

hughee99 (16,109 posts)

103. It seems to me that people who don't care for her style in general

aren't the objects of ridicule and scorn. It's the "This isn't music! IN MY DAY..." or even "This isn't music. I listen to... <fill in the name of a band most people haven't heard of in hopes that it makes you seem more "knowledgeable" about music>.

Most people understand that there's music they like that others don't care for, but NO ONE likes someone else telling them what is and is not music.

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115 replies	Author	Time	Post
Geez, now we have to worship Beyonce? [View all]	MadHound	Feb 2013	OP
who?	KG	Feb 2013	#1
Oh the horror.	ProSense	Feb 2013	#2
Better than much of the stuff you come up with,	MadHound	Feb 2013	#5
Yeah, I wouldn't want to	ProSense	Feb 2013	#7
Obama picked Beyonce, so Beyonce is off limits to prosense! N-t	Logical	Feb 2013	#114
Who care's what they think.	hrmjustin	Feb 2013	#3
I have been on quite a bit of these threads...	Agschmid	Feb 2013	#41
Hey when did you get over a 1000 posts.	hrmjustin	Feb 2013	#96
Thanks...	Agschmid	Feb 2013	#100
well I am 20 days from my one year mark, but I think I agree with the 1000 posts and 1 year	hrmjustin	Feb 2013	#101
I think it's a generational thing. Beyonce is supremely talented and hard-working but her style	JaneyVee	Feb 2013	#4
Possibly, but probably not,	MadHound	Feb 2013	#8
Everyone is a repeat of acts gone by. Vocally, how much more can you achieve?	JaneyVee	Feb 2013	#15
A great singer, no.	MadHound	Feb 2013	#27
But how many singers work as hard as she does? Working 7 days a week for months across the globe	JaneyVee	Feb 2013	#32
Lots of singers and performers have worked as hard or harder than she does,	MadHound	Feb 2013	#35
I agree completely. She excels in her brand of music, pop.	JaneyVee	Feb 2013	#90
Give me a break	sadalien	Feb 2013	#76
Yeah surely the Beatles fetched their own mineral water and had no lackeys. Elvis too, huh?	JaneyVee	Feb 2013	#89
All I know is...	Agschmid	Feb 2013	#42
I got it, you are looking for something deeper...	snooper2	Feb 2013	#92
Yeah, dry humping the stage is not my style	OffWithTheirHeads	Feb 2013	#12
Like I said, generational. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I respect yours.	JaneyVee	Feb 2013	#20
I expect the music biz to respect women	TorchTheWitch	Feb 2013	#65
I'd say Pat Benatar is a pretty bad example	NWHarkness	Feb 2013	#69
Not so much generational as a matter of personal taste -	lynne	Feb 2013	#19
Yeah musical preference is another. SOme don't like pop, some like rock. But	JaneyVee	Feb 2013	#24
Not saying much if you're holding her talent up to Spears,	MadHound	Feb 2013	#30
I was replying to post above mine.	JaneyVee	Feb 2013	#33
I never could stand Madonna either	Skittles	Feb 2013	#55
You mean I'm not the only one?	Brigid	Feb 2013	#61
no, you are not the only one	Skittles	Feb 2013	#68
You better have been bowing when you spoke her name!	Arctic Dave	Feb 2013	#6
Lolz... n/t	Agschmid	Feb 2013	#43
You don't have to worship her but you don't have to so judgmental either	liberal_at_heart	Feb 2013	#9
So not liking her act is now somehow judgemental?	MadHound	Feb 2013	#18
hard to believe some people think her music doesnt suck.	Hulk Smash	Feb 2013	#10
It's music...it's The Arts. No right or wrong answer...it's whatever floats your boat.	NRaleighLiberal	Feb 2013	#16
So apparently you have lurked for some time?	Agschmid	Feb 2013	#40
Many here hated her husband (Jay Z) here a few years back	OhioChick	Feb 2013	#11
Really?	Prism	Feb 2013	#13
Oh heaven forbid I don't post something more on the serious side of things,	MadHound	Feb 2013	#21
see what I mean, Madhound?	Skittles	Feb 2013	#49
Who here thinks Beyonce's half time show sucked? "Put your hands up!"	Buzz Clik	Feb 2013	#14
Only if she is in leather with a whip and I am tied up	The Straight Story	Feb 2013	#17
I believe you are looking for this...	Agschmid	Feb 2013	#44
Yes...yes you do.	kiva	Feb 2013	#22
Nnnnope. I wouldn't walk across the street to see her lipsync if it was free. n/t	cherokeeprogressive	Feb 2013	#23
Myself. I worship Billy Holliday and Maria Callas.	longship	Feb 2013	#25
Nina Simone	tama	Feb 2013	#71
They Beyonce wars 2013.	Lone_Star_Dem	Feb 2013	#26
no, halftime show sucked	krawhitham	Feb 2013	#28
DU has always been an ugly place at times for some of us...	ScreamingMeemie	Feb 2013	#29
I am a huge John Denver fan from the first hit continuing til today	graham4anything	Feb 2013	#63
