A specimen that is prone to be of high levels of irritance to the normal person. In general, they hold the belief that their musical taste and their musical taste alone is relevant while anyone who has opposing or different opinions on music is considered stupid and won't hesitate to spew snotty remarks at you. These people are often pretentious poseurs who always make an ass out of themselves as they claim to be "non-conformist" for listening to indie bands with quirky names who have song titles that are at least ten words in length. The funny thing is, is that they don't realize that they are actually the biggest conformers out there for listening to, or claiming to listen to certain bands or genres in order to fit into a certain scene or gain some cred.
Generalizations aside, they are the Adolf Hitlers of music and if you don't like the exact same music they do, they will cut you down in ridiculous ways for having a different opinion and it often leads to broken friendships. If you find that you are friends with a music snob, do yourselves a favor and just cut them loose right away. It'll save your fist from being hit by their face when they find out you listen to mainstream. There are some who will even criticize others for not being as pedantic about music or a band as they are or even simple things as to why you are interested in the artists you like.
General music snob: Excuse me? You listen to Britney Spears? That's not real music; that's manufactured crap! Try listening to real music like Suzie Crotchrocket and the Breast Rashes!
Pretentious poseur: All the bands I listen to are known by fewer than 100 people and you can't find their albums in stores, so that totally means I have a better taste in music than everyone! I'm so HxC!
Know-it-all: Unless you read the liner notes of every album, read all of their biographies, know all the words to their released and unreleased songs by heart AND look up every possible bit of information on the band as soon as you hear about them on the internet like I do, you don't deserve to call yourself a fan of music! Hmph!
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One who only listens to obscure bands, shuns anything more popular than that, and tries to drill it into you.
Music snob: "What are you listening to?"
Person: "AC/DC."
Music snob: "Why do you even bother with that crap, try some -insert here pretentious-pseudo-intellectual-band-name-."
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A person that automatically despises and rejects all people of different (and inferior) musical taste.
Person A: I don't think your friend Nick likes me
Person B: Why?
Person A: Because I listen to Pop Music
Person B: He's such a Music Snob
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=Singular=
A bitch who thinks that they are more superior in music than anyone else. They also don't think of music as the best unless they like it. Usually a show off that wants attention and considers themselves as a "prodigy".
=Plural (Musical Snobs or GROUP NAME Snobs)=
A group that thinks they are the best. It can be from choir, band, drama, etc. Usually advance always bitch about how they are more better than their "low classes", but sometimes (usually high school), beginners or amateurs think they are the best than a "middle class" thinking that their director put them their so that they can see how good he/she is (musical snob). They don't get the gist of having fun and think of every concert as a "competition".
=Singular=
Girl 1: Geez, I can't believe that stupid director put me into this band. I can play clarinet so much better than them, I should be in Symphonic not Concert! Hey everyone! I look what I can play! *playing some song no one heard of"
Girl 2: What a musical snob. I would like to shove that clarinet right up her ass!!
Group: Me too!
=Plural=
Chamber: Juuubiiilllattee DEEEEOOOO
Concert: Geez, look at them, one of them almost tried to trip me during our entrance!
-After concert-
Chamber: Aw, look at the Concert, don't worry you'll be in Chambers when your like 20.
Concert: Shut up bitches!! Who wants to even go to a group that doesn't even understand the meaning of fun?
Chamber: My throat soars.
Concert: That's what you get for singing like an ass! Chamber snobs!
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someone who thinks they are the biggest fan of a band and if someone doesn't know everything about the band they are not true fans.
Susie: i love this song and i really like this band.
Billy: yeah? bet you didn't know that the bassest has 15 letters in his full name and hates pickles. you don't understand them like i do.
Susie: Damn music snob.
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A music snob listens to more music than you. As a result they are able to make a better informed judgement on what music is best as they have listened to a wider spectrum of styles. They spend their spare time digging around for music that they perceive to be better than what has been spoon fed to them by the radio. This allows them to hear music that doesn't get credited by major media sources and so aids them in making a better judgement on what music is better.
Often dismissed by others as only liking music on the basis that it is obscure, skeptics of music snobs often choose to make this misinformed judgement because they don't understand the appeal of finding out about less mainstream music. In reality the music snob will prefer less mainstream music solely because it is more original and sounds better.
person 1: "you're such a music snob, you only like music because no one else has heard of it"
Music snob: "Actually I like the music I like because it sounds better and I have spend a lot of time and effort looking for music. It's like looking into a treasure chest. You will pick something from the top and say that it's fantastic, where as I will empty the entire chest, sift through everything and choose only the finest treasure. See what I mean?"
Person 1: "Urgh you're just so pretentious."
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Everyone, because everyone likes to believe that their own tastes are the coolest on the planet.
Idiot 1: If you don't like U2, then you're a total music snob. Millions of people listen to them every day. No one wants to listen to a shitty little band that hardly anyone's heard of.
Idiot 2: Well you can go and fuck yourself, 'cos I
don't follow a herd mentality and I think for myself. I don't need someone else to form an opinion for me.
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