You Know What I Don't Get?

You know what I don't get? People who say, "I like everything but country."

Well I like everyone except people who have unoriginal answers. Seriously, the only time it is acceptable to answer that way to a question is if you are a 7th grader in a chatroom conversation and the previous question asked was "A/S/L?"

You really like everything BUT county? You like both Rammstein and Susan Boyle? Oh wait! You're full of crap. Maybe the real flaw is the initial question. Nah. By the time you leave high school you should have a list of bands/artists to run through if someone asked you, "What kind of music do you like?"

Hell, what is so wrong with country music, anyway? You may have to search real hard for it, but there is some country on my iPod. Maybe it's because I grew up in the Southeast corner of the US that I have an appreciation for country music. Don't get me wrong; I hate some of it as well. I went to a SEC school, and there is nothing quite like a room full of people screaming, "I've Got Friends In Low Places" with their Southern twangs bouncing off the walls, but do you know what happens next? The song immediately switches to the latest rap song with a catchy beat.

Go ahead and hate country. Won't hurt my feelings. I think country will do all right without you. Personally, I think some people are lying. Here is a fact that I didn't know ten minutes ago but I know now: Garth Brooks is the #2 best-selling music artist in the US, only behind The Beatles. Talk about convenient facts to back up this rant.

How about next time someone asks you about your music interests, you just give them your opinion. If you are really clueless, go run to your Facebook account and read off the music interests you typed up six years ago and have only updated a handful of times.

I like everyone...

but Matt.