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"oh, you remind me of..."
this misses the point of liking music and it's an extremely annoying sentence. It's far too blase and belittles the music of all involved.
"you're similair to [whoever...for whatever reason]" is acceptable.
random rant over.
Misplaced pedantry
To say something is similar is a stronger statement of likeness than to say something reminds you of something else. That is, you have the statements the wrong way around to support the point that you seek to make.
it's not just about the strength of the statement of likeness, though
it's about explicitly referencing the order in which you hear these bands - while you can't help that, using the expression 'remind...' implies that the band you're saying it to is derivative, whereas the 'similar...' expression doesn't so much.
I dunno
similair just means contains aspects. Reminding shows a fairly strong link, that you thought of another band/artist when you heard it.
ex_cynic says it better
It was more the justification in the similair thing
that made it acceptable.
If you put some justification in "you remind me of"
it wouldn't be anywhere near as annoying.
they should just call them derivative if they are
I'm talking more about bands which are both good AND unique.
It's not my band
It's just irritating.
Sorry to be so esoteric about it, but it just denys bands of what makes them special. Bands can be similair but at the same time be completely different. So band comparisons are almost always horribly inaccurate.
To clarify
this is not talking about real life. I rarely have conversations about music in that.