Today I was shown something that I think is relatively hilarious. You Have Bad Taste in Music showcases videos of some guy going to music concerts/shows and basically berating the people standing in line, telling them that they "have bad taste music." To understand just how funny it is, you have to see it yourself.

Although none of the videos show it happening, I cannot help but wonder if serious bodily harm ever comes to this fellow (in one of the videos, someone seems to intimate that they are going to beat him up, but it doesn't happen). In some of the situations, he simply starts telling the people that they have bad taste, et al, but in others he gets his victims involved before they know what is going on, resulting in these people looking really stupid for having participated.

The main message of YHBTM is that the influence of radio and television have caused people to be indiscriminate in their choice of music to enjoy. I don't disagree with this at all. Music is sold more on image now than ever, and if you don't have the media and pop culture behind you and your music, you are certainly doomed to sell less records than the mediocrity which passes for superior music these days. According to the spokesman for YHBTM, there are three steps to beginning your journey away from bad music:

1. Do not attend "this" concert (the concert at which he is making these statements).
2. Stop listening to bad music (usually specified as the band putting on the given concert).
3. Turn off your radio and TV (because these feed your incorrect ideas on what constitutes "good" music).

By all means, watch all of the videos on this site. It will take you an hour or so, but it will be worth every minute. But don't stop there; you too must become part of the movement, and follow those three steps. One thing that I am very curious about . . . what kind of music does this guy listen to, and what in my personal music library would he find offensive. Maybe I can send him a list and have him indicate. Not that it would prevent me from listening to what I like . . . :P