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.