[fishmonkey]

Originally Posted by truncated

The recurring hypocrisy of the trendophobe. People bitch and moan about the idiocy of the general public and their collective bad taste, their ignorance to worthwhile music while they happily swallow whatever top ten hit blaring on the radio at the moment. However, in some frantic attempt to jealously guard their image as ecclectic and 'underground,' they immediately damn an artist that makes their work accessible to the public, because, god forbid, what if everyone ELSE starts liking the same things that you, O enlightened avant-garde intellectual, enjoy as well?

Deep in the secret folds of your corduroy-draped, denim-swathed, toussle-haired, anti-establishment, indie-humping hearts, you cower in fear of assimilation. You desperately cling to your identity of being on the 'outside,' to the romantic notion that you, and ONLY you, are clever and anti-hip and abstract and enlightened, and if you suddenly became one of a multitude, you would have nothing definitive left to redeem your existence. You're DIFFERENT, by christ, and nobody ELSE is allowed to be different!

I would bet my literal life that if Sonic Youth were more popular, 80% of you assholes wouldn't be on this board.

A load of bollox, sorry