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Originally Posted by jammies
I'm not obsessed with expertise, the obsession lies with those who insist that their opinion is as good as an expert's.
If someone were to argue that Nickelback is the best music for screwing by, that would be a completely subjective opinion, and it would be hard to argue. (After all, all their songs run at one of only two tempos, so maybe a couple 70 bpm ballads and then a steady stream of 120 bpm songs would be just the thing for that particular purpose!) Yet if that person said that Nickleback recorded some of the finest vocal performances in the history of humanity, I would and could argue the point, just like your hypothetical engineer - because that is not a completely subjective opinion.
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I just explained that I don't listen to Nickelback for reasons of my own. In my opinion, Kroeger is not the most skilled vocalist out there, and most of the lyrics in Nickelback's songs lick mushroom crud because of their high-school cheesiness.
THAT SAID, I've also developed a certain taste for music that I prefer over time being exposed to music daily on a continuous basis. This does not make me anymore of an expert, however. I am an expert in my own opinion, and nothing more. I can change my tune and understand that people like Nickelback, given that they might LIKE those types of high-school lyrics, they might like the scruffiness in Kroeger's voice, and given the fact that they write fairly catchy melodies. Hence, my point is... music preference comes from the soul. Everyone is different. If you ask for someone's opinion on a type of music, it's going to be biased, no matter what they say. This is why you cannot criticize someone's choice in music. Or atleast, I won't. Everyone interprets it differently, and I think you have to try to understand that. There is no 'right' type of music when it comes to preferences. You have to form your own opinion, and leave everyone else to what satisfies them personally.