it was mentioned that perhaps people (such as those on this list) who are really into music have no life. Is this true? If music is your way of life, then that's your life. If someone who doesn't like music (yes they exist) thinks you have no life, then that's

The Spod wrote: their problem, not yours.

Do "normal" people see such activities as being obsessive about a particular band or genre as sad? Define normal.

Or does the obsession hold a mystique that makes these people seem more interesting than they really are? I think that can only be answered on a case by case basis.

(Are people into to music simply for this very reason?) That would be lame. You don't wanna know anyone who likes a band just to be cool. There aren't any here. Maybe on the Spice Girls list :P

From my own personal experience it feels that being really into music (none of my friends are) is not really seen as geeky or cool but just unusual

Simply true only because your friends are not into music. If you were in a community that hosted many music lovers, then it would be quite a different story.

It's like paying £££'s for TM when it isn't really worth that much (certainly not to me anyway). Is the price so high because of the coolness factor that is associated with the records rather than the songs themselves?

Niether! The price is so high because of the simple law of supply and demand. There are thousands of people who want something that is just not avalible, so it becomes ultra-expensive. That's why apartments downtown are more expensive than apartments in nowheresville, and that's why Tigermilk is more expensive than John Denver's greatest hits. I have records that were made in editions of hundreds, but because nobody cares about the music, they're not worth more than their personal value to me. Once upon a time someone was thinking,"How're we gonna get rid of all these Tigermilk albums?" I'd bet they'd've doubled the press run had they known. On the other hand, had I know I was only gonna sell 200 copies of my friend 7", I wouldn't've made 1000. You just never know. If you did, then you'd be rich. That's why psychics aren't real. Happy Tuesday Aadam

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