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[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Following on from the discussions of what we are 'supposed to like', I thought I would pose the question: How open are you about your pop fandom to your friends? And how about new people you meet?

This was also triggered by thinking about music lists on sites like MySpace and Facebook. The artists I list on there are all ones I like, but there are some big emissions - Bodies Without Organs, Backstreet Boys, Darren Hayes. Some of my all time favourites but there is no mention of them on my MySpace or Facebook. When you're filling out these things you have to think of every person who might see it, and even though I am confident enough in my poptasticness to say that I like pop music, I prefer to list the lesser known poppy bands (such as Robyn and Margaret Berger), or the slightly more critically acclaimed ones (Patrick Wolf or The Pipettes, for eg). How do those of you who use these sites deal with this issue? Do you think anyone is completely honest?

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty much completely open about everything I like, but I don't generally initiate a conversation about pop with a new acquaintance - a colleague at work, say. This isn't because I don't want to reveal what I like, more that I don't know what level of conversation they're comfortable with (i.e. I don't want to bore them).

That said I've been in the happy position of liking, or at least not being intimidated by, everyone I work with for the last few years - in my previous job, when I didn't really get on with anyone in the office, I didn't advertise my liking of pop.

I dunno what my strategy on social networking sites would be - depends if I was using them to keep in touch with people I already know or to meet new people. In the latter case I'd probably pick acts, or rather combinations of acts, I think would bring me into contact with interesting people. (Dunno what those would actually BE, though. Pet Shop Boys and ABBA for starters I suppose!)

When I was at University myself I was open about liking pop, but "liking pop" was as low a priority in my tastes as its ever been, so the kind of people I was keen to meet were like me, "indie fans who also like pop" not "pop fans".