What music do these guys find acceptable? - High Fidelity (2000) Discussion

[–] reynardtfox 10 years ago

I think one of the implications of the story is that you'll never know. It's labyrinthine and esoteric and bordering on ineffable, and they might capriciously get sniffy about something you like that they also like. It's all about their attitude and perception of you than you getting it right in their estimation.

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[–] Lord-Z 10 years ago

For record-store nerds, they have very broad tastes. The only real musical crime they seem to be against is sappiness, especially if it is disingenuous.

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[–] Gojira1963 10 years ago

The truth is that no matter if it movies or music one needs to reach a point where thy like what they like and not give a crap what other people think.

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[–] mphsss 10 years ago

Still confused.

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[–] bhoover247 10 years ago

I think the key to these guys and other record store snobs is popularity. The more popular with mass appeal the less likely they are to admit they like it. For example the band U2 has admitted they took their sound from the 70's group Joy Division. I'm sure that these guys would give great praises to Joy Division, but would look down their nose at U2. No matter how good U2 eventually became.

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[–] mphsss 10 years ago

So if music they love ever becomes popular, they just can't like it anymore? I've always thought that kinda thinking is stupid. There's tons of movies and songs I wish would receive a little more attention. Doesn't mean that once they did I'd focus my attention elsewhere, I'd be all excited to watch it go from extinction to success.

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[–] munky_funky 10 years ago

Truthfully I think they are more anti pop than anything. If anything, they are root snobs. The Green Day example is best. They are not fans of Green Day, but instead are fans of the Clash and Stiff Little Fingers: Bands that Green Day looks upon as their inspiration. They mention not liking rap, probably because it samples from other music, but I am guessing if you asked for some Lost Poets or Gil Scott-Heron, they would be impressed.

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[–] m_solaris 10 years ago

Marie La Salle ;)

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[–] cryofry 10 years ago

They're a bunch of hipsters. Nuff said.

It looks a bit sweaty in there so you may need to apply baby powder Zapp Brannigan

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[–] Huskie_Jon 9 years ago

Apparently, Barry like Katrina and The Waves, unless he was only playing their one hit to be ironic. After all, later in the movie, he wears a Yanni concert T-shirt, and he did not strike me as a Yanni fan.

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[–] fffitgc 9 years ago

It's not about the "best song"; it's about the best song for the moment.

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[–] TeenGangDeb 9 years ago

Guys like this are a joke, even in real life. If they don't like you they will think you're an idiot anyway. Like Comic Book Guy. Same premise.

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[–] majormet 9 years ago

I had a friend in college who was like this, he almost liked anything that didn't sell, which gets complicated when a band lumbers for a few years and then hits it big. A music critic could easily like a band like the Goo Goo Dolls before the Boy Named Goo album and herald them as geniuses mainly because they are more esoteric and then they get recognized for the same exact sound and they turn on them.

What I always hated about snobby record store owners was their facial expression when they are ringing up your records, as if they can't tolerate your guilty pleasures. I remember I bought a Bauhaus record on the same day I bought Whitney Houston's eponymous record. I don't think that clerk/owner ever chatted me up again.

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[–] bhoover247 9 years ago

Funny story about Bauhaus and Whitney Houston on the same purchase. The record store owner might have later on started getting second thoughts about Bauhaus especially when they got attention for the exposure they received after the movie "The Hunger". He might have had to talk to fellow snob the movie rental store man.

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[–] majormet 9 years ago

LOL Bauhaus was the ultimate indie snob record store band at one point, it was a band you never heard on the radio, then it became Fugazi I think ...

The Hunger... David Bowie playing an old man right? Did not realize Bauhaus was featured a lot in there, certainly the snobs had to change quickly when Love and Rockets were a success.

It would be the equivalent of Tame Impala today having a popular song in a Miles Teller movie LOL

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[–] mrjbaptist 8 years ago

They are musical losers,and "wannabees" because music snobs with real taste collect classical, or Frank Zappa on vinyl, but only original pressings. ;)

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