# Just petty bitching **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-petty-bitching/784684 "2017-04-18T02:15:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-petty-bitching/784684/1 "2017-04-18T02:15:33Z")
My roommate has this habit of putting on loud music in his room, which adjoins the kitchen, each night when I go out to cook dinner. Unfortunately, he is stuck in the 1970s, and not in a good way. I don’t know exactly why he does this but I think he believes he is somehow providing me with entertainment. So tonight I just feel sort of more modern, and I said, “Maybe tonight you’ll humor me with the Queens of the Stone Age.” He played one of their songs, possibly the only one I don’t like much. The rest of the time, he played Phil Collins. Aargh. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-petty-bitching/784684/2 "2017-04-18T09:57:57Z")
Phil Collins didn’t go solo until the 80s so either your roommate was playing Genesis or he has broadened his interests by a decade. Either way dollars to donuts I bet your roommate believes he is educating you with his musical selections. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-petty-bitching/784684/3 "2017-04-18T19:33:49Z")
**Boston** ’s first album was fuckin’ great! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-petty-bitching/784684/4 "2017-04-18T20:26:00Z")
Is he playing disco? ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-petty-bitching/784684/5 "2017-04-19T00:21:18Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > **Boston** ’s first album was fuckin’ great! You speak the truth! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-petty-bitching/784684/6 "2017-04-19T19:28:43Z")
Of all the modern bands, you chose Queens of the Stone Age? Dude, that’s just pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-petty-bitching/784684/7 "2017-04-20T02:07:47Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > My roommate has this habit of putting on loud music in his room, which adjoins the kitchen, each night when I go out to cook dinner. Unfortunately, he is stuck in the 1970s, and not in a good way. I don’t know exactly why he does this but I think he believes he is somehow providing me with entertainment. > > So tonight I just feel sort of more modern, and I said, > “Maybe tonight you’ll humor me with the Queens of the Stone Age.” > > He played one of their songs, possibly the only one I don’t like much. > > The rest of the time, he played Phil Collins. Aargh. You may be interested in our [mini rants thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=822972). We start a new one every month and we use as a way to keep from overwhelming the board with individual threads for each complaint. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-petty-bitching/784684/8 "2017-04-20T02:18:28Z")
There is an epic raft of 70s music which is astonishingly good, and some are even timeless. The 90s, on the other hand, is a bit of a sucky decade for music.