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People who like pop music

Music Snobs

In honor of the trendy Penguin shirt I’m wearing today, I figured it was time to attack this one.

hipster

I am a music lover. I love all types of music (except I would rather be covered by the sap of a million Christmas trees than listen to some pop country). I listen to music that people make fun of me for listening to, and I equally often listen to music by people who have a smaller market share than Ask Jeeves. I love going to shows to hear bands I will learn quickly to hate, just because of the 10% of the time that I hear brilliance. I guess music isn’t so unlike golf for me: you keep showing up for the good shots, even if the bad ones can give you a hernia.

But the problem with music people is that they’re bastards. Take the above-pictured people, for example. The average conversation would go something like this:

Girl at left: “So I was at [super independent coffee shop] the other day, eating a hemp scone and listening to some old bootlegged Pavement when this guy walks in and orders a fucking latte. THEN he points to the speaker and says, ‘This is catchy, who’s playing?’ It was Jump Little Children. Who the FUCK doesn’t know Jump?”

Dude: “Woah, wonder what’s on that guy’s iPod…John Mayer-a-thon, anyone?”

Girl in center: “Yeah, John Mayer and Genesis”

Girl at left: “ What the fuck are you talking about? The hipster national guard voted Genesis cool again last week. Were you buying music at Best Buy again when the vote went down?”

Girl in center: “whatever, bitch. I saw the Allman Brothers on your last.fm favorites yesterday.”

All: “OBAMA!”

- End Scene -

This is a pretty typical exchange between “real” music fans these days, and it makes me sad. Good music is all good. Sometimes it’s not what you’re used to hearing, but it can still be good. Give it – and the people who listen to it – a chance.

Before we part, a quick note on pop music. Pop becomes pop because a lot of people like it. It’s like one of those catchy new yogurt stores. It’s catchy, relevant, and tastes great for about a month until you want to puke when you think about it, but a new catchy yogurt store has opened up, so you’re good. It has its place.

Now I’m going to go throw on some Timberlake and change. My wife hates this shirt.

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October 15, 2008 | Filed Under in general 

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