Honestly, I get a little frustrated when people play vgm or soundtracks when I'm in their car as well.

I wouldn't say it's not music but it's not music you've truly sought out. It's music you've kinda been weened on. Maybe I am an elitist, but when someone is playing music for me I want to hear something that makes me say "Oh, this is cool, who is it?".

I don't want to hear the House theme song (no offense, Massive Attack). Or FMA's opening track (no offense, j-rock fans). Why? Because idk, there's a whole WORLD of underexposed, talented, and figuratively starving (maybe literally?) artists you could be listening to. I mean like, you like what you like, that's great that you have things I know on your iPod from games I've played... but a lot of those songs don't even make sense out of context. One Winged Angel does not get me hyped to go to the grocery store, nor does it truly speak anything about who you are and what your interests are except maybe that you really like FFVII.

Don't get me wrong, I will never tell someone to turn something off or that it isn't music. But yeah, I mean, I will be disappointed. And I find it to be a tragedy because when you find a song that really connects with you, not just one that's grown on you because it's a theme song or part of something you already liked, it's true insight to who you are. I can hear a song I liked 3 years ago and say to myself "that song said where I was at during that point in my life".

Go on MySpace, Last.fm, Pandora, hypem.com, music blogs, your friend's last.fm, go somewhere and just listen to some stuff you've never heard. I mean, really search for hours until you find something that speaks to you, and when you do you'll know what they meant by "music". I really think they meant music in the sense that you know it by something other than movies, shows, or videogames.