Meet my friend- the Music Snob!

Do you have a friend who is a music snob?

Oh wait, before we get to the more delicious part, lemme first define "music snob".

Music snob is someone who thinks he or she posses great quality of taste in music that are identical to the taste of music reviewers, and who thinks that because of his or her self acclaimed good taste in music, he or she has the right toshoot down other people 's music preference.

Mild example:

Music Snob: God, I feel like an idiot wearing this "The Cure" t-shirt when I don't even watch them "live".
A friend who's wearing "The Cure" t-shirt: Really?
Music Snob: (Stifled a gigle) Oh wait, I take that back. I did see them "live" in Singapore.
(Raised an eyebrow) What about you?

I have/had one.He seemed like a nice ordinary music geek who dedicate his sen and ringgit to concert tickets, CDs, rock t-shirts, concert dvds and the works. Before he has wide extensive knowledge about the indie rock scene, he was an avid Wikipedian who researched dilligently hours before he went out and hang out with his buddies. He will then, interrupt a conversation here and there, with the question, "Do you know that..." while others swore in their hearts, for letting him hung out with them. O, What dedication! O, What passion!

Except...he used his fierce passion for music to put other people down.

MS : You like these US bands?
( I am a fan of the Elephant 6 bands plus some other indie-folk band like Neutral Milk Hotel, but the MS, he only listens to UK bands because according to him, the Next Big Thing always emerged from that part of the world. Maybe that's why he looks like some lost Mod dresser in Brickfields )
Me : Yeah, they sound different. Weird but interesting.
He just shrugged off my answer.

Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire? Nope, not his cup of coffee.I don't care, actually, as long as you don't act snobbish with your choice of music. He also likes to act bored or pretend to be "in the know" if his friends recommend new emerging bands to him. I bet he owns a Music Band Almanac, for saving his face as the music band specialist just in case some of us mention bands he's not familiar with.

When I asked him why he's like this, he answered back, assumingly like some rude big headed punk rock star, "Oh, I don't have anything else better to do,"

Yeah, right. Let's start with your current job which has a lot to do with saving the world.

Now comes the best part (err...for me, I think).
I was checking out the files I saved on the desktop when I noticed a music file for Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah. My other half do not listen to this band. Me, on the other hand, owns the band's first album.
"Who send you this?" I asked him. He said "The Music Snob".
I smiled widely.

Next thing I heard he bought a Modest Mouse CD.
Hah.
The reason, he cited was because Johny Marr, The Smiths's former guitarist joined the band for their latest album, We were Dead Even Before the Ship Sank. Johny Marr? Again, Johny Marr???? Are we even talking about The Smiths, now? The force to reckon with when you talk about MM is not Johny Marr, its Isaac Brock!!! What nerve!

To the Music Snob; dude, enjoy your music but just don't forget to respect other people's choice of music and get a life!