Mot, no hoople Wrote:
Elvis Fu Wrote:
ZZ Top ex. "Cheap Sunglasses", "La Grange" and "Pearl Necklace". Fuck yeah.
Wait, what? We're supposed to be ashamed of liking old ZZ Top? Why did I not know this? Pre-
Eliminator Top is killer blues-rock.
I guess I'm supposed to be ashamed of loving Boston's
Third Stage, but for whatever reason, I'm not. Come on - I can't think of another album that features the launch of the first organ-powered spaceship!
I'm not ashamed of shit. I'm just noting that there are quite a few people on here who simply do not like good music, they only like shit no one else has ever heard, much less care about. Indie snobbery is just a way of turning the tables on the kids who never accepted you before you graduated high school by inventing your own taste clique of advanced musical (and film/book/television/etc.) palette and holding it over the head of the savages, who didn't accept you then and don't even realize you exist now.
This isn't aimed at you, Tom. Your defense of Rush, Dream Theater, Kings X, etc. are badass. Those bands aren't really my bag, though I was a hearty Rush fan through middle school and junior high. It's good for diversity.
The reason these artists came up is because I heard each one of them on a late night scamper to the bank, so I figured I'd post 'em. I've also made no secret of my love of shitty shitty shitty 1970s AM pop hits. I love some shit that is not even remotely intellectual or artistically esteemed. I'm also more comfortable with myself and my preferences that I don't feel the need to choke down a Liz Phair or Antony & the Johnsons album 60 times so I can finally join the chorus hailing today's next genius who will be tomorrow's whipping boy that never lives up to the initial buzz of the breakout album or EP.
I'm also not even remotely interested in hearing everything released every single year. I don't have a problem with excluding genres from my collection. I'm not a fan of reggae or techno. I can't think of one single mp3 I have of either genre. I'm sure the Pitchfork cheerleaders would take umbrage at my closed-mindedness, but I'll be glad to entertain their suggestions if they would use their open-mindedness to explore bluegrass or country by someone other than Johnny Cash.
Whew.