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Post by alittlemouse on Aug 27, 2009 21:30:10 GMT -5
What do you think of music snobs? Love em? Hate em? You are one of them?
You know they are the people on the net or in real life who say things like "You listen to Garbage they are so mainstream."
I go to this one board (not here) where there are all these snobs who get all mad when you mention you like someone mainstream or even get song titles a little bit wrong. First it use to upset me and make me feel intimidated, but now I think it's funny.
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Post by Modern Method. on Aug 28, 2009 4:30:57 GMT -5
Hate them.
Everyone has their own tastes but they can never accept that. They only accept it if you listen to their idea of 'good music'. What irks me most of all though is people who look down on pop music. Another board that I visit, I know for a fact that if I were to mention that I adore Girls Aloud there would be posts "How can you appreciate good music if you like Girls Aloud?'. Hence, why I never post on boards like that, just read them. Most of all, they are completely ignorant of what else is out there. They are just elitists that they think their way is the right way.
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Post by aztalanturf on Aug 29, 2009 9:44:48 GMT -5
That's one thing I like about this board. Generally, if you post something about a band someone else doesn't like, they either don't reply or they respectfully state they don't care for the band. Not that "X band sucks" or "you're dumb because you like X".
Music connects with different people for different reasons and not everything has to be technically phenomenal or especially innovative. Sometimes three chords and a hook are all you need.
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Post by acereject on Aug 31, 2009 0:39:02 GMT -5
I have a very eclectic taste and like utterly random things... there's greatness in every genre as far as I'm concerned. As well as utter dross.
However I do find certain musical genres are "protected" by their followers more than others. There is a lot of people who look down on anything that doesn't have a guitar in it. It's mildly annoying, especially when it's backed up with discussions of selling-out and artistic integrity. PUHlease if any artist out there was overly concerned with integrity and not with filling their own pockets, they'd make music in their bedroom and never sign a record deal.
From my YouTube channel, I've realised just how many people have a problem with lip-synching on TV shows... I guess thats a connection to pop artists and is mild snobbery. So many people leave negative comments on lipsynched Garbage performances... and I'm tired of explaining that it isn't feasible technically or cost-wise for Garbage to take their live equipment into a TV studio every time, and at the end of the day Garbage want as many people to hear their new single as possible.
But to music snobs THAT is selling out. Far be it for an artists to actually sell a fucking record!!!!!
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Post by Crashing Silent on Aug 31, 2009 2:21:07 GMT -5
The way I see it is no one is going to have music tastes that are 100% compatible with other people, so everyone just needs to respect that and realise that other people might be into music that you think is crap but it's their taste and that's it.
People who see their taste as superior to others just annoy the hell out of me.
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Post by alittlemouse on Aug 31, 2009 22:38:07 GMT -5
I also think it's funny when the music snobs get mad at you for liking a "popular" album. Because I'm not a "true" No Doubt fan because "Tragic Kingdom" is one of my favorite albums. What would even qualify as an obscure No Doubt album anyway?
This happened to me on the board I previously mentioned, and it's not a No Doubt board.
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Post by Modern Method. on Sept 1, 2009 5:25:54 GMT -5
That's probably because they all think that popular equates to commercial appeal.
Good music is good music whoever it appeals to.
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Post by acereject on Sept 3, 2009 16:54:42 GMT -5
Inter-fan snobbery usually exists during periods when a band expands its fanbase with a more commericial album, and the fans from the prior records look down on the "new" fans. That is very noticable on some artist forums *cough*Kylie-SayHey*cough*
Less so on G forums now, but I remember a lot of G/V2.0 era fans being a bit snobbish to the fans who followed the band from hearing BG, which again has died off now.
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Post by William on Sept 9, 2009 14:07:52 GMT -5
I'm probably guilty of being a snob at times. I just find what the mainstream tries to shove down my throat as the hip, hot thing not that interesting. If you're going to shove something down my throat at least take me out to dinner first(you ladies know what I'm talking about). Like lately radio's been obsessed with Shinedown and Silverside Pickups. Even Shirley's said something positive about Silverside. The first time I heard Silverside I thought, "Wow, I didn't think it was humanly possible but Coheed and Cambria has gotten even more wussier." because both of those singers have that Alvin Chipmunk/Geddy Lee hybrid voice(and I kinda like Rush). And everyone's on Shinedown guy's jock. "Oh, he's so soulful" when it sounds like he went to the Micheal Bolton school of singing where you just yell real loud and call it singing. But that's just me. No offense to anyone who likes Shinedown, Silverside Pickups, or Coheed and Cambria.
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Post by Garbage Addict on Sept 13, 2009 11:30:07 GMT -5
This in my mind is typified by my school years.
I went to school with people who did not care for music whatsoever then suddenly it was "Nirvana", "Chilli Peppers", "Green Day", "Incubus" etc. Anything that did not fit within that kind of music was dubbed non music. Those kinda bands were real bands and you weren't cool or knowledgeable about music if you agreed with them. Drove me potty.
Whilst I liked some of those said bands it was the way people looked down on you if you liked anything dirty like pop or something "charty". Sorry - those bands were in the fucking charts too - bloody double standards.
I had people tell me Garbage was too "pop" - I used to tell people to go away. I even had people tell me Shirley was "fake" its like - you know nothing. Or Id get told Placebo were shit cos they weren't true "rock" whatever that is.
Then said people started going to gigs - which only fuelled this idea of realness. Bands with guitars etc.
Anyway....Like everyone has said it does exit and I think its ridiculous. There is so much wonderful music out there that appeals to everyone be it the latest number 1 selling track in the country to an emerging talent. Music is precious - we should just embrace that. Not to say that I like everyhthing as I don't but least I'm not trying to be snobby about it.
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Post by acereject on Sept 15, 2009 13:24:44 GMT -5
Back when I was 15, GD had went out of fashion, and you were only cool if you wore an Antichrist Superstar era Manson t-shirt or listened to Korn.
And of course, I wore Garbage t-shirts, and accesorized my colours to match the sleeve designs (Black jeans, white t-shirt, and red accessories = Push It, pink t-shirt, navy blue jeans, grey and white wristband = YLSF etc etc etc) and at the time I listened to Placebo, Mechanicals Manson, Guns n Roses, and lost of British, Irish and Scandinavian rock.
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Post by GoGoGrrrl on Sept 23, 2009 12:40:17 GMT -5
I'm probably guilty of being a snob at times. I just find what the mainstream tries to shove down my throat as the hip, hot thing not that interesting. If you're going to shove something down my throat at least take me out to dinner first(you ladies know what I'm talking about). haha, yes ;D I've been called a music snob at times. I can't help that I have such great taste in music though. Probably genetic. Really though, I wouldn't put someone down for having different taste from mine. I like when people expand my own taste to include new styles and genres I might not have paid much attention to before. I'm more of a quality snob than a style snob. If something is done well, even if it's not my taste, then I have nothing bad to say. On the other hand, I am not shy to critique what just seems like bad song-writing. Popularity means little to me, but I admit to being drawn to what is just below the mainstream (although not obscure either). If a band I like blows up, then great for them; I won't like them any less as long as the music sounds good. I also like a good pop melody, and I'd argue that one is harder to create than something really abstract that only a musician could appreciate. For me, a great pop melody with artistic merit and smart lyrics is the pinnacle of what is good music . I made a joke that I have impossibly great music taste once on a MB, and some guy tried to rip into me because I like "popular" indie bands and popular 90s alternative (ie. Garbage). I was like "So?". Obscurity doesn't make something better, and neither does popularity.
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