Why do you care what people on the internet think?	MADem	Feb 2013	#31
I hope to see Pink perform at the Super Bowl someday. She's an amazing performer	Zorra	Feb 2013	#34
pink would be a good one, agree. nt	seabeyond	Feb 2013	#72
She is very good, she would do a good job.	Agschmid	Feb 2013	#94
No you don't	donheld	Feb 2013	#36
I certainly won't. nt	historylovr	Feb 2013	#37
I enjoyed it...not everybody cared for it. Big deal. n/t	cynatnite	Feb 2013	#38
Yes, you "OLD TURD."	Common Sense Party	Feb 2013	#39
I love Dark Side of the Moon as much as anyone	Warren DeMontague	Feb 2013	#51
Hmmn... Ya know I've NEVER seen that!	hlthe2b	Feb 2013	#93
Back in the day, when he was tripping on acid, I bet he DID dance in a leather lingerie.	Common Sense Party	Feb 2013	#95
Nah.	Warren DeMontague	Feb 2013	#106
I'm guessing Syd didn't wear much of anything whilst in mid-trip.	Common Sense Party	Feb 2013	#107
I almost wish I saw this performance seeing all the fuss.	Zax2me	Feb 2013	#45
there is no FUSS	Skittles	Feb 2013	#48
No, people are rolling their eyes at the predictable "heavens! think of teh children!"	Warren DeMontague	Feb 2013	#52
so some people don't like it	Skittles	Feb 2013	#54
You can take that one up with Captain Tactful, not me.	Warren DeMontague	Feb 2013	#56
YOU WANT I SHOULD KICK CAPTAIN TACTFUL ASS, WARREN?	Skittles	Feb 2013	#57
SCHEDULING CAP'M TACTFUL FOR AN ASS KICKING	Warren DeMontague	Feb 2013	#58
I'll second that motion, though I've always thought of him as Cap'm Obvious, e.g. this thread	patrice	Feb 2013	#66
Only if you want to be regarded as a happening hipster dude.	Crabby Appleton	Feb 2013	#46
YES!!!!!!!! Didn't you get the memo?	Skittles	Feb 2013	#47
YES. THAT IS EXACTLY IT. WE HAVE TO WORSHIP BEYONCE.	Warren DeMontague	Feb 2013	#50
sorry, I would not be there	Skittles	Feb 2013	#59
Jesus, I'm a Deadhead.	Warren DeMontague	Feb 2013	#60
Liberals bashing old people & encouraging generational division. It's pretty routine here.	HiPointDem	Feb 2013	#53
Well then, they aren't real Liberals. It states specifically on the membership card, you must tolera	patrice	Feb 2013	#67
Without Bach, Piaf, Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby,there would be NO pop music	graham4anything	Feb 2013	#62
get thee hence from my lawn forthwith, yon youth!	Warren DeMontague	Feb 2013	#64
Her music is crap. I don't care what anybody says.	6000eliot	Feb 2013	#70
Now, where did I put that medal for dissident opinions on pop culture?	MrScorpio	Feb 2013	#73
I like Beyonce	gollygee	Feb 2013	#74
I don't listen to pop music but went to youtube to hear a beyonce song	quinnox	Feb 2013	#75
'have to' ????? bwahahahahahaaaa	spanone	Feb 2013	#77
2003 called -	Zax2me	Feb 2013	#79
Yes, you do. If you don't know the PC reasons why by now....	Zax2me	Feb 2013	#78
Yuo monsterr!!!	Dash87	Feb 2013	#80
Or be called an Old Turd	samplegirl	Feb 2013	#81
I don't mind that people didn't like the show.	NCTraveler	Feb 2013	#82
I Just Assume That Super Bowl Half-Time Shows Are Going To Suck. No Problem. (nt)	Paladin	Feb 2013	#83
Who-once?	ananda	Feb 2013	#84
After that lame show, I wouldn't worry about Beyonce worship.	Coyotl	Feb 2013	#85
Not me. I didn't care for her. Pretty impressive lights and effects, but	mnhtnbb	Feb 2013	#86
apparently so.	WI_DEM	Feb 2013	#87
Didn't see it. Don't care.	ellie	Feb 2013	#88
At least is wasn't that talent free Kelly Clarkson! She made Beyonce's...	Walk away	Feb 2013	#91
"DU is turning into an ugly place at times"...	SidDithers	Feb 2013	#97
So your premise is that...	99Forever	Feb 2013	#98
I am waiting for "Not loving Beyonce" to be another clue that one is a right wing plant	Demo_Chris	Feb 2013	#99
+10	thejudge	Feb 2013	#105
I could not agree more sir (nt)	Demo_Chris	Feb 2013	#109
We'll if you don't she'll turn the lights out on you...	Bay Boy	Feb 2013	#102
It seems to me that people who don't care for her style in general	hughee99	Feb 2013	#103
Yup, it's a mother-fucking rule! Same goes for those who DO like Beyonce. They also must die!	11 Bravo	Feb 2013	#104
Empty shallow people need idols. n/t	L0oniX	Feb 2013	#108
funny what issues turn into controversy on DU	Liberal_in_LA	Feb 2013	#110
Th only people who have to worship her are the individuals who	LanternWaste	Feb 2013	#111
It's about worshipping the "popaganda", entertainment propaganda	just1voice	Feb 2013	#112
Hide thread is your friend. n/t	GoneOffShore	Feb 2013	#113
The next time anyone even THINKS of laughing at the GOP bubble...	Demo_Chris	Feb 2013	#115

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