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| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
im not saying i know it, but there *is* an intrinsic part of art that makes it good, average or shithouse. you cannot possibly tell me that me recording myself banging on pots and pans with a spoon is as musical as beethoven's symphonies. and youd have to say they were of equal value for your argument re blue V green to be consistent.
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I disagree. While there are some things that are nearly universally appealing to western ears (eg basic ET chromatic scale stuff, or 70-160BPM) for mathematical or biological reasons, within those very broad boundaries its pretty subjective stuff. So what's art and what's not? Clearly not something we're going to agree on here - its an age-old argument across every artform. I mean, for sure there is crap dance music and good dance music, but does it take more talent to make belfunk than it does to make 'jump the next train' or 'as the rush comes'? I'd argue that the answer isn't neccesarily a given.
herein lies the problem - most of us would agree that the most commerical tracks are not the best artistically, and in fact there's almost an inverse relationship. in terms of commercial success, cheeseball vocal trance is to 'good' progressive what beethoven is to banging on pots and pans (or at least its nearest counterpart, Einstürzende Neubauten) :P.
So yeah. Not trying to wind people up - just thinking that we like what we like for a variety of reasons, and quite often we can't help it anyways.
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveBegic
nyquist - do all canadians talk as much shit as you do? because you just filled the werribee sewrage plant farm with that one post right there. imagine the possibilities.  |
sorry for pointing out the white elephant in the room! *runs* 
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