every time i listen to music i feel pretentious and guilty = that's because i don't really understand/ have a strong taste, and so whenever i listen it's only stuff that makes me feel remotely cool but in reality i'm just being a dick, a disrespectful dick and if someone that actually understood the music would see what an ass i am he would resent me =(
try listening to different genres or concentrating on the lyrics. if you own an album which has the lyrics with it try reading along with them. i allways find the best way to understand a song and too know if you like it is to know what the artist is singing about.
don't follow the crowd on what they listen to listen to the music YOU want to listen to.
marilyn manson
deftones
crystal castles
enter shikari
ratatat
greeley estates
the devil wears prada
sky eats airplane
You could try a music appreciation course. That would teach listening skills & open up musical doors.
There is nothing wrong with commercial music, but it is extraordinarily narrow and driven by big business marketing to youth.
thats really funny.
whatever man. just listen to music. why would you feel guilty thats gay.
Back to our subject. Wow! You have realized something great by questioning your relation to music.
First: the entertainment industry is fostering people's belonging feeling to a genre, thus creating the sense of superiority by choosing their group. Reason: units moved.
Second: Not liking music. You're touching a sensitive issue as you feel unfulfilled in your appreciation. You question how you should appreciate music and your own expectations of it. Totally valid, medias are submerged with bands trying to make a quick buck and fuck groupies. And the quality of music gets more dilluted every year since like Mozart in 1756.
the medicine check out Dr Hook - Cover of the Rolling Stone on youtube
In conclusion, these days, I go for slap-happy tunes with cynical lyrics