professional, well-paid people in responsible jobs, generally, who are now in their late 30s / 40s / even early 50s, who consider themselves educated and cultured and aware

Stop sullying the slackjawed majesty of Sham 69 with your haughty parlor games, brigand.

I put the Sham there cos they would never be taken in by the kind of suit-wearing loser this thread is calling out. (as pictured on the right)

Diagonal pinstripes. Huh.

So what's hiding in your record collection? The AVALANCHES...

Sham are just exactly the kind of thing aging hipsters have stuck in their back closets, that and the Clash.

No way because Sham are all about TELLING US THE TRUTH

Speaking as an aging 41 year old, my Sham 69 discs are proudly displayed on my shelves, not sequestered away in some dank closet. And THEY SHIT all over your precious little Animal Collective discs and Lady GaGa singles, you newts.

That said, I'm not at all well-paid nor have a responsible job at the moment, so that's me out, then.

cultured and aware of what, tho?

I've got all the responsibility I can possibly handle but I somehow missed out on the "well paid" part, so, it ain't me babe.

420 kill a yuppie everyday

i am none of these things

i am all of these things

is this thread about gabnebb

i am the alpha and the omega

my milkshake brings all the boys to the poll

I Love Music

But are you in touch enough to have Good Taste?

Sham 69 are better and way less overrated than Animal Collective: discuss

adj/hyp

c/d: ppl who only buy 8 cds a year but all of them are animal collective

"Sham 69 are better and way less overrated than Animal Collective: discuss"

TRUTH!!!!!

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C/D: ppl who buy 0 CDs a year but d/l a few hundred a month

T/S rather.

Okay I think I've found case law on this issue

# People who like less popular music than yours are pretentious poseurs.
# People who like more popular music than yours are brainwashed marketing slaves.
# People who like music different from yours, but similarly popular, are pretentious brainwashed marketing-slave poseurs.
When in doubt, people who like music other than yours just don't know any better.

fyi nv reallll animal collective fans (e.g. professional, aware, &c) would d/l shit pre-release and then buy the limited ed vinyl lp w/ hand-crayoned artwork bcz they know itz important to support the bands drug habit

fyi Lamp reallll Sham 69 fans wouldn't own any of Sham 69's music because they're in BORSTAL

(for now)

real animal collective fans would actually be in the band

What we really need is a panel of ILM Good Taste arbiters who can set clearly defined rules and adjudicate on cases as they arise. Also maybe some kind of Truth and Reconciliation program and a rigorous system of bans for professional well-paid people in their late 30s, 40s and even early 50s.

no what we need is more threads about animal collective

tbh i know ZERO people in real life who are like this. my friends are very unaware of music and pop culture as a whole. :-( i wish i could talk trash about the stuff i like but alas no.

rigorous system of bans for professional well-paid people in their late 30s, 40s and even early 50s.

also g*bbn*b already suffered a sug ban and tombot is gone thats pretty much all of them i think

Hold on, you said responsible. My friends are... but what's well-paid? Ah fuck it, I'm just a pretender when it comes to being an adult.

There's a simple test nath. Do you have Good Taste y/n?

i.e. how do u feel abt this wonderful animal cololective vid:

a) too much low-end
b) not enuff low-end
c) too psychedelic
d) not pyschedelic enuff imo
e) its aight but i liked their earlier work much better

No, I don't actually. I'm pathetically fannish when it comes to "incoherent taste" -> I will rabidly defend my "bad" idols and distrust ANYONE who has "coherent" taste. Whenever I meet someone, I wanna poke'em and prove they're alien.

(So yes, I will defend the fact I read the Daily Mail website.)

hahahahahahahahaha @ this thread.

For ref; these people were not my friends - they're people in the big important jobs at the medium-sized but internationally-renowned (apparently) organisation I work for. Like my girlfriend's boss.

When in doubt, people who like music other than yours just don't know any better.

you forgot the corollary about people who like the same music you do but like it for the wrong reasons.

anyway, pending a layoff (which could totally happen any time), i fit the general parameters of the thread title. as a representative of my demographic, how can i help you?

(answers other than "kill yrself" please.)

Hey, other than the "well-paid" bit I fit the description too,

you fanboys all crack me up

i have never knowingly heard a animal collective "song" so what does that make me

a) the same as 99.6% of the World's population
b) lucky
c) Jimmy Pursey
d) Insert zing of your own choice

Was gonna poll those but thought it might be de trop.

i have never knowingly heard a animal collective "song" so what does that make me

tbf u have heard every animal collective song u just dont know it yet~~~~ they sing the song ur heart sings at its most secret the songs u hum to yrself as u drift 2 sleep the songs of the sky and the sun as they shine down on u kid there are songs u body knows and ur spirit exalts this is animal collective

You know what? I hope I end up as one of these people.

They sing that noise you hear when someone hits you in the back of the head with a crowbar.

I mean it is better than my current status as 'struggling, debt-laden person in low-paying job in my mid-20s who considers myself mostly educated and embittered and hip to secret shit'

secret shit

Man, so many poll ideas.

good work today people

possible topics for further exploration

-- twitter: where we got off the bus
-- the love/hate relationship with NPR and mainstream middle-brow liberal culture
-- how will you tell when the music doesn't actually suck, you're just too OLD?

You know what? I hope I end up as one of these people.

^^^this

(ppl who say "mommy, i wanna be weird when i grow up" are generally squares to begin with; i kinda want some normalcy in my life though!)

i think a dude was listening to some squarepusher on the tram when i was in ghent. i was in doubt whether i should mention it but then i was too nauseous after a while. it just weirded me out. gah i am getting old.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

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wtf I'm only 31.

But it's good to have you back.

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