Slagger Slag

Rip It Up, Issue 216, 1 August 1995, Page 11

Slagger Slag

I get enjoyment out of reading your letters page now and then, but in just about every issue you can find someone who is whingeing about somebody else’s musical tastes. Unbelievable. Why can’t people just say: ‘Oh well, that’s what they like. Good on them.’ That’s their opinion, that’s what they like, so don’t write them off because of it.

Reading July’s issue, this is what you get: 1) Blah, blah, blah, John Russell can’t do his job, blah. 2) Blah, Pearl jam sucks, blah, blah. 3) I hate Silverchair, blah. 4) Kick John Taite in the balls, blah, blah, blah.

What is the point? Open your eyes and try and appreciate all sorts of music. Think about what people have to say about things, instead of writing them off completely. I, myself, do happen to like Pearl Jam, as well as bands such as Dog Eat Dog, Rancid and Massive Attack, right through to Bjork, Soul Coughing, MC9ooft Jesus and Dexy’s Midnight Runners. If someone says to me: ‘Hey, your music

sucks,’ that’s their perception. Half the time they haven’t even heard of it, but they seem to get off on slagging it anyway. How one eyed can you get?! Open your other eye idiots, and stop wasting space with your boring anti-everything stance. Be a little more open with your ideas, and try and find something good to say. Also, could you please translate the second letter, ‘Word Out Housey’? I can’t understand the language of people who think they are from South Central LA, when they are actually just from Middle Central Hawkes Bay. Y-puk is a good place, and I thought it would be safe from wannabes. Matt, Upper Hutt and Hawkes Bay (but not at the same time).