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What does 'Music snob' actually mean?
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To me, it's somebody that thinks they are superior to others because of their musical tastes, somebody that makes nasty blanket statements about all fans of a particular type/piece of music.
Having a different taste in music fine, to say you don't like a certain piece or genre of music is fine and to state why that music doesn't personally appeal to you, is fine but when you start saying things like "ugh it's just chav music for the lowest common denominator" "Music for the Tesco Mums" (I have no idea what the hell that means but I've seen it be said on here.) and when you start branding people as brainless sheep for liking a certain peice of music, then to me yes that does make you a music snob.
I would never call all fans of a certain music genre anything and I would only ever call somebody a music snob for looking down on others.
Having a different taste in music fine, to say you don't like a certain piece or genre of music is fine and to state why that music doesn't personally appeal to you, is fine but when you start saying things like "ugh it's just chav music for the lowest common denominator" "Music for the Tesco Mums" (I have no idea what the hell that means but I've seen it be said on here.) and when you start branding people as brainless sheep for liking a certain peice of music, then to me yes that does make you a music snob.
I would never call all fans of a certain music genre anything and I would only ever call somebody a music snob for looking down on others.
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They aren't about the exact same thing... This one specifically asks "what does a music snob actually mean" I didn't ask that in the thread you've posted and in that thread, I also said that I wasn't referring to music snobbery, so actually they are two different topics.
Also I don't know how to dig up my old threads on the iphone... If I can't seem to find it again I just forget about it.
I've noticed this, which is why I asked what other people thought it meant, because it seems people use it differently to me.
I'm sorry I don't have the time to browse YouTube and Spotify for unsigned artists, I tend to just listen to music when driving (on the radio) or listening to my own music when doing other things.
Its like someone who eats nothing but McD's calling someone else a food snob.
To me, a music snob is someone who refuses to listen to any commercial mainstream music or acknowledge that any artist who is successful can also be good or talented. I listen to a lot of indie non-commercial stuff but I also like some mainstream artists like Madonna. To me a snob would be someone who dismisses any commercial music without even listening to it or giving it a chance.
See to me, that doesn't make them a 'snob' but it does make them ignorant. Likewise, when people think something can only be good when it HAS charted.
I will admit, I have often wondered to myself... How many people who say "why doesn't good real music ever do well" would actually still be saying the same, if the music they currently listened to WAS Popular? What do you reckon?
People like and dislike different things. What they say is just their personal opinion. Why get upset about people having different tastes? I couldn't care less if anyone liked or disliked what I like or what anyone said about it.
I try not to look down on people for their music tastes, we all listen to some questionable stuff. But I lose respect for an artist when I feel like they are releasing music they think they have to, rather than what they want to.
And yeah.... I do like Scouting for Girls!! What of it?!?!
Got no time for stuff like that. Nobody should justify why they a song or a singer (or indeed anything in life!).
Lexi, lighten up, like crap music, music snobbery will always exist, so carry on listening to what you enjoy and stop getting so hung up
reminds me of the the type of guys I used to fancy when I was 15 )things have changed now)
I'm not sure it is.
It's often when someone criticises *pop* music as though all pop music is crap.
When in fact there is an awful lot great *pop* music.
So I think if someone is that dismissive of pop music generally, then they'd be a bit of a music snob.
But what is great is totally subjective. If someone doesn't like pop music as a whole (unlikely if we go down the pop=popular i.e. chart music and we mean every single bit of it) and another person does then all that shows is they have different tastes. Who is to say which tastes are right or better?
People are free to like and dislike what they want (and we all do) or praise or dismiss what they like. It's only their opinion and matters not a bit, so why be affected by it? The only snobbery is anyone thinking their opinion means anything beyond being their own personal taste.
"xxxxx are the best band in the world and that's an absolute fact and here's the proof"
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"xxxxx are my favourite band in the world"
It's taste. It means nothing.
Do bands sometimes change their style or evolve into something more generic. Then they often have chart success.
With me its not a case of snobbery, but a lot of the time a band or artists best album is their first 2 or 3 releases ?
Then they can become stale ?
Alright I'm a music snob.
No single genre is awful.
Okay, maybe grindcore
People should just listen to music as it is, id love to hear peoples opinions if you were to gather a bunch of tracks without knowing the artists ect and just playing it to them... Im very much somebody who buys 90% of new releases on a sun/mon regardless if i like the act or not, i just like music, and discovering anything that sounds good to me, hence why i never get bored. i dont believe you should be snobby when it comes to music otherwise you just end up listening to the same stuff over and over again.