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Originally Posted by hat and beard
I would rather hang out with all the nickelback fans in the world than the kind of people who think their taste in music makes them better than others. Seriously, grow up people. You're not as important as you think you are.
p.s. my very best friend in the entire world LOVES nickelelbeback.
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I agree with this in a fairly substantial way. I've got loads of mates who know fuck all about Sonic Youth, and could care less about Joy Division or the Velvets or whatever, and they're much better company. I quite often find that, if you let people talk about what they love, they eventually introduce you to something - recent years have seen numerous people turn me onto the like of Kelly Clarkson or Avril Lavigne or an untold world of country/ folk/ world/ lift/ easy listening/ trad jazz [etc] that I wouldn't have listened to otherwise.
I'll admit to being somewhat of an elitist/ fascist when it comes to music, but generally speaking I'd much rather talk to someone who isn't afraid to say they love REM, or James Blunt or even u2 than I would someone whose conversation revolves around how much asinine generic band x 'rock' and how much asinine generic band y 'rule'.