Trying To Be Hip and Cool

I noticed among my peers that they don't mind dropping names like Coldplay, Radiohead, My Morning Jacket, Can,Miles Davis, Deer Tick, and all those weird, unmainstream, and obscure bands but if one of the group starts saying how much he appreciate the new Staind record (The Illusion of Progress) or how Nickelback's certain song made him smile or how The Jonas Brothers' Lovebug is a cool song, then they seem to either criticize him for his embarrassing taste or would just tell him to stop listening to them because Staind lost their edge and the Jonas Brothers aren't real musicians and Nickelback can't write a real song...

Yet when Chris Martin (Coldplay) was asked about his thoughts on Nickelback, nobody expected that he actually praised the band for their ability to write catchy song and blue-collar lyrics. they all thought he would bashed the band like every music elitist out there... or like Pitchfork perhaps.

Truth is most of these people are/were non musicians and most of them based their musical preference to what they read on Pitchfork.

It shouldn't been like that.

while it's true that most mainstream bands are aimed at commercialism and not exactly for the love of music they're playing but we can't deny that sometimes, we love to hear a catchy good produced song once in a while...

So yes, i listen to Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Pinback, Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, and Bill Monroe yet I also listen to The Moffatts, Jonas Brothers, Staind, Nickelback, Bon Jovi, and even 98 Degrees (good harmonies and for the record, they're the only boyband who formed themselves because they love motown music and not by some guy names Louis Pearlman. Unfortunately they were lumped with the whole boyband thing and Motown started investing on their looks rather than their sound. Still they did have some good tunes though).

Same thing with those who listen exclusively to Christian Music. they stay all night trying to find an article to confirm if Sufjan Stevens, Crossfade,and Copeland are really christian bands. And now that Copeland is on Tooth and Nail people just assume so but back then, they're hesitant. I mean why can't they judge it for themselves. Try to study the lyrics and the bands lifestyle then you decide.

CCM is just another label thrown by the media. I have a friend who never listened to The Fray until she learned recently that their second album will be released through INO RECORDS/ EPIC. INO of course is known as a CCM indie label who has a distribution partnership with SONY.

It just crazy...