Just to get a few things off my chest

[HERBERT119 at DELPHI.COM]

On 13-FEB-1996 16:40:51.6 BOC-L said to HERBERT119
   >A few write to my comment:
   >You (and Steve Swann also commented I believe) are missing my point.
   >And *Club Ninja* may be a good example.  A lot of us don't like the
   >music on that album -- that is our subjective opinions of it.  However,
   >that doesn't make the music good or bad.  It's whether or not it's
   >enjoyable to someone.  If you don't like it, then that's fine but
   >it doesn't mean the music sucks.  And how complicated the music is
   >does not necessarily make music better or worse.  Look it some simple
   >little tune like "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (the nursery rhyme, not the
   >Stevie Ray Vaughn version) -- that tune has a grand total of 4 notes in
   >it.  Sure, I don't want to sit around listening to it, but there are
   >millions of little kids out there that think that song "kicks ass" (of
   >course their description of it would be a little different).  That song
   >has been passed down for years.  But is a simple little ditty with 4
   >notes in it a "good" song?  Most music can probably be enjoyed by
   >someone (hopefully at least the person who wrote it) - by that person's
   >definition then, it is "good".  Everyone else in the world might hate
   >it, but that still doesn't mean it's "bad".

I agree. Any product that is released on any kind of record label (even
totally independant) must have at LEAST, say, 2 fans, besides the performer
. They may think it's
the best thing since powdered milk. (I know what it's like to have something
I love scorned by absolutely everyone I knew/or read comments from.)
Therefore, it has some goodness in it (even if that goodness is totally
irrelevent to the dislikers).
. If someone plays some music he/she
likes, but can not find one other person who likes it, then that person
should not (and could not) release it to the public.

Chuck


   >To say music is "good", "bad", "kicks ass", "sucks", etc. is a matter
   >of opinion.  I'm not against opinions, but you need more to make them
   >something to discuss -- WHY do you think something's good or bad?  Hey,
   >if I ask for opinions on this list on some music (say, to decide if I
   >want to buy it), I need more than just a few people saying "It's great"
   >or "It sucks" -- those statements don't tell me anything, and 2
   >different people could each give me opposite responses.
   >I hope this makes what I was trying to say clearer, if not, just
   >disregard what I've said -- I'm ranting on far too much here . . .
   >John

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