Sonika wrote:Haha this entire argument is so funny, it's reoccured in different forms a countless amount of times.
In this case, I'd have to side with hutyluty - it's not that the UK heads are pisses about America exploring the genre (and I am saying this as an American), it's more that a lot of people are upset at the complete change in the music's philosophy and the ignorance of a lot of its listeners. Granted, a lot of the upset people are from the UK, but that's because they're the original fans of the original genre.
coming from someone who also dislikes where the genre has gone and agrees with your PERSONAL opinion:
welcome to music.
just because the culture, history and philosophy is important to you - does not mean that it should be, or is, important to anyone else. you have your taste, they have theirs.
what you all seem to be arguing is that since you listened to it before other people, and because you care about the culture, history, and philosphy - that everyone else should too (coughipster).
i'm not arguing against any of your opinions on the culture - i'm merely saying that the general public is stupid and will never care as much as you do about art/music. so losing sleep over this fact is not only completely pointless, it's narcissistic.
same thing happened to rock music after the beatles and other legends, same thing happened to metal and hiphop. in fact, dubstep is merely a bastardization of another genre before it - so complaining that dubstep itself is becoming bastardized is.. just weird to me.