Everybody has an opinion. I love that. I respect some. Don't even consider some. Whatever your opinion is, make sure it's factual, you can say it with confidence and most importantly...that you don't just hash something from nowhere and then turn it into an argument.
Some people just live to argue. Their one-sided and unimportant opinions just bring people's moods down because in actual fact, they don't create or engage in conversation; but rather make people in their presence uncomfortable by forcing their pointless opinions on everyone.
We are all entitled to our own opinion...have one...express it...share it; just have a feasible one! As people we will never ever agree on the same things, and that's what ultimately makes us human! We will disagree and argue about the cigarettes one smokes, we will argue about whether Superman is better vs Batman, for goodness sake, we will argue about whether Johannesburg is a better city than Durban. However, one argument that I find is a very jagged pill to swallow, is the argument about art and artists, especially when those artists make their work for public consumption. When an artist decides that he or she will make their work accessible to the public, they're not reaaaly asking for your approval, they just want you to know what runs in their dome and that precious thing that we call a mind and literally just to say to you: "hey, I had a brainwave, and this is what it was like..."
So when this happens and someone is cool enough to let you know what they've been thinking in a sense of a recorded album or a written script, we can't then as the consumers of his or her art turn around and say: "look, I went to one of your concerts and you did not perform my favourite track therefore I am not a fan anymore". When an artist puts a concert together, they're not asking for your opinion as to how ill or wack they are or have become over the years...they're just saying..."yo! remember that album I recorded...let's jam together to it (in the form of a live performance)".
Lauryn Hill was given flack recently about a performance that she did, because she did tracks differently from the album, did not perform tracks from the Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (her second solo studio album) and or did not perform tracks from The Fugees Score album. Because of this many were starting and are starting to call her "irrelevant"! Fuck that...Lauryn Hill does NOT... I repeat...does NOT owe you anything. She is human, she is an artist, she is talented and has a family and her own life to live. She will choose when and if she wants to record and release another album.
We can not as fans expect things to be done our own way or else we start to spit venom at the very same person that gave you a kick ass show and a wicked album in the first place. People are very quick to be "the most favourite fan" when the artist is topping charts, but as soon as the artist does things differently in the media they turn around and become the worst enemy. As fans, we need to remember that artists do not owe us anything and in fact we have no right to criticize them just because they decide not to do what you as the ungrateful fan want.
Sit down and listen to the album that you want to listen to and shut up if you ain't got anything nice to say. The media is wide-spread enough for you to pick and choose. Stop acting like a child throwing his toys out of his cart because you feel the artist is "not doing enough to please or satisfy your unreasonable craving for entertainment".
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