re: The Great American Rock Band

Well no wonder you got pissed on

O rly?

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It's like the Coen's 5th best movie

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Just an estimate from memory. Did not look at the list. Could be farther down.

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music snobs are spreading the gospel... it's a higher calling..

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I couldn't disagree with this more. Music snobs generally hate anything that is too popular, so i don't think they want converts, they just like to act like they are better than everyone else.

I used to be the guy that, when someone told me they don't like the Dead I was shocked and appalled. Then I came to realize that lots of people don't, and that in the late 2,000s I'm actually a minority in terms of liking them.

I do think they are the best thing since sliced bread, but I don't try and convince people of it anymore. I don't force friends to listen saying, "give it a try, you'll love it". Because the fact is they probably won't.

Just something about Jerry's guitar that gets me in the groove. Add to that Bobby's attitude and their experimental attitude towards music, Robert Hunter's lyrics... I'm in heaven, and quite frankly it is crowded enough without the rest of you.

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I couldn't disagree with this more. Music snobs generally hate anything that is too popular, so i don't think they want converts, they just like to act like they are better than everyone else.

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I find the opposite to be true. Most music snobs I know, we like all sorts of things, and will defend popular things as well (I'm in Call Me Maybe's corner! I think Hanson is great as well). By virtue of having listened to a lot of stuff, we know our tastes, and feel confident in our opinions.

On the flip side, mainstream music fans are the ones who feel the need to demonize those who are audophiles. Look at who lobbed the "snobs" argument, has there been an equivalent "slob" charge? In this thread, multiple times people have argued something is not good because it's not popular enough, but the "snobs" have not made the inverse argument -- that something is bad because it has lots of fans. In fact, I explicitly agreed with a rubric that included popularity in it.

I'm not saying there aren't some people out there who just want to like the most obscure thing they can, but most people grow out of being 22.

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Most music snobs I know, we like all sorts of things, and will defend popular things as well (I'm in Call Me Maybe's corner! I think Hanson is great as well). By virtue of having listened to a lot of stuff, we know our tastes, and feel confident in our opinions.

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I wouldn't consider you a music snob then.

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In this thread, multiple times people have argued something is not good because it's not popular enough

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for this particular topic, I do think it does have to be a popular band, which you seem to agree. I don't much care for Aerosmith, but I think they are good answer to this question. I like Mudhoney, but wouldn't have them in this debate.

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I'm not saying there aren't some people out there who just want to like the most obscure thing they can, but most people grow out of being 22.

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these are the people I'm talking about and sadly not all of them do grow out of it

ETA: I do agree that beer snobs are pretty bad.

I don't think anyone said it wasn't good because it wasn't popular in this thread. I think they said its hard to be the great American rock band without being a household name.

Also, after what you said, if you consider yourself a music snob then you aren't a very common one. Most would not admit to liking bubblegum type pop.

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I couldn't disagree with this more. Music snobs generally hate anything that is too popular, so i don't think they want converts, they just like to act like they are better than everyone else.

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Generally proving in the process they don't have a clue what constitutes art. I generally avoid any thread started by a self proclaimed music "snob." Opinionated know it alls generally are closed minded.