The poseur's guide to top-five lists

[mackave]

 
I’ve been puzzling over a certain phenomenon lately, and I figure writing about it will help me sort out my thoughts. That phenomenon is the way in which we present our musical tastes to others. I conjecture people rarely present these honestly, while those who do aren’t worth your time.

While the latter observation might not be so obvious*, the

Comments

[danjohnson]

This entry is your first genuine possibility for inclusion in this year's Friends List Awards™.

[mackave]

That's part of the reason I bothered to post it, since it's getting to be that time of year. Does that disqalify me?

[danjohnson]

Art house films are all released this time of year. It's just good marketing.

Now pipe down and forget that I complimented you.

It's 12/12, boys and girls...

[luckyhoss]

I hate your dozens.

[luckyhoss]

My very similar artists that are idiosyncratic are all power metal bands. That makes me... a 15-year-old nerdy boy.

Hell. Yes.

[mackave]

[stuerdman]

What about if you just like music because it drowns out the voices in your head?