YouTube is a strange place

[mikeymikec]

Apart from being a hub for most of the most immature commenters I've ever come across on the Internet, I wonder what sort of douche bag posts a comment like this on someone's musical performance:

"Well, your singing is quite good, but sometimes it just sounds so... lethargical. And your eyes. Once, a time ago, they were sparkling but now they seem just dead."

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-4ZwiW1cPs)

The other thing I find strange is how probably 99.999% of YouTube videos have people clicking the dislike button. Someone could post something as unremarkable as a tree and someone else would be ready to click the dislike button.

 

[T9D]

Sounds like he's a follower or hers and a fan. I watched some of the video and he's absolutely right. It's just constructive criticism. I like that some people do it instead of simply gushing and telling them only good things and that they want to marry them. Seems like it's not normal for her video to be like that too. It was like a half hearted attempt, and she apparently does better usually.

But yeah normally it's really sad the things people say to others and all the dislikes. to many are just brutally rude and mean. It's why I don't even like to post videos. I can't believe how many people like to totally just trash someone for simply doing something they enjoy and want to share with others. I feel bad for a lot of the people on there.

 

[mikeymikec]

Admittedly I find the string of gushing comments, especially about an artist's looks to be pretty weird as well. I just think that comment was a very personal (and not very constructive) one, especially to make publicly. A normal person going to see their friend's live performance wouldn't throw in a criticism like that in public, and I wonder how many people would even say it in private.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I find it weird that people can't take criticism, or care that someone is criticizing someone else.

 

[Juddog]

If you don't want criticism, just disable the comments.

 

[Stone Rain]

The YouTube comments section is deservedly the butt of tons of "losing faith in humanity" jokes. On a few videos, more science-oriented ones, etc, I've seen some legitimate, meaningful conversation, but most of the time it's just random, stupid crap.

 

[Fritzo]

As a former performer, I found you have to learn REALLY quick not to listen to hurtful criticism. There's a class of people out there that like to "arm chair quarterback" people's performances, and they have no idea the amount of time, work, and bravery it takes to sing or play in front of an audience. These are the people that will say things like "well, it didn't look like you have much feeling", or "the equalization was off on the sound", or "you hit a bad note in the 2nd chorus."

Unless you're saying you're the best in the world and inviting criticism, or you are truely awful due to lack of preparation, critics can go screw themselves.

 

[Juddog]

As a former performer, I found you have to learn REALLY quick not to listen to hurtful criticism. There's a class of people out there that like to "arm chair quarterback" people's performances, and they have no idea the amount of time, work, and bravery it takes to sing or play in front of an audience. These are the people that will say things like "well, it didn't look like you have much feeling", or "the equalization was off on the sound", or "you hit a bad note in the 2nd chorus."

Unless you're saying you're the best in the world and inviting criticism, or you are truely awful due to lack of preparation, critics can go screw themselves.

You think that's bad - think of how the scientists feel who spent years studying biology and working with biology and then get told by some idiot that "evolution is just a theory". The wave of utterly stupid humans has been exposed by the internet.

 

[Stone Rain]

As a former performer, I found you have to learn REALLY quick not to listen to hurtful criticism. There's a class of people out there that like to "arm chair quarterback" people's performances, and they have no idea the amount of time, work, and bravery it takes to sing or play in front of an audience. These are the people that will say things like "well, it didn't look like you have much feeling", or "the equalization was off on the sound", or "you hit a bad note in the 2nd chorus."

Unless you're saying you're the best in the world and inviting criticism, or you are truely awful due to lack of preparation, critics can go screw themselves.

I do live performance (music) as well. The only thing about people that gets on my nerves is people who think live music should sound exactly like a record, and if it doesn't, the band/singer must be terrible/artificially edit their records.
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[Juddog]

I do live performance (music) as well. The only thing about people that gets on my nerves is people who think live music should sound exactly like a record, and if it doesn't, the band/singer must be terrible/artificially edit their records.
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It does suck when bad sound destroys what would otherwise be a good performance.

 

[Stone Rain]

It does suck when bad sound destroys what would otherwise be a good performance.

Yes...but live sound will never be as immaculate as a decently done record. Especially not if there's multiple instruments.

 

[Fritzo]

I do live performance (music) as well. The only thing about people that gets on my nerves is people who think live music should sound exactly like a record, and if it doesn't, the band/singer must be terrible/artificially edit their records.
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LOL- I HATE bands that carbon-copy their albums live. Why listen to a live performance if it's exactly the same as the album you bought? It also shows a lack of musical talent when they do that (I only know how to play something one way).

That was the magic of bands like Led Zeppelin, The Stones, or even the Allman Brothers. They would totally rearrange songs for live performances, and sometimes they were even better than the album versions.

 

[Juddog]

LOL- I HATE bands that carbon-copy their albums live. Why listen to a live performance if it's exactly the same as the album you bought? It also shows a lack of musical talent when they do that (I only know how to play something one way).

That was the magic of bands like Led Zeppelin, The Stones, or even the Allman Brothers. They would totally rearrange songs for live performances, and sometimes they were even better than the album versions.

This was my thought as well; I've seen a few bands that were better sounding than their CD versions. This includes the epic long jam out sessions, etc..

One band that I saw where the sound actually sounded better than the CD for me was Mr. Bungle - constantly switching which instrument that they were playing, jamming out longer than the CD version and coming up with weird new nuances in old songs, etc..

 

[lxskllr]

LOL- I HATE bands that carbon-copy their albums live. Why listen to a live performance if it's exactly the same as the album you bought? It also shows a lack of musical talent when they do that (I only know how to play something one way).

That was the magic of bands like Led Zeppelin, The Stones, or even the Allman Brothers. They would totally rearrange songs for live performances, and sometimes they were even better than the album versions.

Exactly. If a live band sounds like the record, I feel ripped off. My first concert was ZZ Top, and I could have stayed home, cranked the stereo, and looked at a picture. There was no reason for me to be at that concert.

 

[Stone Rain]

The whole point of a live concert is to get a unique experience that you can't just go get a recording of. An imitation of an album cheapens that, a lot.

 

[Aikouka]

I've found that quite often I don't care for listening to a band live. The problem is that my music taste isn't something that I can easily define... I simply like the way certain things in a song sound. It could be a single instrument in the background or the vocals. If that one part of the song changes, then I may not care for the song anymore.