I’m pretty sure this is just a trick to find
out whether or not I’m a hipster… Many
people know me as a true lover of 80s music, but I do enjoy mainstream music.
I will listen to any song once. Whether or not I choose to listen to it again
is based on my first impressions of the song.
A lot of the time, it is not my decision to listen to a song again, as
the radio takes some of the control out of my hands. That is probably why I usually chose to
listen to my iPod while I drove places. My
first of two views about mainstream music is that the songs are waaaaaaay
overplayed, especially during the summer.
Last summer, it was all about Blurred Lines and I Don’t Care. The summer before that it was Call Me Maybe;
and before that,Party Rock Anthem. Ehh, I still occasionally listen to those
songs, but I don’t really seek them out.
Although Blurred Lines is still a prominent song over here in Italy, and
I did hear I Don’t Care at a discotech a couple weeks ago.
My second view on mainstream music is simple: if I like it,
I will listen to it. I try not to let
public opinion sway my own when it comes to new songs or artists. There are times when I first hear a song that
I absolutely cannot stand, but if I hear it often enough it begins to grow on
me (ex. “My Humps” –BEP). Sometimes it
is the exact opposite, and sometimes I listen to a song just enough to where I
will continue to listen to it for a long time to come.
And yes, I STILL LISTEN TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND MILEY CYRUS. So hate on that.