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ArcticWolf said:
Personally, some bands that are frequently being compared to Evanescence I actually prefer, like Within Temptation and Nightwish, because they are a tad lebih interesting to me in both their vocals and use of instruments and have lebih variety from album to album, while some other bands that Ev are compared to, like Lacuna Coil and Xandria, I think are a bit "bland" (but not even remotely dull, don't get me wrong!) compared to stuff Ev have done. I personally like all the bands anda listed as examples. But to clarify, Evanescence is NOT copying anyone. They began in 1994 and for the longest time Amy had no idea that the many Europeans bands Evanescence was being compared to actually existed. As for songwriting, I think Evanescence's lyrics are better than some bands up there and not as good as others (Nightwish has the best, IMO). Evanescence's lyrics can be dark and almost Gothic sounding (which is why they are sometimes inaccurately labeled as "gothic rock"), which some people sadly mistake for "emo". (Don't get me started on a rant about how Emo and goth are nothing alike!) As for Evanescence being only for teenagers, many Ev peminat-peminat ARE teenagers, so people immediately jump to the conclusion that the teen age is the only age that it is appropriate to like them. Another reason why people think that is because people generally stereotype darker-ish lyrics as "angsty", which is, again, a stereotype for teenagers. I don't believe it for a saat because every single member of my family, even family members like uncles and older cousins, all like Evanescence. It really just is a stereotype. However, I actually kind of understand the hate Evanescence gets sometimes. I'm sorry if this will offend anyone, but I don't put Amy's vocals on such a high pedestal as I used to. To me, her voice strains a lot, and although I think Amy really CAN sing, the strains can get irritating and it's obviously not good for her voice, which is one of the reasons why I honestly don't think she's as good as some of the European frontwomen she's constantly being compared to (sorry!). She's gotten much better, though, IMO. In addition to that the band, aside from Amy, hasn't shown much above-average musicianship. Taking both examples into account, can anda blame some people when Evanescence, an extremely popular rock band world-wide, begins to overshadow other bands that really do have better trained musicians and vocalists? I mean, it's completely out of line and as an Evanescence peminat it offends me (I know it may not seem like it right now, but Evanescence is in my bahagian, atas 10 kegemaran bands of all time), but I understand the reasoning behind the hate.
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