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People who think they are special: because they listen to a certain type of music.
Mitu_Pappi
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why is association with a certain type of music considered to bestow a certain status on the listener. It is true for almost all genres. Rock listeners think pop music listeners are beneath them. Classical music listeners think they are a class apart. Why is it?
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The same reason that some people think they're special because they follow a certain sport, or watch certain films/TV programmes, or drive a certain type of car, or go to a certain place on holiday, or eat certain foods, or read certain books, etc. etc. etc.
Basically, they haven't quite come to grips with the mind-numbingly simple fact that we're all different and we all enjoy different things.
I would, however, differentiate between those who seem to believe they're "special", and those who simply express the opinion that something is crap, or even take the pee (in a good-natured way) out of those who like something else!
Because people always believe that their views, tastes and choices are the best. Lets face it, they wouldn't like it if they thought it was the worst. That's not how people work.
So similar to how intelligent people might look down at those who are not so clever or film buffs look down on those who like Hollywood blockbusters.
I got sneered at by folk at work for watching Big Brother. Some found this strange, knowing my musical preferance.
Never mind. When I speak about music with people and they make a point of telling me why the music I have just chatted about with them is of course of completely no interest in them because they like 'real music' I smile and say nothing, but inside I'm thinking 'you stuck up snob'. So now I don't chat about music with anyone - it seems to upset people when I dare waste their time talking about something that is not 'real music'. Since I don't have 'real music' as a separate topic its probably for the best.
I get that too - I am listening to a 'work playlist' at the momentand it has songs from every decade from 1920s to 2010s - and a selection frem the previous three centuries too. I just like the music I like and listen to what suits my mood... sometimes it is Mahler, sometimes it is the Mamas and Papas, somtimes Madonna, sometimes it doesn't even begin with an M.
Are you sure we're not related as that's exactly how I feel about music
I remember many years ago I heard Zane Lowe say on his radio show "If it's good, I like it" and i've had that as my personal 'mantra', if you will, ever since.
Music snobs do irritate me and frustrate me in equal measure but i still ultimately respect their choices as I know taste in music is probably as subjective as taste in comedy. It still doesn't mean i don't like teasing them every so often though
It all depends.
Because I loved it so much, my mum took me to see the ballet at places such as the Festival Hall in London, and at the Barbican. Wonderful, wonderful times.
Did I ever feel "superior" to anybody who wasn't "into ballet"..? Well, no. I must admit I did try to enthuse some of my school friends and I did write an essay on a trip to see Swan Lake performed by the Northern Theatre Ballet which was published in the school magazine.
What this caused though, was a sort of anti-snobbish reaction by some girls at school. I was immediately labelled a snob and some would make snippy comments like "Not coming to school in your tutu today then..? Petty little things, but intended to be hurtful just the same.
It didn't affect me though. I just ignored them and got on with doing what I enjoyed.
So my experience was that, enjoying a form of fine art didn't change me or make me think I was superior to anybody else, but it did cause others to behave negatively because of their own attitude of "working class snobbery."
I might just send my own daughter to ballet classes when she's a bit older. I hope she learns to love it as much as I did and perhaps I may even take her to see a performance of, say, The Nutcracker at Christmas or something. It won't make her a snob, I just hope she enjoys it.
Edit: This is the One Direction song I like. I think it's catchy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syFZfO_wfMQ
People should be able to state their likes or dislikes without it being taken as a slight by anyone else. Think of it as analogous to food.
I think I would have joined you.
Currently listening to The Doobie Brothers. What does that make me?
I exclusively listen to overtone Mongolian throat singing.