"Real" Music

  It always sounds so ridiculous to me when people refer to their music selection as “real music”. Like….as opposed to what? Pretend music? People’s taste in music is such a personal thing that it's no wonder we get upset when someone talks badly about the music we love. You never know what artists or songs got a person through a breakup or the death of a loved one. I don’t really believe in the concept of “bad music”. There are songs I definitely don’t like, but the song on the radio that I hate might be someone else’s favorite song. A song or genre not being your taste doesn't necessarily doesn't mean it’s “bad music”. 

  Nothing drives me crazier than music elitists who think their playlist is superior to everyone else’s because it came from a certain decade or has a certain kind of instrument in it. You can have your musical loves and favorites, but that doesn't make it okay to trash someone else’s favorites. 

  I don’t even understand how there could be “real music” when there are so many different people in the world who all have various opinions on what “real music” is. I’m willing to bet that if you go through every person’s iTunes or Spotify account, you won’t find the same playlist twice. I see this comment on music videos on Youtube all the time and I really think we, as civilized humans, should be able to do this:
“Shut up and enjoy the music”.