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Elitism
ForteBass:
I think Johnny C's entire point can be summed up Right here. It's the first three rules of this forum. Now stop being complete jerks.
Signum_Tenebrae:
In the metal "scene", at least, elitism is absolutely essential.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: sp2 ---No. A person is an asshole if:
A) He confuses his personal taste with actual quality. Quality of music is a real thing that is, for the most part, not all that subjective. If you assume that everything you like is awesome and everything else is shit, then you're an elitist asshole. Pitchfork Media does this a lot. Example: Blonde Redhead. Pitchfork gave only lukewarm reviews of BR's earlier work, but gave very good reviews of their latest, Misery is a Butterfly. Misery is a sellout album. It lacks all the great avant experimentalism that made albums like Fake Can Be Just As Good and their self-titled so damned awesome. Pitchfork thought it was awesome, though, because it was much more indie-friendly.
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Not all that subjective? You're being very subjective when you say that experimentalism makes a band better. You're basing that on your personal taste, on what you regard to be important in music. There are very few things that aren't subjective, and someone's opinion of music most certainly isn't one of them.
--- Quote ---B) He can accept that bands he doesn't like may still be quality, and that some of the music he likes may actually be sort of crappy (including bands he has a strong emotional attachment to).
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I can admit a few things are good which I don't personally enjoy listening to, but everything I like is what I would define as good. Why would I listen to it otherwise?
KharBevNor:
That last comment makes much sense.
Kai:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---You're not a real musical elitist till you've trumped an equally matched elitists by making up bands, releases and labels. I love doing that. Also, testing a fellow elitists depths by referring to bands by the name they formed under rather than the name they currently perform by.
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http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2424
WOO!
...I've done this too. But only on the internets to kids who are elitists with Warped Tour MTV2 Emo! (You know what I speak of. MCR, The Used, etc)
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