It can be interesting to read books about music (or any form of art for
that matter), you can think up interestingn concepts, made up some
really interesting concepts on why music is music or whatever, or have
a good track because you sampled 2 goldfishes having sex.... in the end
it all comes down to wether you like the song or not.
No theory or whatever made me hate a track i used to like. So i never
took these things that seriously.
KJ
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On 5-jan-05, at 17:33, Brendan Nelson wrote:
At 11:31 AM 1/5/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In Simpsons comic book guy voice: "Worst... music
'criticism'... ever..."
What's sad is how many of friends consider Reynolds (and guys like
pitchfork) inspiration/hero/grand influence/whatever.
I think there's a place in the world for Simon Reynolds, but
like most music journalists, he's essentially making a career
out of sniping from the sidelines, and someone who does that
for a living can only be seen as an inspiration by people who
aspire to that sort of position.
I have to admit, I often prefer to read opinions (on music as
well as other subjects) that conflict with my own; even though
I'd ideally prefer these opinions to be better articulated than
Simon Reynolds' often are!
