[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Ouch. I feel that a true lover of music, particularly songwriting (which IS a
> form of literary genius), would be willing to take the time to read what the
> artist is trying to express if they provide the information. My biggest
> problem with CDs is the difficulty I have reading the microprint that fills
> the booklets. I miss 12X12 LP covers terribly. Not wanting to read what is
> included in an album is a just another symptom of our high-speed technocratic
> culture that wants information immediately, and without much effort required.
I think I've read the liner notes and accompanying material to almost every album
I've had in my possession just to see what else is said, who is playing on the
release and who gets thanked as well as rhe lyrics sheet. That's becauise I want
to and I'm interested in what is going on behind the scenes as well as in the
music. BUT MY POINT IS - That is extraneous material. It doesn't affect the way
the work is heard except subjectively. The Music must be capable of standing on
it's own without all that other stuff. Unless , of course, we dealing with
another art form instead of music. It's kinda of like ask me to appreciate Garth
Brooks more because of all the hype in reviews or liner notes. It just doesn't
make a whit of difference to my ears or for that matter to my heart to which the
music must speak. Unless this listening to music is an intellectual rather than
an aesthetic thing.
All the writing in the world does not change how it sunds.
Iceman
