I feel the same way. They were in a Judas Priest mobile game; had the main song on the Halloween remake soundtrack; they've been number 1 on numerous charts on several occasions around the world; they're a spectacle on par with Kiss or, this will be the second time I've mentioned them today, Gwar.
And yet.. they're unheard-of outside small isolated circles - in my experience, usually only random individuals; I don't think I've ever run into a group of ghost fans in the wild.
I think at least a portion of it is the global situation. Everything is so muddied now compared to even a decade ago. Music, though not entirely diminished, seems to be less in the collective focus - or at least, the focus on music is more scattered than it may have been in times past.
Yeah. I think the big thing is that music isn't generally a shared thing these days, it's something you listen to yourself and maybe share with friends and family in some situations (e.g. car trip) and even then your personal tastes have to align enough for that to be bearable.
Whereas back in the day my dad has stories of like, meeting up with his extended friend group to all listen to the new Black Sabbath album.
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OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 79d
I love that ghost has gotten popular.
I hate that ghost has gotten popular.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 78d
It's popular in a weird way though, it's not like AC/CD et al.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 78d
I feel the same way. They were in a Judas Priest mobile game; had the main song on the Halloween remake soundtrack; they've been number 1 on numerous charts on several occasions around the world; they're a spectacle on par with Kiss or, this will be the second time I've mentioned them today, Gwar.
And yet.. they're unheard-of outside small isolated circles - in my experience, usually only random individuals; I don't think I've ever run into a group of ghost fans in the wild.
I think at least a portion of it is the global situation. Everything is so muddied now compared to even a decade ago. Music, though not entirely diminished, seems to be less in the collective focus - or at least, the focus on music is more scattered than it may have been in times past.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 77d
Yeah. I think the big thing is that music isn't generally a shared thing these days, it's something you listen to yourself and maybe share with friends and family in some situations (e.g. car trip) and even then your personal tastes have to align enough for that to be bearable.
Whereas back in the day my dad has stories of like, meeting up with his extended friend group to all listen to the new Black Sabbath album.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 77d
I agree completely
Hiro8811@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
F...for how much?
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 77d
Ghost was better when they at least pretended to be anonymous, and before everyone but the singer left.
harmbugler@piefed.social · 2 pts · 77d
While for me their latest album is the best yet
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 79d
ASMODEUS
RotSteinFinke@feddit.org · 8 pts · 79d
SATANAS
Thatuserguy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 79d
LUCIFER
LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 79d
BELIAL
negativenull@piefed.world · 7 pts · 79d
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 79d
Riding through repeated backgrounds like a Scooby Doo chase sequence
Kurtagag@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 79d
I was just listening to Dance Macabre!