Sinister: Snob? Moi?

[Ian Long]

Just being ironic, the joke being that 'I am no better
than anyonelse cos of the music I like', with the
claim of having better taste as the comedic pay off
line, making a mockery of all I had just said.  And
anyway, I have cos I said so, so there.  ;)
--- paul.rudolph.b at bayer.com wrote: > 
> I see your point - our beliefs and opinions don't
> make us better
> people.
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> but the inevitable question is:  who are you to say
> you have better taste?
> 
> no big deal, just asking : )


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> On the subject of being a music snob,  I must say in
> my youth I was in fact a music fascist.  And my, it
> was  fun.  Whilst in school and college, and to a
> lesser extent Uni, I felt good that I knew about
> bands
> no-one had heard of except me.  It was a good way of
> feeling superior to the people who bullied me,
> pushed
> me around and made the first few years of my
> educational life hell.  You see, they could never
> understand or appreciate the music like I could, 
> 'cos
> I was great and deep and intelligent.  And they were
> shit.  And when my fave, underground bands went top
> ten, god how I hated it.  Damn sell outs.  And how
> could all those normal people dare to like my
> favourite bands.  HOW DARE THEY!?!?!?!?  Oh, I used
> to
> get so angry.
> But that was then and this is now.  And as I have
> got
> older, I have realised that it is pointless and does
> no real good in the long run.  Now to atone for my
> past sins,  I try and force people to listen to B+S,
> Super Furry Animals etc.  And I rejoice when the
> music
> I love reaches a wider audience.  So I may still be
> a
> snob (Toploader? Pah, I'd rather die!), |I have
> realised liking obscure bands doesn't make me better
> than anyone else.  It just means I have better
> taste.
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> Cheers for reading,
> Ian
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> "I heard that rumour.  I know, I started it."
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