DBTG: The Music Library
May 9th, 2009 - Uncategorized - 2 Comments »(This is the first of many Saturday Morning Guest Posts. It’s from my brother Bryan, a former collector of troll dolls and massive fan of Wade Boggs):
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I don’t know what it is, but there is something incredibly gratifying about letting other people figure out how much you know about music. But then there are the extremes. I love thinking about the different ways people go about letting you know that they are MTV in the flesh. Here are some examples:
“Is this Pink Floyd?” - The real question this person is asking is, “Did you know that I know this is Pink Floyd?” I’ve done this numerous times and I feel like I’m pretty convincing in the way I ask it. I’m probably the least knowledgeable about music out of anyone I know, but if I caught the end of a VH1 music video while I was flipping through the channels the night before, you better believe you’re going to hear about it.
“This Rihanna song is so overplayed” - Most likely, you’ve heard other people say this, but you’re using the phrase to not only submit the fact that Rihanna is in your music library, but that you listen to SO MUCH music that you know the song is overplayed. This phrase happened a lot more when people relied on FM radio rather than their iPods.
“I haven’t heard this song since the Coldplay concert back in 2000.” - You kill too birds with one stone in this comment. The first is, “Heck yeah I go to concerts.” The second is actually my favorite part in all of this. It says that you have been a Coldplay fan WAYYYYY before anyone else. You practically discovered the band and you’re pissed that they are getting so popular and mainstream. You remember the days when you met Chris Martin for coffee on Friday mornings before work and now he won’t even return your phone calls. Why, C-Mart, why?
“Did you know Jay-Z went to high school with Notorious B.I.G?” - This is what I like to call the little-known fact. The more odd facts you know about musicians, the bigger a fan you are. Obviously.
The Quiz Game – This might be my least favorite game in the world. It’s when Music Library scans the car radio and stops on every song to ask, “Who is this?” On the 1 in 15 you get right, there are always follow-up questions just so you don’t get to feeling too good about yourself. One of my best friends plays this game all the time with me…
Music Library: Who is this?
Me: I don’t know
…FM scan…
ML: Who is this?
Me: Aerosmith
ML: What album is it from?
Me: Get a Grip
ML: Who produced it?
Me: I don’t know
ML: AHA!…Columbia Records
I like to play the same game with talk radio…
Me: Who is this?
ML: I don’t know
Me: AHA!…Clark Howard
Do you know The Music Library? What else do you wish he’d stop doing?
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This exchange:
Me: “Do you like Kimya Dawson?”
The Music Library: “Oh, the Anti-folk artist from The Moldy Peaches? She did some songs with Antsy Pants, The Mountain Goats, and They Might Be Giants?”
Me(excited): “Yeah, that’s her!”
ML: “No. See ya later.”
Oh, I get it you’re so knowledgeable and wise that you can know everything about an independent, underground band and still hate them. You’re my hero.
Well done Brother Bryan. I was glad to see you as a guest blog poster. (Is that a real term?) Because I always laugh at your comments!