Music Snobbery – When There’s Only Time for the Best of the Best

Recently, I was called music snob by some folks I know. I have been called similar things throughout my adult life by various people. I used to take offense to it but lately I have learned to take it as a compliment. It just goes to show how developed my musical taste is that I can begin to distinguish between the cream of the crop and everything else. It’s not that I can only listen to good music, it’s just that after listening to really good music, it makes the really bad music stand out. My musical palette is so full now that why would I waste my time listening to just anything? I don’t try and come off as stuffy when it comes to these things, I just want others to have the same enlightenment that I did over the years. I, like everyone else, started as the bottom of the barrel. I used to think Green Day was the best band out there and that no band was ever going to top them. As my musical repertoire has increased however, Green Day has become mediocre at best. My point is not that a band like Green Day was once good and is now bad, it’s just that there are a lot of bands out there who are better and by default Green Day moves down the list of bands that I think are good. Part of what I want to accomplish with my writing is to help diversify the musical world. So to be fair, I want to not only bring you the cream of the crop, but I want to bring you the bottom of the barrel as well. I will not just bash, but try and give well thought out explanations for my choices. Anyone who has a problem with that can let me know in the comments section. If you agree with me, you can use the same comment box to give me praise. Be prepared for both sides of the spectrum.