Ah yes...the worms are a wigglin' on this one. I told you it was a good thread. Music is ALL bad, it's Satin's tool to deliver us to the pits of HELL.(hearty harr)
I was reminded once of how narrow minded I was to the sounds of C&W and saying how BAD I thought it was. At a song circle years ago A friend of mine finished performing this wonderful song and I asked him where it came from and he replied, "Garth Brooks" That opened my eyes to try and listen to some of the POP stuff. There is a coworker at work that wants me to give his 3 year old son guitar lessons. Says he really wants to do Garth Brooks songs.The media hype is there but at the same, there really is talent out there. Most are guilty of selling themselves like hookers on the street corner. Most people listen to have some noise and rythyms to help get through their day, as I have over the years progressed to musician/singer status I find myself really listening to the whole song. Maybe being armed with knowledge and experience of music gives us a different perspective and appreciation for music. My expression of snobbery was meant:since I don't know much about the main acts in the music media and isolate my appreciation to a discriminate category of acoustic folk type artistry, those folks in the main stream might think of me as a snob. And thats OK, because regardless good or bad music, they have fallin into the trap of being force fed music that Corporate America wants them to hear. In other words, they'll likely never experience going to a live concert of 150 audience and seeing what an intimate concert is. They'll pay $75 dollers for a ticket and sit in the last row, watch the big screen TV, listen and watch the great fireworks show, never really seeing the artist up close, come home and tell me what a great concert he saw.
Oh hell I'm just an opinionated snob, I'm beginning to like the expression.
Mudjack