>> This is really an argument about semantics. Surely it's easier to >> more clearly define what you mean by good music... >> > > But we all agree that there are such things as good music and bad music > do we? > > >> ...than it is to >> fight over who best embodies the meaning of the original word which >> is by now utterly bastardised. There are many different factors that >> contribute to a person deciding that a given piece of music is good. >> > > Of course there is a lot of subjectivity in this. I dislike a lot of > music personally and still accept, that this music is good. But there is > really bad music also and even though, many people may "like" bad music > the world would be a better place without such music. > But of course nobody shall dictate, what music is allowed to exist and > which is not because of badness. But the same as I believe, everybody > must be allowed to make and hear bad music I demand the right to call > music bad, if I have reasons to do so.... > I suggest we mandate a licence of competency before allowing a recording to be played on the radio. The "pop" charts are very mediocre lately. Then I guess a lot of people have mediocre taste in music. Sometimes I hear a song and regret it's illegal to shoot people in the head. :) > >> If you want to exclude any of them then you should define those >> exclusions from the outset, if only to avoid the controversy that >> will arise as a result of that omission. >> > > Yeah - standards, what standards shall we have for music? You are right: > It is easier to define, what is good: the complexity and deepness of > Bach, Wagner or Thelonius Monk is obvious. The craft and intelligence of > Tom Waits or PJ Harvey is plain to see also. > > But how can we define badness? Primitivity? No: listen to the first > album of the Stooges or to the Ramones or to Suicide - complexity is not > a must-have. > Stupidity? Yes: stupid stuff is bad stuff, but what is stupid? > I guess, I could prove the stupidity of the average > gregorian-chant-dance-beat-CD but it is late now, I need to sleep and > nobody would read an elaboration on this that would take 4-5 h to write > and 20min to read.... > Also I love Bach, Wagner, Thelonius Monk, Tom Waits, PJ Harvey and The Stooges, The Ramones and Suicide _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
