Oddness

Do you consider yourself odd? No? Me neither. I don't think many people do but I've been called odd on many occasions and by many people. Maybe I am odd.
What is odd though? How do you define odd without defining normal? Ever tried defining normal? It never works.
My favourite band, Muse, are generally considered odd. Certainly Q Magazine likes to get in a froth about the gorgeous Matt Bellamy being odd, but they're still one of the biggest, most popular bands in the world. So surely, being odd doesn't mean being unpopular. Well, it does in my case apparently, but let's not dwell.
I had a friend come to stay with me at the beginning of the week and I got the impression that he thought Brighton was an odd place. Being from Birmingham I suppose he's used to things being useful and practical rather than beautiful and a pain in the arse (no pun intended).
We certainly have some people that would be classes as odd by others and we do have shops that sell nothing but cup cakes or fashion for dogs which is probably unusual, but odd?
There are negative connotations with 'odd'. My mum says people don't like me coz I'm odd. No one would say I was 'unusual' in that context, would they now. No, they'd say 'odd'.
So what makes something odd rather than just unusual? Where does the negativity come from?
I think people who queue up to get into Yates or Walkabout are odd so maybe there's a touch of distaste in finding something odd. Even weird is better than odd, I think. I'll certainly admit that my beloved Muse are weird but I'd never say they were odd. There's almost something cool and interesting about weird, but not odd.
Odd is distasteful and something to be avoided. That last sentence sounds odd, it stops too abruptly or something.
So, all I can really conclude about oddness is that it's like weirdness but with a touch of distaste added in it becomes something negative rather than interesting.
How odd.