OT: Friends/Family That Just Don't "Get It"

[larryfromnextdoor]

I would have flicked a few boogers in a beer bottle and handed it to her saying "Let's just agree to disagree, darling. Have a beer and enjoy the party."

rub her lipstick on the cats butt...

[FishinMagician]

At MY OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY some bitch unplugged the stereo because "my music taste is horrible."

So, how soon after you threw that sorry loser out on her ass did the fuzz show up to arrest you?

I swear to Christ, when it comes to music, some people are just dumber than an empty napkin dispenser...

;^)

I didn't have to throw her out, she left on her own accord. A few minutes later I had a private discussion with her as Hardline was blaring in the background...

Me: So, why is my taste so "horrible?"

Her: It just is. So much mainstream classic rock SHIT. Listen to some real music for once.

Me: Oh, damn man... wow.... what's your least favorite band ever? Just wondering.

Her: Poison.... *rant about Poison being shitty*

Ten minutes later I flicked my iPod over to Poison's greatest hits and started blasting "Nothin' But A Good Time."

Needless to say, she was out the door before the guitar solo.

All I can say is at least American girls have actually heard of Poison to have an opinion on them

no most have no idea she is weird

[Saint John]

I would have flicked a few boogers in a beer bottle and handed it to her saying "Let's just agree to disagree, darling. Have a beer and enjoy the party."

rub her lipstick on the cats butt...

Now that's fucking funny, dude.

[Rip Rokken]

This morning, I was editing pics and came to one where my fiance says "gross". I gave her a funny look and asked why the hell that was gross. She had some long drawn out reason why she thought so and I had to explain to her why the lead singer was in that get-up. It's a TRIBUTE!!!! She still didn't "get it" so I started showing her old VH videos... and she still had an opinion, even though it was based on absolutely NOTHING (she does that alot). Then she recognized a song (Jump) and said, "They did that?" Duh.....

And.... you two are engaged, WHY?!?

[Rip Rokken]

At MY OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY some bitch unplugged the stereo because "my music taste is horrible."

Ok, here's the perfect remedy for that situation... pop in Skid Row's "Get The F*** Out" and blast it, headbanging and singing along obnoxiously with it while you eject her and all her pals from your pad. Great way to rub it in while you are rubbing them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxaO6HL6HlY

[StoneCold]

I have a friend that claims that Steve Perry is "average."

At MY OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY some bitch unplugged the stereo because "my music taste is horrible." Well, bitch, let the world see your natural hair color and what you look like without that lipring and "DEAD KENNEDYS" shirt that looks like it hasn't been washed in ten years, and then we'll talk about horrible taste....

Maybe she liked you and trying to get your attention? It was your bday party and she was there, right? Not sure if pulling out the "Poison" card was the smoothest move though.

[7 Wishes]

When I got home from Vegas my wife came at me with " don't you think thats enough with this "Journey stuff? It has been since I've known you." After I calmed myself and put the knife down, I replied " It's only gonna get worse. You wouldn't understand. Live with it because you will go before Journey does."

You've been hanging around with Neal, haven't you?

YOu ARE Neal, aren't you?

[RumTumJM]

Yeah..what gets me is that a lot of people just don't get what is the big deal about 'music' unreal.

Music not only helped me many times in my life..but I can place where I was and what I was doing when I hear a certain song.

I could make list upon list of songs that specifically helped me out at certain times of my life. I seriously felt that without them to lift me up..push me through..push me to my dreams..that I would not have done what I did.

I have givin up trying to convince people..I don't give a shit anymore..I get it..most don't..guess that's why I hang here..because after all the bullshit.. people here understand about the music..a song.

I very much agree with this. Being 20 years old and in college, I have had many moments where music definitely helped me through a situation, or just made it that much more awesome. I can totally understand why the music I listen to (Journey, Styx, REO, Def Lep, Aerosmith, Queen, Van Halen, etc - you get the idea) appealed to people my age at some point (and still does to some extent). While the sound make arguable be "dated", the messages and emotion of many are timeless.

This past summer I got in a whole ugly ordeal with a girl from school (basically for months I was mislead about our "relationship". Anyway, throughout some of the painful times, nothing helped more than a song like Send Her My Love or I'll Be There For You (even if the song was not relevant totally). I guess it's some mind thing, but it helps so much to hear a song in which the singer is speaking of being in a situation like the one you are/have been in. (And I defy anyone to say they have not had at least one time when they felt like they could have written REO's classic, Can't Fight This Feeling)

This is why, among other reasons, I obsess over the music I love soo much and want to make it into a career somehow (radio, journalism, or whatever life offers). I am positive there are other people who get the same stuff out of the music. Maybe I can help more people my age realize that too.

Do all of my family and friends really get all of this? I doubt it. However, it does it for me, and I will never give up on it!

[ProgRocker53]

I have a friend that claims that Steve Perry is "average."

At MY OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY some bitch unplugged the stereo because "my music taste is horrible." Well, bitch, let the world see your natural hair color and what you look like without that lipring and "DEAD KENNEDYS" shirt that looks like it hasn't been washed in ten years, and then we'll talk about horrible taste....

Maybe she liked you and trying to get your attention? It was your bday party and she was there, right? Not sure if pulling out the "Poison" card was the smoothest move though.

I'm not even sure why she was there, I didn't know her. I think she's a friend of one of my lady friends or something.

And, I'm positive she didn't like me. I think she was into, ah... rug, if you will.

[T-Bone]

This morning, I was editing pics and came to one where my fiance says "gross". I gave her a funny look and asked why the hell that was gross. She had some long drawn out reason why she thought so and I had to explain to her why the lead singer was in that get-up. It's a TRIBUTE!!!! She still didn't "get it" so I started showing her old VH videos... and she still had an opinion, even though it was based on absolutely NOTHING (she does that alot). Then she recognized a song (Jump) and said, "They did that?" Duh.....

And.... you two are engaged, WHY?!?

She likes some of the same tunes, but never realized what those bands actually looked like. Metal Ain't Pretty ya know... When I was showing her the We're Not Gonna Take It video, she knew the song, but never realized Dee Snider was so hideous She probably doesn't like the song anymore....

[The Sushi Hunter]

So your fiance is 18?

Awesome T Bone!

Been there, done that. And I never want to do it again.

[(Crazy)Dulce Lady]

I could write a book on this.

we could do the book tour together. and then Oprah

they all just roll their eyes and say whatever.

poop heads............

[T-Bone]

So your fiance is 18?

Awesome T Bone!

Actually, she's 28. I'll be 34 next month

[T-Bone]

So your fiance is 18?

Awesome T Bone!

Been there, done that. And I never want to do it again.

I dated an 18 year old when I was 28. Sex was amazing, but she was "Real World Clueless". She thought she knew it all, but it was all wrong. I told her she'd figure it out when she was 25 and looking back on her decisions at age 18... just like the rest of us did

[(Crazy)Dulce Lady]

At MY OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY some bitch unplugged the stereo because "my music taste is horrible."

Ok, here's the perfect remedy for that situation... pop in Skid Row's "Get The F*** Out" and blast it, headbanging and singing along obnoxiously with it while you eject her and all her pals from your pad. Great way to rub it in while you are rubbing them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxaO6HL6HlY

Gary Schutt has one on the Spoofs of Wrath cd called F.O.A.D.

it rolls through my mind frequently. the naysayers don't understand why I am smiling whilst they dismiss me.