I was talking with someone today and realized I did something I do quite often that might be a trait that gets me into trouble: I boldly state my preference for (or against) something.
In this case, it was being tired of classic rock from a lifetime of overexposure. I think I offended the person, but saved it by clarifying that I’m mostly tired that there is a play list of seemingly 100-songs that have been in continual rotation for 50 years.
Anyway, it occurs to me that I’m just stating my preferences and I personally thing that’s fine and normal, but that people get personally offended if you don’t like what they like; which makes no sense to me. It’s like if you don’t like bland food, I’m not going to get offended because I can’t handle anything hotter than black pepper. It doesn’t ultimately mean anything significant.
Thoughts, ideas, suggestions?
And, yes, that is Peter fucking Frampton.
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPciCqzM8_A
After eating at Taco Bell, crampton came alive.
“I always hated that song…”
Frampton’s a cool dude. A genuine musician. Don’t hassle him for being overplayed, it wasn’t his idea.
Yes, I’m sorry to have dragged him into this discussion because he does seem like a genuinely cool dude, but there is this DELICIOUS reference to High Fidelity (which I added to a comment).
He is also not really “classic rock” by radio standards these days, at least not FM radio standards; you can probably hear him more on pop oldies stations.
One of the things I’ve noticed about FM Radio classic rock is how performatively masculine it is… Frampton is very much not like that.
Hahaha 100% agreed! I like classic rock but I never enjoyed Frampton.