IMPOSTERS!
I decided to take a moment to tell you all about how much I hate pop culture whores. I have a couple of friends who talk about how much they love a certain band after only hearing 30 seconds of one song lowly, in the background of a commercial. While I have known of this band for years in advance and am always trying to introduce new music to them but they say I have poor taste. Until it becomes popular!
There really is nothing that pisses me off more than somebody like that. I’m not one of those people who think an indie band has “sold out” when their music gets featured in a commercial. I’m actually proud that they’re getting the exposure and money that they deserve and it’s not their fault that there are people like this; those who cling to one fad after another, too afraid to make their own decisions (I guess) and live their own life.
The reason I bring this up is that I realized all of my friends are this way to some extent. They’ve only talked about a great band once their music was featured in a movie or something, their car sterio presets are set on pop stations and when we’re listening to my iPod, if one of those songs comes on, they only know it as “that song from that one commercial”.
I guess I’m just difficult. But I’m sure I’m not the only one that feels this way about stuff. So, Internet, I want to hear your opinions, stories, agreements, disagreements. Leave a comment.
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