I really don't understand the psyche of people who stand upon their high pillar of insiders music knowledge and cast down a scornful gaze and make it well known that they've known of "Artist ABC" when they were ->(insert early career scenario here). Case in point the other night I caught a college radio show a few weeks back while my friend James was looking at my automobile and while listening to the DJ (honestly who really is a radio DJ at a college radio station)and just hearing how she was so blase' about certain bands and how their breakthrough album was selling out, lost it's original sound, their unsigned label was better, etc.
I am guilty of being the person mentioned in said title so I am not saying I am perfect but honestly, WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT? My example is this: when I was in 4th grade my uncle's Metallica Ride The Lighting tape somehow came into my possession. That was my musical awaking. I sprung a musical metal boner and copied all of his other tapes and could not get them into my Walkman fast enough. When the Black album came a couple years later every other kid was a Metallica fan but of the Black album variety and not the previous albums. I can not express to you enough how high I held my nose in regards to "those" fans, looking back on it now I don't really understood why I was like that. So what if Johnny Public liked the album that made them more famous, if they enjoyed it enough maybe they would look into their other stuff. Who am I to judge? Why wasn't I excited that that person and I shared some musical interest? What really is a bummer and also self inflicted is that because of my past musical snobbery I missed out on bands that I really enjoy now but have no chance of ever fully reuniting.
To get back to my original story I found the elitist tone happening all throughout the radio show mentioned previously. She was playing Indie rock songs and the like, I believe it was an Indie Rock Show radio hour(s). I really just can't figure out the attitude. What really grinds my gears is that this happened weeks ago but it's still been in the back of my mind. Why should one person care of another person's musical/album/song preference? Who made you music choice God besides yourself? I highly doubt that you've been that cool since you came out the womb! Play the damn music and keep your opinionated and biased comments to yourself. Sweet Jesus.
Singed,
Van<3
Former music elitist asshole
PS Here's a video of Toki wearing a "codpiece"
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