Music Fans- You are the annoyance

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.

The "music lovers" that I really don't like are people who only listen to one type of genre. Something like only rock. Everything is damn rock related. Has it occurred to them that there are other types of music worth listening to? I'm not saying I hate rock, but if that's the only thing you listen to, I don't think you can consider yourself a "music lover".

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

EDIT: Looks like the tension disappeared from this thread, so now I'll change this to reflect the normal condition.

Personally, I prefer music to not have lyrics, so I gravitate towards the classical and instrumental genres. I also tend to prefer older music like oldies over the newer stuff. So maybe I fall into that "it's not as great as the classics" stereotype at times.

I tend to find annoyance at indie fans and others like them who tend to be band-hopping people in search for the latest in obscure cool.

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A little rocky on the proper notification procedure, sorry for the delay. All gangbanging and grasping for straws has been split here. You can have your thread back now, Living Legend.

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Huh, so that's what happened. I was wondering why the thread suddenly got so much shorter.

Originally Posted by Living Legend

The other day, I got yelled at by a slayer fan

Hahahaha... hold it right there. You, friend, encountered a Slayer fan *, which explains everything. They are quite the interesting specimen, in the sense that they are impossible to reason with, and tend to have a collective IQ in the double digits. Their brutish stupidity is only matched by that of the Pantera fan, who give the Slayer fans quite a run for their money. So far, I have yet to encounter a dumber metalhead specimen than the Pantera fan, however. Now, those are great examples of types of "annoying music fan".


(*I like Slayer. Their first few albums are legendary, and the first one's a masterpiece. But the typical Slayer fanboy, from my experience, is pretty much as described... )

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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.

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Underground Fanatic-These fans are usually the ones that love underground music, but once the bands they like become big, they completely turn on their band for becoming successful.


I run into them a lot at the local shows. They are pretty annoying in my eyes. I mean just because someone becomes famous doesnt mean there music sucks, just means they are getting paid a lot more for it. Personally I am an open-minded music listener, I want to experience it all and so far I've liked everything I've heard. Rap, reggae, all forms of metal (death, black, nu, thrash, etc.), classic rock, classical (like pianos, orchestras and such), jazz, all forms of techno like house and trance and all those. I even like country which most younger people dont, atleast around here.

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im a Open-Minded cracka!!


another type of music fan:
The close minded: they only love one style of music...

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Living Legend

No, what I meant in that particular paragraph- Mostly metalheads who I run into are stuck in the 80's with their music and don't accept ANYTHING other than 80's metal because that was the only "true" style of metal, and it just branched off into a bunch of ridiculous nonsense.

The other day, I got yelled at by a slayer fan because I am a fan of metal, and I don't like slayer's music. I listened to it many times, but it's just not for me. He then asked what I listened to which is Syphony X, Dream Theater, Nightwish, Blind Guardian and many other bands and artists. He then called me a "Fucking metal pussy faggot". Which I found it funny as hell that anyone would be dumb enough to say something that ridiculous. He then said I wasn't a true fan of metal.

People like that are great to listen to, but annoying at the same time.

Haha, would this be Big Jake? The guy with the Slayer hat and the Misfits tattoo on his ankle? He can be such a douche sometimes. He walked by me once when I was wearing a Metallica shirt (which is all the time) and said "Metallica was cool once, but you should listen to Slayer."

Got news for ya pal, Slayer was cool once too. Now they're not.

Anyways, I guess I could have been classified as "obsessive" a few years back. I used to listen to NOTHING but old Metallica, and thought everyting else including Metallica's newer stuff was shit. Now since I've been hanging out with my friend Dan alot, who is very musically open minded, I've been introduced to alot of new bands and styles such as: The Black Crowes, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, Gary Moore (AWESOME guitarist), and the list goes on and on. Obviously I had HEARD of these bands and artists before and some of their music, but in the past I had either been quick to dismiss them or not really sat down and listened to their music. Now I'm just glad I have a much better understanding and appreciation for them.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by knkwzrd

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.

Yeah. We also all know that knkwzrd has no sense of humour whatsoever, and that it's perfectly fine to make fun of some music fan stereotypes but not others.

