quoted 13 lines There are things I didn't used to like that I do now and vice versa.>
> > There are things I didn't used to like that I do now and vice versa.
>
> Exactly. That's why I always avoid making purportedly objective
> statements (xxx is crap, yyy is talentless, etc).
>
> I know too well that something I've found uninteresting in the past
> might 6 months later become one of my favourite pieces of music.
>
> As far as I'm concerned if a piece of music brings enjoyment to some
> people, then it has value. The fact that I may not be one of those
> people doesn't detract from that.
> Cosmic
I totally agree with Cosmic. Picasso said that what made something a work of art
was whether it brought a response from people irrespective of whether that
response was complimentary of the work or not. If someone stormed out of the room outraged that was good as at least a response had been achieved.
In the same way if someone is able to enjoy a piece of music that I cannot, what
right is it of mine to take this incredibly olympian attitude and declare them
to be wrong? How can I possibly assume to see the music from their perspective
and judge what they get out of the music to be right or not?
So like Cosmic I don't like to make subjective statements and declare something to be crap etc.
I may say that I don't like something, but if someone else gets something out of it then good for them, it is not my business to say if they are right or wrong.
dan.