Do you ever meet those people (especially at parties, when they're drunk) that try to advocate themselves constantly? It's really annoying. There was this guy yesterday... he was like "How was your week." and I thought it was funny that i hopped over to Georgia, so i was like, "I went to Georgia." and then... he was like "Where in Georgia... Athens?... Really? My favorite band is from there. They're called ____. Yeah, it's an indie rock band. You probably haven't heard of it."
There seems to be this obsession with Indie rock music... That's not even a genre! It's just an artist that hasn't signed to a major recording label!! Does this annoy anybody else? Because... when you ask "what sort of music do you listen to?" and they reply "indie rock"... to me that just translates to "I'm too insecure to like mainstream music because I don't like being judged, and liking indie music is a safe choice, because I can list a bunch of bands I like and most likely you won't know who I'm talking about."
But, then again, that's like saying "I like pop." To me, pop is a music genre with old school Britney Spears, BSB, NSYNC, and other shit like that, which I will admit to listening to when I want to be in a bubbly happy mood, or just want something to sing along to. But pop is "popular music". Currently, pop would be synonymous with hiphop. Some people do separate pop-hiphop and classics and 'good' hiphop...
That's also something that annoys me... People classify music according to how popular something is. I've been downloading music for about 5 years now. I don't know what's popular except when I hear it on the tennis court on our warm-up cd. I'm like, hey I have that! I mean, sure, sometimes I download kelly clarkson, and i know that whatever of hers i download is probably popular. She was the american idol, after all. What's more pop than that?
Music is more than music these days... Peoples music preferences are influenced by so many things. Where you first heard the music, how many times you listened to music, who else likes the music, and then lastly, how quality the music is. "Quality" also has a lot of different meanings, depending on what you look for in music. My teammate barb looks for instrumental talent. This dude in my Global music, local cult class looks for good lyrics and good prose. Other people just want stuff that gets them pumped up, or otherwise affects them.
I don't hate any music, because if I listen to everything a few times I will eventually like it. There is one song I will never listen to, which is Train's Drops of Jupiter, because of the first time I heard it and how much that person pissed me off when he said something about the song...
Right now I'm clicking wildly on my computer and seeing what song it lands on. I'm in a very open state of mind, so even music that I wasn't moved by once before is sounding really good.
I really don't give a shit what kind of music you're interested in, unless you can open my eyes to new music... But you liking this kind of music for these stupid reasons is really annoying, and makes me not want to ever listen to your 'indie rock'.
I would care about your music, if I would find the music pleasurable. So only tell me, if your motives are somewhat unselfish. The only thing you should be gaining out of telling people what your favorite music is, is the desire to share the pleasure. Not to advocate your coolness.
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