what was her response? I used to love asking questions of that sort in school.
Music snobs are annoying. Really, what was the point of that? Whenever I hear people call others out like that, it just seems like a case of them trying to be an ass. Who cares what she labeled the music she listened to? (Especially when it's not far off) Hell, if I want to say Tina Turner's music was Rock, so be it.
Not to mention that now, what's considered "Punk" is totally different from past times. Bands like Blink, Good Charlotte, Green Day, are what a lot, if not most people in this generation consider Punk. If a 10 yr old, wants to give a presentation to his class on "My Favorite Punk bands" (Or something a little less opiniated) there's no reason he has to detail the history of the Ramones and the Sex Pistols. And there's also no reason that if he says his favorite punk band is Blink, he has to do that whole "Post-Modern Pop Punk etc." crap description that music snobs as I call them so intently require.
And on the subject of the thread, I think that mentality puts quite a bit of distaste in people who don't listen to older bands, because the attitude of their fans, is even more annoying then the fans of "Shitty MTV music" as described in the thread.
Music snobs?? How do people that acknowledge music history qualify as snobs?
As a classical pianist, I do get annoyed when people base their favoritism of bands/acts on "I love dancing to their beats!" It's this crap that has managed to make hip-hop popular, despite being computer-produced engineering, rather than actual music. I actually like Fall Out Boy, due to their catchy rhythms and hooks, BUT I do acknowledge that they have little real 'talent.'
Two questions:
1) Who are you to tell someone what they are allowed to listen to?
2) More importantly, why do you care what another person listens to?