Narrow minded music "fans"

I can't stand people that are narrow minded when it comes to music. It's fair enough to have your niche, people that say they like everything seem to think they've heard everything, but I draw the line at people so isolated as to label other music talentless.

Take this barmaid at my local the other day. Pretty safe, even gave me and my chums free drinks. I ask her what kinda music she's into. Kinda went like this:

Her: I love heavy metal. It's my favourite.
Me: That's cool.
Her: Yeah, I can't stand talentless music, I hate it. I hate talentless music.
Me: Umm, ok. Like what?
Her: You know, blues and stuff.
Me: You think blues is talentless.
Her: Yeah, it's awful. Jazz too.
Me: Jazz too, ok. You understand that you'd have no heavy metal if it wasn't for blues?
Her: I don't care, it's rubbish. I hate hiphop too. All computer music is talentless.
Me: I see, you understand that all music production involves computers.
Her: But there's no talent in sitting at your computer like a nerd, thats not music.
Me: But that's exactly how all music is made, even metal.
Her: I don't think so.
Me: I know so.
Her: Well then your just not a fan of heavy metal.
Me: ....

She then went on to say the beatles are the worst band in history and all jazz is nothing but random notes. If she hadn't provided me and my friends with free booze and had a pretty safe goth image going on, I think I would have beaten her to death with a chair.

It's all about eclectic taste and respect for all forms. No matter how much they might grind you the wrong way, there was always an inspired musical mind that came up with it. Least you can do is respect it, or write something that will please everybody, and we all know thats not possible.

Rant over :D

I can normally appreciate all types of music, but country is just no good. At all. I don't get how people can listen to it.

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Originally Posted by Matt the Funk

I can normally appreciate all types of music, but country is just no good. At all. I don't get how people can listen to it.

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lol me neither. im not calling it talentless, im just saying i hate it.

and that bartender is highly ignorant. jazz consists of more than just 'random' notes. it requires odd note patterns and scales, and modes, and shit she couldnt even begin to comprehend.

i typically dont like heavy metal. like i do like metallica, and some bands will have a few songs i like, but overall i dont like the genre. the guitar players are sick and highly technical, but what they play i just typically dont like the sound of.

man I used to think kind of similarly bout 2-3 years ago, I thought shit like techno and drum and bass was talentless cause it involved computers, as I began to learn more and smoke I saw that the music I thought was talentless actually took fucking talent to make it you know, e.g. aphex twin, pendulum shit like that. Ahh the irony

My music taste has always been random as hell...since ive become a stoner its been even more random. I used to say I dont mind any music....except country or except classical...But now I really like Johnny Cash, some classic instrumental stuff is really powerful to trip out to....music keeps me ticking over.

She sounds like a fuckin' wuss...

There are some bands I consider talentless, but whole styles of music? No way! Thats insane.


Also, about country. I suggest listening to pre-1970 country. The new country age has butchered the music, and brought in too many song writers and allowed image to affect the artist too greatly. There are some artists like Shooter Jennings are still putting out country with grit and spirit, but that could be attributed to his father being one of the founding fathers of true country. Okay I'm baked and going off on a tangent, haha, sorry.

katy, since u seem to be a big country lover, I suggest you listen to Neko Case. One of the artists that defy this "new country age." She's one of the guitarists/singers from the indie band The New Pornographers, but she does excellent solo country stuff. Well, it's progressive country :P

Awesome stuff tho, check the album Blacklisted.

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Originally Posted by thcbongman

katy, since u seem to be a big country lover, I suggest you listen to Neko Case. One of the artists that defy this "new country age." She's one of the guitarists/singers from the indie band The New Pornographers, but she does excellent solo country stuff. Well, it's progressive country :P

Awesome stuff tho, check the album Blacklisted.

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I love both Neko and The New Pornographers. Music has always been a huge part of my life, and alt-country is what I'm REALLY into right now. It's not exactly country, but you should check out Billy Bragg & Wilco- Mermaid Avenue. The late father of american folk music, Woody Guthrie, left journals full of lyrics he never put to music after his death. His widow gave them to Billy Bragg to put to music, and he got help from Wilco, and the resulting album (and Mermaid Avenue vol.2) is fucking amazing. It's got a feeling you just never get anymore, and a beauty in the lyrics that only Woody Guthrie could give.

Oh I definitely have to check it out, being a fan of Wilco and all! I'll also get some Woody Guthrie to catch up with the times!