FBM wrote:Why would you even criticize the EPs? I thought they made it very clear that they are all rough versions. No one's twisting your arm to listen to the pre-final mixes. Besides, the EP-a-month project is an experiment, so you should wait until it's finished before criticizing anyway.
And if you have criticism, why would you post it on the message board? The only reason I can think of is that you are looking for people to back you up. Instead of looking to start a gang in an effort to change Bishop Allen's ways to be more in your preference, why don't you "be a man" and email the band by yourself?
Also, if you're not getting your way, save it for your diary or stop complaining about it. You had three choices: A.) Tell Bishop Allen your criticisms privately, B.) Don't say anything at all, and C.) Bitch about it on the internet. You decided to go with the least effective, most annoying option. That should be obvious by now. I think you should cut your losses and move on to a different topic.
Okay Emily, now the blowjob joke totally works here. This is what message boards are for FBM, to talk about or criticize things. Hence, this discussion. And since the band does read the message board, I think it's effective in getting our points of view through. I'm sure most of the band doesn't agree and that's totally cool. They don't have to. We're the fans, it's just what some of us think. And the fact that they're releasing the EPs officially makes it everyone's right to criticize. If they just put a few mp3s out on the site, then maybe not. But we're PAYING for these! If you didn't like the hamburger at a fast food place, you'd complain. I don't always like the songs here, mostly a majority of them, so I complained.
