Why liking obscure music does not make you better than anyone else. And why you think it does

1. Because you didn't DISCOVER the song/artist/fusion-dance-trash can-banging-flautist. You are not even the first person to like it/them/her. (Yes the flautists in my head are always female.) Someone else liked them before you, someone else probably turned you on to them. Thank your friend, Pandora, Slacker, You Tube, headliner you went to see, whatever, and get over yourself.

2. Because liking them does not improve your character. In fact it just gives you another thing to be a smug ass hole about. "You haven't heard of Tuna Blue Machete? God I've been listening to them since. . ." Since you first heard them, you prick. That is the way it works.

The reasons you think liking obscure music makes you better than anyone else.

1. You need something to make you feel special. And that is just sad. Even your tiniest most insignificant achievement gives you more merit than the fact that you like a band someone else hasn't heard of.

2. The deep personal connection you have created in your own head makes you feel true to your persona or lifestyle. Also sad. If you are really a Eco-conscious-instrument-recycler, your life will show that. You don't need to shove your smugness over the fusion-dance-trash can-banging-flautist in our faces in order to prove yourself.

On a related note. Calling Bob Marley by his first name does not make you deep.


Another thing you should know.

It is not ok to want a band you like to stay un-popular. If you really liked them you would want them to make money doing what they love. They would like to make money at something they love. Who wouldn't? And becoming popular does not automatically equate to being a sell out. It just makes you angry. . . because you are shallow and selfish.