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Originally Posted by Igottago
I never said someone needs to be a fan of my music to be a fan of music. There are a lot of people I would consider fans of music whose tastes I can disagree with. Thats totally fine. What I take issue with is people who don't buy much music, don't listen to much other than what is presented to them on top 40 radio, don't know much beyond what they see on muchmusic, yet they act like their opinion is the gospel when it comes to whats good. They can think, like and say what they want. They have every right to. But who'se opinion am I going to trust and respect more when it comes to judging quality? Someone who buys and listens to a lot of music, different genres, goes to live shows -- or someoone who downloads a few of the latest hit singles and acts like they know whats going on with talented artists these days.
Its the same thing that this board does all the time to fairweather hockey fans. A lot of us love the game, the Flames, and we have the knowledge to back it up. We all know that guy who claims to be a huge fan when the team is good and can barely name the top line. He still has a right to call himself a hockey fan. He's just not a very big hockey fan.
That's why I used the word pallette. I don't need someone who eats at McDonald's as great restaurant experience telling me about fine dining. McDonald's is fine for what it is but I'm not going to regard that opinion on food as highly as someone who seeks out a more in depth cullinary experience.
Yes, it is personal opinion, but some people have a lot more experience with the subject matter to base their opinion on.
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Oh, but you did kind Sir (or Madame):
Originally Posted by
Igottago 
Great to see the Arcade Fire win, if for nothing else, just to irritate people like those twitter/facebook posts. Or simpletons as I like to call them. Yeah it might sound snobby, but if you're musical pallette consists only of the mainstream acts that we normally see at these awards shows, you are hardly any type of expert let alone authority on the world of music. I'd hardly classify you as a music fan. So nice to see Arcade Fire take home the big prize.
But the Grammy still suck and are hardly worth paying attention to.
That's where my question comes from. An expert and music fan are totally different as far as I'm cocnerned.
From your response to my post, I think you agree, so we're no longer disagreeing on the issue.