This thread stinks of
rockism.
Ah, so it's the implication that if I don't like music made for tweenage girls, for instance, I'm sexist or homophobic. (Actually, I don't really complain about stuff like Justin Bieber or One Direction at all. I don't actually find them to be that omnipresent. Something has to be everywhere and agressively "not my thing" for me to hate it. The music really isn't made for me, and I don't seem to hear it that much, so I find myself not giving a fuck.)
I like what I like. I'm not going to pretend to like something I don't like just to be more politically correct. That's stupid. It's this kind of stuff that makes me distance myself from "the left" sometimes. It's just a bunch of bullshit self-important posturing (usually among white people), as much as I wish it wasn't.
And for the record, I do like some rap music and would like to know more about it. I also like some country music, albeit not stuff you're going to find if you're going to tune into your Clear Channel country station. Hank Williams is the shit.
I also like what I've heard of St. Vincent, and would like to hear more. I feel the same way about the Black Belles.
I also think Stephen Merritt (who is gay) is awesome.
Furthermore, my XNTP cousin (from Chicago) showed me that there's more to electronic music than French Filter House, and a lot of what he showed me, like trance and Chicago house, I really liked.
I'm kidding about Greenday being the most authentic example of the punk movement. I was hoping to get a rise out of people, but it didn't work. I like punk music in small doses, when I want energy. I can't listen to it too much, it's too repetitive.