Music Fans- You are the annoyance

Originally Posted by Morrigan

I have a variant on the "open-minded" one: the whiny gits who think that to be open-minded means that you have to like everything, and that hating certain bands, or styles of music, means you're "narrow-minded" (when you just simply can't stand it). They are usually into "avant-garde" or "experimental" styles, because of course, they are more "open-minded" than you. And they like to whine about elitism all the time, even though they are basically elitist jerks themselves.

How exactly are these people elitist jerks (I include myself here)? If we "like everything", as you have put it, that's pretty much the exact opposite of elitism. I listen to Fred Frith as much as I listen to Warren Zevon as much as I listen to Wu-Tang. Hating bands is one thing, but as soon as you hate an entire genre, yes, you are narrow-minded.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I've run into pretty much the opposite problem as you, Living Legend. I get flac from Dream Theater-people for liking the rawer stuff sometimes. You're dead on with the 80's people though. Can't stand those guys. Fucking detailed facial hair.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Because we all know that anyone who likes all of Slayer's albums is clearly below us, and can't listen to anything that might be different.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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