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EnterTheTekken posted...

I see where TC is coming from, though. There is a subset of fans who intentionally want to pivot away from the lemming fans by touting "Deep cuts" rather than the songs that casuals are familiar with.

For example, longtime Queen fans will say "Nah, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, Bicycle Race, Another One Bites The Dust are overrated. I'm more into Track 7, Track 9, Track 11, etc." It's this anti approach that obnoxious fans rub in to make sure they aren't part of the herd.

I know there is that stigma with music elitests, but as a big fan of a band like this, it is really annoying to hear "OMG I LOVE QUEEN BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY HEAD BAAAANG" when you're sitting here like "But you love what you were delivered, you didn't dig into this band and grow an appreciation for everything they've done. You just took a meme to heart and are expressing your love for the meme in a wrong way."

I like the message that "there is a lot more than what's on the radio" because that's true, especially for Queen, their discography is almost front to back quality music and any fan of Queen is doing themselves a major disservice in not listening to it. It's unfortunate that the attitudes of the people that are conveying this message are usually mean and elitest.