Samadhi
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preacha said:the neptunes are pharrell and chad hugo
edit: i'm petty and a giant music snob
oops, thanks pointing out my brain-fart
preacha said:the neptunes are pharrell and chad hugo
edit: i'm petty and a giant music snob
Discriminating between people on the grounds of merit is generally lawful in Western democracies. Discrimination on other grounds, such as skin color or religion, generally is not.
-Thoth said:For a class system to emerge there need to be dominant heirachical systems of power. I would debate this exists in the music scene, which while being fractured into groups of varying taste, does not represent something like classism. Unless you can argue that techno fans have some kind of social control/power/privalege over say, R'n'B fans, then all you have are two groups that like different shit.
Comparing it with colour, gender and sexuality are flawed analogies... Blacks, Women and Gays in these instances faced conditions of cultural/social/economic/political opression from dominant, established power heirarchies and were denied the privaleges these powerholders posessed. This was no issue of black/white, gay/straight, male/female difference of opinion... It was about people who were in the order of things disposessed, and as such had to fight against the dominant discourse to get the rights they wanted.
Believing your opinions or tastes are "better" than somebody else's to some extreme is only arsehole egomaniac behaviour until you actually deprive sombody else or another whole group of rights through it. In conditions like that, you can get class systems developing... Its less a case of differing opinions as it is have's and have nots.
So until then... I can slag off at country music, and they can pay me out right back. Until I nuke Nashville, who really gives a shit?
vanth said:I guess I am a bit snobby. I laugh at one of my friends for liking Casey Chambers. I can appreciate pop though. I have been sneered at by too many prog elitists to be too much of a snob 8)
eggman88888 said:aaah not sure what discussion this thread is meant to generate
Is it about class systems or musical taste?
I believe in class distinction, its simply unavoidable, it works and you will find it everywhere even in the cultures that specificaly indicate that they do avoid it
I love The Clash, absolutely amazing music
THIS.... IS.... RADIO........ CLASH!!!
Spot on.MoonlapseVertigo said:As long as the music you listen to has some worth, even if I don't like it.
If it's something like an Australian Idol Compilation, or The Veronicas, I think that says something about you as a person. And it's generally not something I like.