hmm. I dunno, I suppose there are extremes. If all I ever listened to was Irish rock music, I think it was the best. If I only listened to nu-punk, I'd think it was punk, until someone would lend me a sex pistols CD. I still think there is a lot of swatting up to do in music if you want to make the ULTIMATE INFORMED OPINION, or, you could just go with what sounds good to you. Like the new Weezer single, which rocks.

New Weezer album rocks.......looking forward to Vicar Street gig!!!!

in my opinion a music snob is someone who will change their view of a person because of the music they like

i would have to say gar is a music snob

i think it was meant as a joke, since Gar originally started the thread saying someone had called him a music snob that morning. I could be wrong of course...

Weezer are crap

snob

I'm a big fan of Weezer but their latest single is rubbish. It sounds like a half-arsed hybrid of Stacey's Mom and I Love Rock N Roll.

Sorry if i haven't read all the posts - i just wanna answer Gars question - I currently in Hong Kong on a Travelling Wilbury kinda thing so don't have much time here - this post just caught my eye. Music snobs are music snobs because they want to be - they feel superior to people who may not know as much as them, it's an ego trip, same applies to all things in life - same applies to saying Chinese food is better than Indian - it's down to personal preference in what you like, some people like some things, some people don't. what i will say since i have I have been travelling this great wide world is that there is a lot of music you people and me have not listened to so we tend to think in our own little box as it were. there are such tyoes of music which we have not listened to so therefore people in japan, Oz, USA may think that we are musical recluses because we haven't heard thei music. As I breifly glanced at i think it was unas reply, listen to what you want and who gives a f**k what other people think, if you do then it's just peer pressure yeah? Sorry for bad spelling in this and sorry if i don't get to give a reply, but thats my opion and I'm sticking to it, oh yeah!!! Anyway, hopefully i can give a review of a band that you guys have not heard of and turn yis o to something other than an arguement!!!

yeah i think it also comes down to the ideas of 'appreciation' (opinion based on measured knowledged) and 'liking' (opinion based on personal preference). I don't particularly like Motley Crue's songs, but I appreciate that they rock.