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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
On one hand you think it is cooler not to prejudge any kind of music but on the other hand you judge any music-listener who gives their own honest opinion making them out to be hipsters or calling them out for showing their ignorance.
There is nothing in the world that says you have to like everything you come across in music (songs, bands, genres, etc.) And when it comes to opinions it doesn't matter if they pick a few things or try to weigh everything by seeing all the plus&minuses - in the end they know what they like or don't like. I have to disagree about "by saying it's crap...that just showing ignorance" if they're saying something is crap what they really revealing is that they have a knowledge of something better than said crapola.
While it might not matter to you I guess for some music listeners it absolutely does matter if the group they listen to writes their own songs and plays their own instruments. That independent DIY spirit lays in stark contrast to the overrated pop star.
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If people have an honest knowledgable opinion then I have no problem with that. People do throw the 'hipster' insult around aimlessly making it meaningless, sometimes just to criticise people who have heard of things they haven't.
People don't have to like everything, they can hear what they want. But I do find people's opinions on a genre more interesting if they have actually made an effort to understand how it works. Often when people say something is crap they do so from a position of just hating a style of music than from any specific gripes with a particular song, album or artist.
The 'DIY spirit' can be great, it can also be terrible with people who can't really write their own songs very well. A good singer/artist can be creative and make something their own even if they didn't write it, this was frequently the case with performers before the rock era. The main thing is that the song is good, whoever wrote it doesn't have to matter.