Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!mcnc!unc!wfi From: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Music Kritics Message-ID: <181@unc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-May-85 18:36:12 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.181 Posted: Wed May 8 18:36:12 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 11-May-85 08:46:04 EDT References: <268@osiris.UUCP> <4148@mit-eddie.UUCP> <10517@brunix.UUCP> Reply-To: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) Distribution: net Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 32 > ... But judgement stinks... > Too many people stupidly believe in the religion called Music Kriticism. > This faith attributes meaning to the bombastic babblings of an elite > ... People who are affected by the ravings of such dolts are mistaken > ... their proper purpose oughta be to DESCRIBE the music under > consideration... > As a fair compromise, I might say that `Depeche Mode' makes me vomit > ... your opinions are BS ... > I don't think that `analysis' is desirable at all except when addressing > a very esoteric audience indeed... Stinks. Stupidly believe. Bombastic babblings. Elite. Ravings of dolts. Makes me vomit. Opinions are BS. Maybe I'm missing something important here; WHO's being judgemental? [chuckle] > It is possible to naively listen to the > most complex classical music without knowing the first thing about the > technical crap usually associated with classical analysis... > ... One can talk about influences ... > all without using most of the techniques I usually associate with > `analysis'. What if I enjoy the 'technical crap?' What if I get the greatest enjoyment out of my music when I address it on an intellectual level? Does that make me a 'raving dolt' in your eyes, or worse? Why the Sam Hill should YOU be advising me about the proper approach to music? And what exactly IS this 'technical crap' that seems to offend you so? If you're going to rant and rave about judgementalism, clean up your own house first. -- No :-) at all, Bill Ingogly