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From: "floatingunder" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com>
> Well said and this doesn't contradict your point.
> (Swallowing hard) I will again argue Leo's first two albums were 
> very
> good and largely forgotten PER the fluff he recorded the mid 70's 
> and
> on.  That is, perhaps fans of music were initially drawn to him but
> he went for something very different with "Endless Flight" and drew
> in a much larger fan base, albeit a less discerning one (IMHO).   I
> know, I've beat this drum before and I've got nothing to gain in
> doing so.

Hey, for that matter, I think about two-thirds of Bruce Hornsby's 
debut album is really good, and I dissed him equally.

> Question:
> What is there more of:
> a)People who are very into music, seek it out, and it speaks to them
> in some way. Whatever the style is that they enjoy.
> b) People who are very casual about it and it's more like background
> music for them while they do other things.
>
> I would guess the latter.  I don't say it or question it to sound
> elitist in anyway. To each their own.

I think it's obviously B, the same way there are more people who have 
a football game on in the background while they're reading the paper 
than there are people who wear nothing but chest paint and a thong at 
Gillette Stadium when it's 24 degrees and snowing.  Everybody's got 
their thing.

S