Xref: utzoo rec.music.misc:38937 news.groups:16219 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!crdgw1!jupiter!oplinger From: oplinger@jupiter.crd.ge.com (B. S. Oplinger) Newsgroups: rec.music.misc,news.groups Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: rec.music.pfloyd Message-ID: <4700@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 8 Jan 90 18:30:08 GMT References: <9504@hoptoad.uucp> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: oplinger@jupiter.crd.ge.com (B. S. Oplinger) Followup-To: news.groups Organization: General Electric Corp. R&D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 39 In article TAR@MAINE.BITNET (Thom Rounds) writes: >In article <9504@hoptoad.uucp>, tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) says: >>I oppose this newsgroup. I think newsgroups should be for broad >>categories of discussion, and of interest to many people. I don't >>think they should be fan clubs. Fan clubs hardly even permit >>discussion, just panegyrics. One can't discuss the pros and cons of >>the subject matter in a fan club; one can be a member of the inside >>group who say everything about the idol is groovy, or one of a hated >>group of heretics who insist on pointing out that nothing is perfect >>and no one is God. > Okay, point taken. Now then, do you suggest we remove rec.music.gdead, and >rec.music.gaffa? They are the same kinds of newgroup that I've been campaigning >for. And if you read through them, there is plenty of criticism, constructive >and otherwise. Why would rec.music.pfloyd be different? >>Fan clubs are the death of honest criticism. Thom, I agree with Tim Maroney. I am a fan of Kate Bush. I read r.m.g for about three weeks before the 'Kate is wonderful, Kate is terrific, Kate can do no wrong' litany became old. There is no criticism there. I remember a poster saying that he had purchased a single which contained a remixed version of a song and that he could not tell any real difference. He was flammed to death by a number of the regular posters. The general respose was along the lines of 'you ignorant twit, the strings are much lusher, the .... is much, much more ....' Yes, I do believe that at r.m.g should be removed. Overbearing attitudes like those found in r.m.g would be quickly squelched by members of a general group like r.m and I would be able to find an article or two or real interest and content now and again. brian oplinger@crd.ge.com -- <#include standard.disclaimer>