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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Good and bad music
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Date: Thu, 16-May-85 13:03:37 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 16 13:03:37 1985
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> >I assume that music that is unoriginal and formula is bad. 
> 
> >I know I'm right, but there isn't any way I can prove it.  And this is
> >just one of the many fustrating facts one has to learn to deal with.
> 
> Of course there's no way you can prove it, because you're wrong. You
> are trying to place an objective judgment on a subjective matter. 
> Obviously, formula music does scores low on some scale that is 
> important to *you*, but calling it 'bad' is clearly wrong.

Or calling it wrong is clearly bad, or bad is wrong is bad is...


> If you say that music is bad, you are saying that it has no value.

YOU said that - let's not put words in people's mouths, OK? 

> If something has no value, than nobody would give something of value
> to obtain it. Funny thing, though...an awful lot of people are 
> exchanging something of value, namely money, to buy records that
> you would call bad.

Probably they are just being foolish. :-)

Your theory seems to be: "If people will pay money for it, it must be a
good thing." I guess Rosen was right about deadheads and materialism.

>                      In fact, more people place value on 'bad' 
> music than music that is 'good' by your standards. There must be
> something in that music that all these people find valuable, eh?
 
More people always prefer what is mediocre to what is excellent - we can't
all be knowledgeable about everything.

> I guess you haven't developed the ability to appreciate whatever it
> is.

No, I never have been able to develop the ability to appreciate musical
mediocrity. I know it's a terrible failing, but no matter how hard I try...

					<*grin*>
					Jeff Winslow