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| From | "MTN HIGH" <mtn-high@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Eb's Flow + |
| Date | Sat, 15 Feb 2003 15:21:09 +0000 |
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From my stance, it's easy to see that our tastes differ, plain and simple.
And, while you may hinge on the upscale/lofty point that you don't offer
*superlatives* as descriptions of certain discs, you definitely don't hold
back at aiming the cannon of vitriol at certain posters. Heck, you even
stoop to critiquing the way they peruse the bins.
Who cares?
Onto the music: Many of the 28 discs you list were complete duds for me...
however, that doesn't mean that they aren't fine records for someone else.
The difference I see, is that I don't feel a need to pigeon-hole your
releases into a classification, nor do I feel a need to chide you
incessantly because you like quite a bit of music that is a complete and
utter bore to me.
I think the equation you're sadly missing here re "IPO type bands"....is
that like what they play or not, many of the people here have the music DEEP
down inside them...and they can do little else but to let it out. So what if
their take on what is *good* isn't your take? So what if they honed their
chops on a different flavor of tuneage than you did and came up with a "this
is good stuff" as a result? Move on if it doesn't please you. You certainly
aren't gonna change what is inside of them. I see no point in belittling
what is inside of someone/their motives in all of this by putting them down
to the point of critiquing what they wear/where they shop for discs/records.
Who cares?
And hey, that brings to mind a question. Do you play an instrument? Do you
have musical dreams/aspirations beyond tearing down other people's
music/dreams with flacid verbal offerings and "look at who *I* like, suckas"
lists?
Your list or mine.....who cares?
Like what they do or not, I don't make it a point to criticize the
bands/folks here in bands I may not like simply because *I* can do no
better...and in the end...have no *real* basis for such an argument beyond
my own criteria for "good". (Again, obviously different from your take) In
the end, I lack the overblown ego it takes to be a critic, (sorry guys) and
I laugh at those who fall into the trap that the music that everyone else
listens to *sucks*...while their tastes are simply the bee's knees/always
"on". Hey, not all of us are so incredibly tuned in, ya know?
Opinions are like.... oh, nevermind, I'm sure you know the drill...
Have a good one...
P
>From: Eb <ElBroome@earthlink.net>
>Well, "fantastic" is an awfully strong word. Unlike one or two or 23 other
>folks on the list, I don't like to throw superlatives around. But....
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