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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Music fans can be a pedantic lot, but they become vicious on social media. The thread you mention is a great example- and a large part of why I try to avoid FB in general. The OP's points were valid, as were yours.

The other thing the pack is good at is killing people's excitement.

How many times have you seen someone post that they were excited to a certain record, only to have others poke fun at them-either for the price they paid, or the record in question? It doesn't matter what you and I (or anyone else) thinks is a good price to pay, or who is/isn't a "good" artist. Someone was excited enough about their find to share it, and we should champion that.

P.S. "In Your Eyes" is a great record! Got a favorite track on it?

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Faith Current's avatar

Just reading this now off your link in today's post.

I've always summed up this problem as follows: people tend to arrogantly confuse what they like and what's good, and those are not the same thing. There's lots of music that I don't care for at all that I know is indisputably good. And there is music that I like that I know is junk food. What I like and what's good are two different categories. Sometimes they intersect, sometimes they don't. The arrogance is in thinking that our personal evaluations and tastes are the defining standard.

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