I wonder what would happen if everyone started trusting their ears rather than restricting their music listening to whatever has been validated by industry-appointed tastemakers? How many sections of the music biz would just collapse?
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It’s not just music instustry tastemakers, it’s also peer pressure I think, especially amongst youngsters. I was almost an outcast for not likeing Slade when I was young or the Smiths when slightly older.
I’m reminded of the way my niece and nephew have complained about their peers terrible taste in music
I’m put in mind of that scene in The Blues Brothers just before they perform Rawhide.
“What sort of music to you have here?”
“Oh we have both kinds: Country aaand Western.”
Relevance of this quote: those are the only types of music I’m not all that fond of.
All fashion industries can follow me or not as they choose.