Record Collecting for Girls: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album at a Time by Courtney E. Smith

Author:Courtney E. Smith
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

GUILTY PLEASURES PLAYLIST

THE BLACK EYED PEAS, "Let's Get Retarded"

SISQÓ, "The Thong Song"

THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS, "Stickwitu"

THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS, "Buttons"

THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS, "Beep"

DEVO, "Through Being Cool"

SID VICIOUS, "My Way"

MÖTLEY CRÜE, "Girls Girls Girls"

CHRISTOPHER CROSS, "Sailing"

HALL & OATES, "You Make My Dreams"

HALL & OATES, "Sara Smile"

R. KELLY, "Trapped in the Closet"

THE SHINS, "New Slang"

THE SMITHS SYNDROME

YOU KNOW WHEN you like music (and when you hate music), and you know your own record collection well. You have a good idea what songs to put on when your heart's been broken, when you need cheering up, when you need motivation to exercise, when it's raining out—you know what works for you. But how much thought have you given to what your music choices say about you to other people? Boys who love records (and let's face it, at some point we will all date a boy who is a little too into his records) are totally obsessing on what music you like when they meet you. They're using it to figure out how crazy you are before they get involved. They're using it to figure out what songs to include on a mix tape to demonstrate how into you they are. They're using it to figure out how much they're going to have to teach you about really "good" music. They are quietly sussing out what kind of person you are and how they should relate to you by taking a peek at your iPod.

True story: One night at a concert I met a boy who grabbed my iPod out of my hand and scrolled through it for the express purpose of judging me. He got to the Hs before giving me the nod of approval and making a move on me. That's not to say he wouldn't have tried to make out with me if he thought I had shitty taste in music. He would have. But our conversation the rest of the night would have been very different, without our shared musical taste as an anchor. As it turned out, he worked at an agency that places songs in commercials, and I started getting loads of IMs from him when he was fishing for suggestions to fit projects he was working on (and, you know, for hints about when we could make out some more).

There is a lot to be gleaned about a person by finding out what bands they like. I can guess a lot of things about your personality and what your life has been like (or what you wish it had been like) based on the music you listen to. When I compress all the mental data I've compiled about what my ideal partner will be like, I find I have one unbreakable rule:

NEVER DATE A GUY WHO LIKES THE SMITHS TOO MUCH.

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