Other Ears

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Does anyone else get that thing where they play a record they like to someone, actually physically with someone there in the room, and there's a silence while it plays, maybe a look of mild scepticism on the other person's face, and during the silence you find yourself listening with their ears and suddenly everything that MIGHT be lame or weak or crappy about the music is REALLY OBVIOUS to you?

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[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Ack missed another good discussion. Thinking back on LoP, for the most part I think my reaction was disappointment when other people didn't hear the wonderfulness that I did, but I still feel that most of the stuff is pretty ace. i.e., the failure is YRS. (this also reminds me of a few occasions with my ex:
- sister and husband visiting town and we all go to see Big Star reunion show. but LEAVE AFTER OPENING ACT because other people are bored. (wtf wtf wtf)
- her refusing to come to small club about ten minutes from our apartment to see buffalo tom for like $5 at the "height" of their "popularity" - dismissing them out of hand as some "frat boy rock" despite not actually knowing any of their music, despite my earnest entreaties of Personal Meaning (in retrospect, i think this was a signal)
- joy a few years later upon surprising her with charlatans tickets (NB also "frat boy rock") and her quite liking them

my parents are quite a bit older than me and never really understood any pop music as far as i can tell, so the only reall comments i ever got from them were about volume.

i think i have so much of my identity tied up in music that it's quite difficult (for me) to be swayed by peer ears