Thou shall not judge!

I begin with an apology. Recently my blog has turned into a rant fest with a never ending list of things that seem for some reason to really bug me, now i would love to turn to you now and say "i am a rant free man...woo hoo!" but sadly with a world that contains the Nissan Cube, Abercrombie & Fitch and Hannah Montana this will never be the case!

Today i will focus on Judging...not the prision type, but the type that lables you as a Chav or a Metalhead.

It really annoys me that a person usualy decides what they think of you by the music you like, say you are at a party and you have just met a girl/boy (not that i would really know how this would go...but i think i have a good idea of how it would go!) and you get on to music, i can guarantee that if you say "oh, i quite like Heavy Metal" then you can wave goodbye to the person and catch the first train to loserville!

Why is this the case? Ok so Metalheads who spend each evening sacraficing Lambs and Dancing around Satan's Motorcycle maybe should be avoided, but normal people who like football, like to meet with friends, chat on msn...people like me?

So many times i have been told that my music is rubbish and im sure that happens for alot of people, surely it is not hard just to say "That is not really my cup of tea" or something along the lines of politeness?

Sorry, slightly left the whole Judging thing for a second but i feel that the Judging and the comments about music is in fact a big problem...and is also rude!

I know alot of people that, like me, who listen to many forms of music (Metal, Pop, Rap, Country) and that just because someone likes 'Old Bands' such as Def leppard or Whitesnake does not mean that there music tastes are stuck on one genre.

It seems that if a song has a Guitar riff or a Solo it is 'uncool' maybe i am wrong, and if i am i will dance the happy dance!

This of course is just my stance on Judging and it will come as no suprise to me if loads of you disagree with me but you cant control what i do in my free time so i will now publish this post, open itunes and get lost in a world of Rage Against The Machine and Iron Maiden!