Well, of course we are sounding opinionated and a bit self-righteous. I think there are a couple of reasons for that--first, the very title of the chain drew our attention. We selected ourselves into this exchange of rantings and ideas. Second, isn't that one of the funcions of this--to state an opinion that without claiming rightness or wrongness is most assuradly our own? People choose the music they love because some intrinsic aspect within that music resonates within their souls. Therefore, they are fiercely defensive of those choices because of what revealed in that choice. If you want to pursue a negative aspect of this, it allows us one more way to categorize and judge people. I don't take it all that seriously. I like what I like--and may not like what "they" like, but mostly with they would turn down their car stereos. Maybe there is something that happens in our brain when we reach a "certain age" that makes us more set in our own tastes and more reactive to what is around us. I don't know, but I do appreciate a chance to read what other people think, especially, being human, the ones who agree with me...