Give the scene-kid a break!

This week I have seen many rants on blogs and social
networks about “scene kids” and questioning their right to express themselves in
any way about music and clubbing if you “weren’t there the first time round”...

 

“Who do you think you are – you’re wearing the T-shirt of
this band – do you even know who produced album X?” “How can you say you look
forward to the re-opening of this club – I never saw you there before and I was
there ALL the time...” the list goes on.

 

 This general attitude permeates the entire music
industry and affiliated youth cultures – the pin-pointing of “fake fans” who
are seen to be liking this or that purely because it’s trendy or because others
have done in the past... so what! To me this is utter bullshit and I stand by
my word – if anyone wants to express a favourable opinion (or any opinion for
that matter) each person has an equal right to speak, they may not know enough
about it to have a strong and fiery debate about the band/club/type of music,
but if they enjoy even the smallest part of it and wants to show this to
others, this should purely be seen as a positive thing rather than something
pitiful for others to bite down on.  The more the merrier right? If
someone younger and less experienced than you also likes your favourite band,
even if you know more about them and went to shows from the start, is it not
just a good thing that the so-called “scene kid” is also willing to support
them and put money behind them to make their efforts pay off? Get a life,
especially people who in essence make their wages from sharing music to the
masses, what do you stand to gain from keeping it to yourself?

 

Nina