# What does your favorite album say about you? (Snarky) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681 "2004-09-29T16:55:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/1 "2004-09-29T16:55:06Z")
I was perusing Comedian Christian Finnegan’s website last night and came across the four articles he wrote entitled “What My Favorite Album Says About Me”. A four part humorous collection that rips on some of the big ones (with a lot missing.) Here are links to the PDFs [First](http://www.christianfinnegan.com/Documents/v2_6FavoriteAlbum.pdf) [Second](http://www.christianfinnegan.com/Documents/v2_7FavoriteAlbumII.pdf) [Third](http://www.christianfinnegan.com/Documents/v2_8FavoriteAlbumIII.pdf) and [Fourth](http://www.christianfinnegan.com/Documents/v2_9FavoriteAlbumIV.pdf) Here’s a quick sampling: > [@](#): > > **Dave Matthews Band-Crash** : I know sororities are lame, but I’m probably still going to rush. You know, like, just as a goof. Because I am sooooo not a sorority girl. Right? > > **They Might Be Giants-Lincoln:** Wanna hear me recite the Life of Brian in its entirety? > > **Guns N Roses-Appetite for Destruction:** If I don’t get your pizza to you within 30 minutes, it’s free. > > **Toby Keith- Unleashed** : Just give me a reason and I’ll go all “hate crime” on your ass. > > **Evanescence-Fallen:** This algebra homework is, like, making me totally suicidal. > > **Ashanti-Chapter II** : I’m looking for a true thug to call my own–preferable one in the sixth grade, like me. > > **Peaches-The Teaches of Peaches:** I only listen to music when I can be sure that other people are listening to me listening to it. > > **Alicia Keys-Songs in A Minor:** I like to say really obvious things as if they’re really insightful. > > **Various Artists-Dirty Dancing Soundtrack:** No less than four men have come out of the closet since dating me. As for my favorite album… I’d probably say: **Patty Griffin-Living with Ghosts** : If you don’t mind blowing out the Pier One vanilla candles, I’d like to put on some patchoulli and watch the Lifetime movie channel. ---
**Author:** ![Spree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Spree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spree)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/2 "2004-09-29T17:24:46Z")
This one was my favorite: > [@](#): > > \*\*Josh Groban - Josh Groban \*\* - Help! I’m trapped under a pile of PBS totebags! Funny stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/3 "2004-09-29T18:07:09Z")
The jokes about the new albums are funny, but the punchline to every single classic rock album is a variation on “I’m old.” Sheesh. Don’t Franz Ferdinand and The Hives have new albums out? How 'bout a comparison of the listeners of Modest Mouse and Danger Mouse? Polyphonic Spree and Bjork? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/4 "2004-09-29T18:29:55Z")
I’ve never heard any of those albums. What’s that say about me? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/5 "2004-09-29T18:33:21Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > The jokes about the new albums are funny, but the punchline to every single classic rock album is a variation on “I’m old.” Sheesh. Not to mention that every single metal album apparently insinuates that you’re gay. That’s so clever. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/6 "2004-09-29T19:09:45Z")
Did he forget that Elvis, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, or Pink Floyd existed? Or was he just not able to be snarky about them? No mention of Dave Brubeck, nothing about the Beastie Boys… I mean, okay, he only had a few slots, but he did about seven modern Top-40 singer/songwriter albums, all with basically the same punchline. I did, however, enjoy the 1-2-3 punch that finished up with Hootie. Good old Hootie. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/7 "2004-09-29T19:19:31Z")
My favorite **CD** (Guster - Lost and Gone Forever) isn’t on there. But these two are the closest: **REM - Automatic For The People:** There was a time when I wanted to affect global change. These days, I just want health insurance. **Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View:** I am an investment banker with a loving, faithful wife. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/8 "2004-09-29T23:15:24Z")
**Pizzicato Five: _Happy End of the World_** : I am in deep denial of both my suburban caucasian American upbringing and my sexual orientation. **Emergency Broadcast Network: _Telecommunication Breakdown_** : We are a nation of pop culture idiots blind to the political atrocities committed by our “leaders” and oh wait this next song has a bass-line that is totally _sick_. **Art of Noise: _In No Sense? Nonsense_** : I have a deep nostalgia both for the _real_ music of the 80’s, not that cheesy pop crap; and also the “orchestral hit” sample. **Chemical Brothers: _Dig Your Own Hole_** : I become aware of music only after there’s been a Spike Jonze video on VH-1. Also, I acknowledge that this is nothing more than a water pipe intended for tobacco use only. **Morcheeba: _Parts of the Process_** : I’m so very, very tired. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/9 "2004-09-29T23:45:17Z")
Well if we’re making ones up now… **Guster - Lost and Gone Forever** - Why yes, I was in college from 1999-2001, why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/10 "2004-09-30T02:10:59Z")
**Sublime - 40oz to Freedom** - What was the question? ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/11 "2004-09-30T03:12:47Z")
Of all the albums he had listed, my favorite was Firehose’s “Ragin’, Full on” What does that say about me? “I used to rule the airwaves on WHPR, Hampshire College Radio” And his listing for the Kings of Leon made me laugh (god, they are horrible): “I am what happens when irony falls into the hands of the witless” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/12 "2004-09-30T13:11:53Z")
**I don’t have a favorite album:** I’m afraid of commitment. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/13 "2004-09-30T18:33:08Z")
**Norah Jones’** _Come Away With Me_: I’ve been known to iron my jeans. My husband likes this album and he irons his jeans. Too funny. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/14 "2004-09-30T18:44:48Z")
Please forgive the double-post, but I just saw this one: **Various Artists** _Sedated in the Eighties_: I’m not so much a fan of music as I am a fan of my own life, specifically the period of my life that these songs remind me of. This has me nailed! Well, except for the part about not being a music fan. But I do listen to some pretty bad eighties stuff solely for the nostogia factor. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-album-say-about-you-snarky/266681/15 "2004-09-30T19:49:45Z")
Misuse of PDFs like that is what causes the misguided Pit thread.