Music Snobs

I am so over music snobs. You know the type...everybody knows at least one, most of us know more than one.

They are the people who smirk at you when you tell them you like Britney Spears; the ones who shudder when you admit that 'Elephunk' is your favourite Black Eyed Peas album; the people who incessantly complain about commercial radio and the state of the music charts. I would like to alert these people to a fact that seem to elude them..

I DON'T CARE!!!!

I don't care if you don't like what I like; I don't care if what I like is looked down upon by you, or is something that you consider "inferior"; I don't care if it is "criminal" in your eyes to not want to listen to The Beatles/Led Zeppelin/The Clash/Bob Dylan, etc., etc, etc. in my spare time.

I think these people have missed the point. In all their complaining about the state of music these days they have forgotten that it is about what the individual gets out of it that matters. We listen to what we like because we identify with it, because it makes you feel something or identify with something.

Plus - why is your opinion more important than mine? Why do you know better? Who died and made you the music guru?

No amount of condescending comments, bullying or anything else will change what I enjoy.

Let's put an end to the waste of time that is the attempted re-education of the Pop Princess...news flash is that she doesn't want to "learn". I am happy liking what I like (and apparently so are hundreds and thousands of others who are buying similar titles to me, according to the charts).

Thank you very much.

Over and out.

APRA Award Winners

2007 APRA Award Winners:

Song of the year:
'One Crowded Hour', performed by Augie March, written by Glenn Richards.

Songwriter of the year:
Andrew Stockdale, Myles Heskett, Christopher Ross (Wolfmother).

Breakthrough songwriter of the year:
Glenn Richards (Augie March).

Ted Albert Award For Outstanding Service to Australian Music:
Michael McMartin.

Most performed Australian work:
'Lift', performed by Shannon Noll, written by Adam Reily, Bryon Jones, Shannon Noll and Andrew Roachford.

Most performed Australian work overseas:
'Are You Gonna Be My Girl', performed by Jet, written by Nic Cester and Cameron Muncey.

Most performed foreign work:
'Feel Better' performed by Santana featuring Steven Tyler.

Most performed jazz work:
'Love Me For The Cool', performed and written by Mark Sholtez.

Most performed country work:
'Nothing At All', performed and written by Kasey Chambers.

Most performed dance work:
'Flaunt It', performed by TV Rock, written by Sean Berchik, Ivan Gough and Grant Smillie.

Most performed urban work:
'Get Up Outta The Dirt' performed by Butterfingers, written by Eddie Jacobson.

Most performed blues and roots work:
'Songbird', performed and written by Bernard Fanning.

I Am Finished With You-oooooo

Does anyone else think that Avril Lavigne’s ‘Girlfriend’ was written with the intention of being the ‘Mickey’ of the naughties? It is sooo similar! She may as well have done the cheer leader clip to go with it – if you are going to rip off someone else’s idea, you may as well go the whole hog.

Silverchair at the Metro last week totally blew my mind. It was magic. The band, Daniel in particular, looked more comfortable than any of the previous times that I have seen them (which would sit at around 6 or so times, the first being for $12 on a Sunday afternoon at the Palace when I was around 13) – and seem to look more like they are enjoying it than ever before. Perhaps the seven-odd year hiatus was just what this band needed.

Although, with regards to the whole Paul Mac "thing", I wish they would either make him an official part of the band, or not. He is practically a permanent fixture anyway; why not just make it official??? Clearly he is Daniel’s source of inspiration, his muse – for want of a better term. I wonder how Ben and Chris feel – basically they are now a percussion section that is told what to do by Daniel and non-band member Paul Mac, surely if he was at least part of the band that would be easier to take. However, the band is still together, so they must be OK with it.

The 30 Seconds to Mars gig was in a league of its own. I can honestly say that I was speechless throughout. I have never seen a more perfectly executed, well though-out and completely emotionless performance in my life. Merely another role for Jared Leto to play, or so it would seem to the non-emo, over 14 year old members of the audience – of which there were only a handful of. To the majority though, it was approximately 1 hour (yes, the equivalent of $1.00 a minute) of heaven. Festival Hall resembled what I imagine a cult ritual may be like – with Mr. Leto at the helm, his disciples feeling thoroughly unworthy of his greatness. There was no attempts to pretend that the rest of the band was anything but added props (along with the Chinese screens, characters and tassels that decorated the stage). There was only one person on that stage that mattered - one person who was in the spot light (literally). Not what you would expect when seeing a band, I wouldn't have though. I guess I missed something – or maybe I am just getting old :o)

Pop Princess x