HW: Live 79 (An invitation to a 1 minute hate)

[Stephen Swann]

Carl Edlund Anderson writes:
>
> On lör 20 mar 1999 13.35 -0500 "Stephen Swann" <swann at PLUTONIA.COM> wrote:
> > Actually, I get the feeling that this discussion (like most that we've
> > been having here lately) is mostly about the context in which we
> > discovered the music, and how we felt about it at the time - not about
> > any sort of "absolute musical value" that can be assigned to it.
>
>      And what is "absolute musical value"? :)

Oh, the sort of thing that makes King Crimson "superior" to the Spice
Girls. ;-)

I mean, if we can call people "talentless", we're making an implicit
assertion that the music they produce is of little worth.  Right?  So,
we're making a judgement about the value of things (which is sort of
what I've been fighting against in the "bashing" thread).  I assert
that we should only be discussing this stuff in the context of
personal preference, and stop making sweeping value judgements about
each others' music.  But maybe that's too contrary to human nature; a
lot of people are unable to even disassociate "I like" from "I have
respect for".

Steve
swann at plutonia.com