MUSIC SNOBS SUCK

There's this idea now that all the 'good' music is indie, or is a band comprised on musicians hell bent on political revolution, or someone who belongs to their own label.
Where does this come from?
I mean, fuck, we all know Brittany Spears and Justin Timberlake are manufactured versions of musicians, but, why is so much emphasis placed on this idea that new 'under-ground' bands are the ones that are breaking ground.
How many MUSIC SNOBS have enough knowledge of old music to be so snotty with what they listen to?
Do you think Kathleen Hanna or Patti Smith don't have guilty pleasures?
Do you love Earlimart because you think they have an original sound?
Do you embrace Matmos because they combine art and music?
I mean, all of these things are fine, I would agree with them myself, but why is it then, that a MUSIC SNOB will fight tooth and track listing to say they have no affinity for anything mainstream?
This is a manufactured approach to music.
How do you know what you are listening to is fantastic if you're just taking the word of the guy in the Beret who chokes down soy lattes cause that's what the 'Indie Gods' told him to do in a vision?
MUSIC SNOBS are people too, and they deserve respect, but it's really just an alternative to being a rocker, or a hippie, or a skid.
This is not a unique culture, there have always been people who favoured the music of the few to that of the mass.
The phenomena of MUSIC SNOBBERY has just recently been perfected.
And please, you have to be listening to more than Peaches, Sleater Kinney and Snow Patrol to classify, but, it's become popular to surround ones self with little known music to 'rebel' against the current mainstream.
FINE.....I hear the radio too, and it does all sound the same, and a lot of the same is shit!
BUT...why does it have to be new or the Velvet Underground to be cool?
It is not about message!
It is not about vocal ability!
It is not about Music!
It is solely about what is popular with the MUSIC SNOB kids!
It is a lesser version of a Blink 182 fan.....The mass you're following is simply smaller!
Don't get me wrong, I love me a good music fan, and I can comfortably discuss music over 24 beers in a one on one setting, BUT, come to me with more than what you heard was cool.
I wanna hear you love Sade or Led Zeppelin, and love Kids On TV!
Why is the music industry so fixated on what your neighbour likes?
Make up your own fucking mind, and go with it.
If you love Madonna, scream it from the friggin hills.
If you love The Band, say so with pride.
A true music fan is passionate about what they LISTEN to.
Not WHAT they listen to!