A few months ago, I read an old review of an album I've heard. The reviewer didn't think that having alt rock and AAA-format artists record familiar Christmas tunes worked as a concept.
I exclaimed to the nearby furniture, "But it did work!!!"
Upon realizing how momentarily vitriolic my reaction was, I said jokingly, "Take that, you '90s reviewer whose reaction in print from decades ago is static and can be taken or left at the reader's discretion. Why, you...um, listener who's entitled to have musical tastes that differ from mine!"
Rebuttals in the privacy of one's own home aren't always entirely satisfying, but sometimes, they make you realize the intensity of your musical fandom--and fanaticism.