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

hyperbole |hīˈpərbəlē| (noun):
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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I am most definitely open minded, but there's a catch. My mind has a tendency off shutting itself off from the outside world whenever there's something it just doesn't like...so I guess I really don't know what you'd call that. I'm actually kind of on a musical binge right now, as I have been for the last month or so. I think it's all in preparation for the 60GB iPod I plan on getting next week, God willing. I already have 31GB's, baby! But yeah, I've run out of good music or something, so I've been getting all kinds of new, crazy stuff I never would've dreamt of grabbing.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I can't say I'm open-minded, but I would say I'm a bit versatile I can switch from classic to metal then listen to video games music. But I'll never put Rap or R&B on by myself. But if it's playing on the radio I won't bother to change station though.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I'm closest to "Open Minded"..... but I really don't claim to be open minded.

Bottom line is, I like what I like and I'm not about to say I like something I don't like. Rap sucks, heavy metal (aka sound effects) isn't even music half the time and I'm not about to lie and say, "Oh I like all types of music" because I don't. Coincidentally, I run into these mother fuckers all the time.

I also run into some of the "Your Band SUCKS!" people. One of my friends in particular immediately came to mind when I read the description - once you tell her you don't like one of her bands, she wants you to have the 8-CD box set to prove how "wrong" you are.

FELIPE NO

Hyperboles don't mix well with sarcasm.

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let say we can never be 100% open minded....... we just get more and more open minded over the years we discover stuff. I remember when I was younger I was a big hip-hop head and then discovered many important rock bands of the 60's and then I fell into electronica, etc...without neglecting all my previous tastes in music. The important here is that you have open ears for anything...you are willing to accept any genre.

**...though...i still cant stand country music :P **

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The metalheads I dealt with were all in the "Your Band SUCKS" category. Too bad they never heard of Hyakytaro Tsukumo, Daisuke Ishiwatari, or Daiki Kasho because they show what happens when you don't limit yourself to a single band and genre like most of the idiot Metallica fans were. Too bad most mainstream rock is one beat and might as well be considered instrumental rap in the first place. They don't need vocals to ruin their music, their time signatures and timbre ruins it for them. They all sound too much like survival horror anyway in sound quality most of the time so technically they're not music anyway, just like rap isn't but hip-hop is because it's time signature is usually 2/x-snap, while everyone else is just 1/1 and incredibly annoying and amateurish. Most mainstream songs I've heard have been lucky to reach 20% in musical quality, while my VGM is always >= 100% in sound quality.

Notable exceptions:

DMX
Eve6
Mariah Carrey (after her last single she's good enough for VGM of Xenosaga quality.)
Tool
Static-X
Bikini Kill
Hoku

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'm #3 and #5 and kinda #1

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

I usually only ever come across the underground fanatics and the "I luv u" kind.
I always feel like the fanatic when I say "I only like the older stuff" (such as Jimmy Eat World), but it's a valid statement if the music style has actually changed over time.
I think that "underground fanatic" should be considered a sub-species of hipster.

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I don't know what I am basically. I could say I am either open minded or the your band sucks type of person. I can and will listen to other types of music but it really depends on the mood I am in. Ask Kairyu, I have listened to some tunes for the first time and said it sucked, then a few months later he plays it in my car, and I will say, this song is great what is it? So yeah its strange and I know it gets on his nerves.

I mostly listen to all forms of rock, and I listen to a lot of video game music too, but I am a fan of trance, dance, 80's pop, and others. Can't say I am a big fan of hip hop or today's pop music.

But I do get kinda agitated when someone labels my music as emo and all that shit. And then when I hear something from their collection that sounds sad to me, they pass it off as relaxing.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Your band SUCKS!-These fans HATE everything that they don't listen to. If they find out you don't like a band they like, they will try to argue with you saying how great they are until you either agree or just tell them to shut the fuck up.

if i could hit everyone who says that to me, i wouldn't say no! those peopel annoy me like their style of music is the rightful thing and everything else is wrong!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

From my personal experience 99% of every genre sucks. I seek out the standouts of a particular genre and then I move on. I'm open minded in a sense that my musical tastes are not limited by style, epoch, or geography (most of which can't readily be defined as being any specific genre at all). I guess its also important to mention that I'm as far away from the mainstream as can be humanly possible whilst still inhabiting earth. This isn't so much born out a total and irrational contepmt for all that is popular as it is with what music stirs my soul and leaves an indelible mark on my being.

I search out music that stretches boundaries, creates it's own unique space, and keeps me guessing - not that the mainstream is incapable of producing music that I may at least find interesting, just that it's considerably less likey for me to find it there. So I guess I wear the title "Mr. Non-Commercial Guy" - a threadbare adornment that garners respect from and evokes the ire of my contemperaries. All in all, listen to what moves you and all will be right with the world.

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