Why do people listen to music that is undeniably lame? Is it this twisted elitism where they want to prove their open mindedness and uniqueness by listening to music that the majority can't/won't stomach? Or that they're special because they have the ability to find this obscure music that isn't accessable to many others?

I know I used to listen to subpar music back in my "I refuse to listen to any music if it isn't Christian" stage. I mean, how can you like a song if it hasn't gotten saved yet? Anyway, I'd listen to punk and other bleh sort of music (that's right, I said it. bleh.)where the recording quality and lyrics were laughable. I mean, why play more than three guitar chords if you don't have to? But I didn't mind because for one, my friends liked it. For another, I felt uppity because not only did I like bands that no one else had heard of, but it was Christian, too.

I know that not all Indie music is bad quality. Every once in a while you'll stumble on a band that you don't have to try to like. And I guess I shouldn't complain when people like music that's lame. They're only hurting themselves. Thankfully, I stopped doing that to myself. Yay.

What? You really do like bands like that? You enjoy the fact that the songs haven't been overplayed on lame radio stations nation-wide? You're happy that every 13-year-old isn't singing it and quoting it on their AIM profiles? And you stop liking bands when they become popular, because then they're no longer yours? Hmm. Well feel free to argue with me in the comments.