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but this is just preachy, embarrassing angry-young-man stuff. When he switches gears and starts on the "it's a gift to get born" bit... as I say, ripe for a good solid nut-kicking.

Even the guardian has this right. We have far too many micro-genres for largely similar western music, but the varying music of other countries, continents in fact, is just labelled "world music".

getting all enthusiastic that someone maybe even cares, leaping at the chance to share, to impart, and as soon as it dawns on them that it's not someone they know, they mentally glaze over, and oh fuck you, WHY DO I EVEN BOTHER FUCK OFF *puts headphones back on*.

but with the caveat that I've also never heard anybody use the words "pop scholar" either to refer to themselves or someone else, either ironically or otherwise, IRL or on the web, other than in the OP. Why is nobody questioning this? Do these people actually exist? If someone said that to me I'd laugh in their face.

People describe themselves as hipsters?

But i hardly ever find them to add anything to a song.

I'll concede that Wichita Lineman and Hurt have me in bits so I'm not completely immune.

but most of the listeners actively seem to hate it. And the response to the Kraftwerk thing said everything about how narrow the general listener tastes are.

Paintings are a visual artform too, so that's bollocks. But you know what I meant.

the Pogues and the Cure in the above paragraph, you are DISmissed.

a) Muse are great, or
b) Muse are shit

Because my own opinion of them swings between these two on a daily basis. I actually think they're kind of both.

I'm only here for the banter and larks.

30 something friends pulling the "are they still around" line with most bands we liked when we were younger. These are all bands still putting out incredible music today. This also annoys me to no end though I can't quite put a finger as to why. These are the same people that believe no good music has occurred since they were in College and are very selective on any new music they bring into their life like it's uncool to like music some trendy kid in their early 20's likes.

if they haven't heard them thats fine, but if they have and then didn't like it.....well they are not to be trusted on anything - i think less of them as a person.

Not because I don't appreciate their contribution, but I'd hate to be so certain music peaked 45 years ago.

someone actually said this to me recently.

i'm sure they're nice guys but their music makes me want to kill.

I don't understand how you could go to uni and not get into dubstep.

If its (e. dubstep) you wan't, I'm your man/woman!

more the general vibe i get from them. like one person could tell me they like bruno mars and i might think "yeah, that makes sense" and another person say the same thing and i'd be nonplussed.

when i get asked what music i like, i say "good music" which is the answer of a cunt but god, there just isn't a good answer to that question.

I'm going to V Festival again this year..."

does anyone know what the real ale line-up for this year's end of the road festival is?

wrong 'uns.

Completely straight-faced reply to an enquiry into their taste. I no longer associate with this person.

"I like dubstep, like Skrillex"

A woman at work asks, when something not to her taste comes on during iTunes shuffles: "Let's have something gay on".

He even refuses to listen to the first los campesinos! album because their last one is called hello sadness. Though truth be told he still thinks its 2007 and listens to landfill indie like the kooks/pigeon detective.

But then asking them what their favourite Stones/Beatles etc album is, then you get the "don't really have a favourite, they are all brilliant" answer, the blank/nervous look on their face, probably hoping you don't pursue the matter further.

I don't buy music any more

for the post-grunge-nu-alt-grind-gaze-electro-dark-emo-core movement myself.

i dismiss your taste in music.