A trend in the musical world that has been gaining in both popularity and strength in the past few years. That is not to say that it has not been present in past decades, but with the advent of the Internet and the anonymity it provides, many have come out of the woodwork to voice their opinions.
Musical elitism, simply put, is the valuing of one's own musical tastes as the standard by which all music should be made, or the standard that all others should use to choose what music they listen to. Musical elitists will oftentimes use one of the following words in their tirades against their target band: shitty, sucks, lame, terrible, or any other standard derogatory terms. Musical elitism also comes bundled with musical stereotypes, i.e., all people who listen to Linkin Park are wangsty teens, all people who listen to Evanescence are goths, all people who listen to Avril Lavigne are posers, and so on.
Disliking a band for whatever reason does not automatically make you a musical elitist; the tag comes when one begins to put their standard against others and demand that they give up their "inferior" music for much more "sophisticated" tastes.
Everyone is free to enjoy whatever music they like, from Britney Spears to Nirvana to Tool to whatever underground band you may enjoy. People's tastes will differ endlessly and said tastes ought to be respected, whether or not you like the band they enjoy. Everyone is also free to criticize any band they wish, but when one begins to demean people for what they listen to, their integrity suffers, while their standing with other elitists rises.
Musical elitism, simply put, is the valuing of one's own musical tastes as the standard by which all music should be made, or the standard that all others should use to choose what music they listen to. Musical elitists will oftentimes use one of the following words in their tirades against their target band: shitty, sucks, lame, terrible, or any other standard derogatory terms. Musical elitism also comes bundled with musical stereotypes, i.e., all people who listen to Linkin Park are wangsty teens, all people who listen to Evanescence are goths, all people who listen to Avril Lavigne are posers, and so on.
Disliking a band for whatever reason does not automatically make you a musical elitist; the tag comes when one begins to put their standard against others and demand that they give up their "inferior" music for much more "sophisticated" tastes.
Everyone is free to enjoy whatever music they like, from Britney Spears to Nirvana to Tool to whatever underground band you may enjoy. People's tastes will differ endlessly and said tastes ought to be respected, whether or not you like the band they enjoy. Everyone is also free to criticize any band they wish, but when one begins to demean people for what they listen to, their integrity suffers, while their standing with other elitists rises.
1: WTF? Why do you listen to shitty bands like Slipknot?
2: Maybe because I enjoy listening to it?
1: That makes no sense. You are an idiot.
2: Maybe because I enjoy listening to it?
1: That makes no sense. You are an idiot.
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A parody-musical based on the Harry Potter-books. You'll find it on Youtube, or one of your friends (or even a total stranger) will nag you to see it in the near future.
The reason the phrase "totally awesome" now can trigger anything from a laughter-fit to a blank stare.
Often referred to as AVPM or VPM online.
The reason the phrase "totally awesome" now can trigger anything from a laughter-fit to a blank stare.
Often referred to as AVPM or VPM online.
Friend 1: That car was totally awesome!
Friend 2 collapses in laughter.
Friend 1: What? What's so funny about that?
Friend 2: You just reminded me of AVPM.
Friend 1: A what?
Friend 2: A Very Potter Musical! Come, I'll show you!
Friend 3: Again? Those songs get stuck in my head so easily, I'll be humming them for the next three days.
Friend 2 collapses in laughter.
Friend 1: What? What's so funny about that?
Friend 2: You just reminded me of AVPM.
Friend 1: A what?
Friend 2: A Very Potter Musical! Come, I'll show you!
Friend 3: Again? Those songs get stuck in my head so easily, I'll be humming them for the next three days.
by FIND! July 19, 2009
Get the A Very Potter Musical mug.The time that all musicians keep to that make them function on a different timezone than other people : dinner at two am (after their gigs) go to bed at three am wake up after noon and have lunch at four pm. Repeat cycle.
The timezone that Musician WAGs have to adapt to in order to ever be able to spend some time with their boyfriends.
The timezone that Musician WAGs have to adapt to in order to ever be able to spend some time with their boyfriends.
Best Friend: So why were you still online at two am?
Musician WAG: Oh, I was waiting for John to come over, you know how he is with his Musician Standard Time (MST)
Musician: Baby, I'll call you tonight ok?
Girl: Normal time or MST?
Musician WAG: Oh, I was waiting for John to come over, you know how he is with his Musician Standard Time (MST)
Musician: Baby, I'll call you tonight ok?
Girl: Normal time or MST?
by Musician WAG November 23, 2009
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by thisdoesnotexist May 15, 2016
Get the musical.ly mug.When within the remaining few minutes of the last period of a school day (specifically a highschool class) a student deliberately rattles his or her chair around to spark the process of the entire class picking up their things and leaving.
Usually a few students are reponsible for being the catalyst of the movement and it normally occurs durring the time when the teacher is giving instructions for homework or summarizing other important details about the days lecture.
Variations of musicial chairs include the zipping up of binders, slamming of books, or putting papers away.
Usually a few students are reponsible for being the catalyst of the movement and it normally occurs durring the time when the teacher is giving instructions for homework or summarizing other important details about the days lecture.
Variations of musicial chairs include the zipping up of binders, slamming of books, or putting papers away.
Toby wanted to get out of class to smoke weed as soon as possible so he contributed a rattling chair solo to the class inducing multiple students to join into musical chairs.
Jamal was in need of an excuse to conveniently "not hear" the teachers instructions for the homework, so he violently dashed his binder zipper back and forth for several seconds.
Jamal was in need of an excuse to conveniently "not hear" the teachers instructions for the homework, so he violently dashed his binder zipper back and forth for several seconds.
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Get the musical chairs mug.When a musician or band has an over inflated sense of talent. Fan base usually consists of family and friends whom are obligated to support them.
"I'd rather listen to stray cats in heat than one more minute of this crap, these guys have musician delusion."
"No dude, I'm sure that you'll be discovered in this midwestern dive bar, (under his breath as friend walks away) wow he's totally got musician delusion!"
"No dude, I'm sure that you'll be discovered in this midwestern dive bar, (under his breath as friend walks away) wow he's totally got musician delusion!"
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