Blog Post 4

Popular, ah the thing in middle school/high school that everyone seemed to want, and in this case what some people think ruins the object of which becomes popular in today's world. However I believe that the whole things are no longer cool when they become popular, or lose their meaning is untrue. The reason to my beliefs is the mere fact that whatever it may be; actor. band. movie etc, its meaning to you is the most important. Lets take for example my favorite band Panic at the Disco, whom I liked and saw before they were popular. Now when I liked them in the beginning they were just a bunch of kids from Las Vegas who had a cool new sound, which I enjoy. Now they are multi million album selling super stars. The main difference does not lye in my liking them anymore or less, because that has never changed, however their fan base has grown as well as their popularity. There will always be the people who are like "o i liked them before they were big, but I don't like them now," which frankly gets annoying. If you truly like an artist, actor, movie it should not matter how popular becomes because its value to you is what is most important. So people need to get over the fact that things begin to suck or lose their meaning when they become popular because frankly thats not true. As for dealing with authenticity the main point is obvious, I will know whether or not my band made a song, but people can surely attempt to recreate their sound and style. Just as any film maker can attempt to recreate someone else in homage or what have you. But I believe that just because something is popular does not make it any less or high on the class scale, because when it comes down to it, its how it affects your life and how you enjoy it regardless of how many people do/do not know about it 

Matt Griffin