Over the years I've come to terms with the fact that my taste in pop culture and everyone else's is on a different wavelength. This divide first became obvious in 1983 when I saw a Cyndi Lauper video, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," back-to-back with a Madonna video, "Lucky Star." Madonna and her video looked bland, the song was routine, and I was sure she wouldn't last long. Everything about Cyndi Lauper had eye-catching style, and the song was such an anthem I was sure we would be talking about her to this day. We are, but only about how much Madonna's career has overshadowed hers.

So it is with the recent big TV shows. As previously reported, I thought Pink's performance on the Grammy's was stunning, not only because she performed professional acrobatics without a net while singing upside down, but also because her goodies were on display on network television.

Well on at least one forum I go to, the guys weren't impressed. In fact, they say Pink looks like a man and must have a penis. I didn't even see Lady Gaga's performance but I do know showing off her hot little body is part of her routine, and guess what? They also think Lady Gaga is a "man." But who do they think is hot? Bony, shapeless, tuneless Taylor Swift. Yes, Pink's ultra-feminine, perfectly-rounded ass is man-like, in their book, but Swift's board-flat chest and twig-like physique are sooo hot. All I can figure is Pink and Gaga are avant garde and artsy, and most of these guys are from the Midwest, so they must prefer country girls who look like they attend Sarah Palin teabagger rallys and fear more colorful women.

People may have different tastes in women, but we can all agree on great classic rock, right? So certainly everyone must have loved The Who at the Super Bowl. Well, even more than appreciating Pink's body, I'm on my own with liking The Who at the Super Bowl. Of course it wasn't Live at Leeds, and these guys are 65 and 67 now, but I'll take what Pete and Roger did over another Blackeyed Peas performance any day, wouldn't you? Apparently not. As soon as the last power chord faded I started hearing people say, "Thanks to Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake we have to watch crap like this!" Okay, what crap would you rather see? Jackson and Timberlake? Some rapper who was on the Grammys, and you complained they ought to get a great band like The Who on there instead?

"My taste is better than yours" is just one of the tired games of one-upmanship that mankind plays with itself. No one would eat that trash at McDonald's, but McDonald's has sold over 2 billion burgers. No one watches crap like American Idol, but American Idol is a Top 10 TV show. I think everybody is eating McDonald's, watching American Idol, lusting after Pink and enjoying The Who just like me, they're just too phony to admit it. Blow it out your ass, haters!