In the last few weeks, we’ve had interesting, and sometimes heated, discussion about what constitutes “fratty music”. To that, I say that we are very pleased that so many of you esteemed fratdaddies have taken it upon yourselves to delve into this subject on your own. The constant examination of all things fratty is essential to growing one’s fratitude throughout life.
We hope that this discussion will continue. However, comments have been so varied that we feel it is our duty as your professors of fratology to make a statement on the issue.
If you ask a layman what is, “Fratty Music”, you’ll most likely get an answer that includes 80′s, jam bands, and the like. Are they fratty? They can be. Is that the only music that is fratty? Certainly not.
So that brings us back to the big question…what music is “fratty music”? The answer to this is…whatever music that is being listened to by fratty people in fratty situations. You can think of music like the cold air inside your ski cabin, and of fratitude as the fire your butler lights in the fireplace. What happens when the fire is lit? The fratitude radiates and warms the air in the room.
So to does the person and the situation make music fratty. Is Michael Jackson music fratty? When it’s being played at the 80′s cover band at your band party, certainly. How about Dave Matthews, which is considered by the outside world to be “frat music”? Well, you have a gel headed, puka shell wearing, Abercrombie sporting, hemp ankle bracelet clad Grade A 100% Heinz Distilled Vinegar Approved Douchebag playing it to try to impress chicks, and it’s about as fratty as an ultimate frisbee competition.
The wise fratdaddy has a wide musical arsenal at his disposal, and knows well how to use which genre in which situation. He knows what songs are great for the ride to the river with his pledge brothers, and which are more appropriate on the way to the bar with a car full of sorostitutes. He knows that the musical fare for a shot party may dramatically differ from that at a crawfish boil two days later. But the important thing is, he can identify the differences in these situations and adapt his musical selection accordingly (hopefully, your house has such an adept in charge of getting bands for your parties).
One of the overarching themes of our lessons on activities here at FrattingHard.com has always been this: the most important part of fratting hard is the people…the actual fratdaddies and sorostitutes who are doing the fratting. When you are fratting as hard as you can, in every way you can, 24/7, no lunch breaks, the situations you find yourself in will be made frattier. Of course, this doesn’t apply to activities that are patent douchbaggery; but when it comes to such open subjects as music, where opinions differ so widely, it is the strength of the fratting around it that makes the song.
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