--- tweibrecht@juno.com wrote:
quoted 3 lines you dont know shit about the context...just admit
>
> you dont know shit about the context...just admit
> it.
Either this is very funny or it's very sad. Context
is different for different people. For example:
quoted 7 lines its got everything to do with it...doesnt
> its got everything to do with it...doesnt
> originality and newness count
> for anything? if you had been listening to the
> beatles and the rolling
> stones for 6 years prior, ud realize that NEU!
> (among others) was a
> breath of fresh air...
...if someone hadn't been listening to The Beatles or
the Rolling Stones 6 years prior, but in fact had been
paying attention to different musical trends (sorry
I'm not as much of a scholar to mention anything
specific, but certainly Beatles & Rolling Stones
weren't the only two options back then), Neu! (or
anything else) would be perceived differently.
Case in point: In the summer of 1997, my big loves
were Tori Amos, They Might Be Giants, and Nine Inch
Nails - the latter being the most "adventurous" stuff
I listened to. On a whime I bought this CD by this
guy called "Aphex Twin." He blew my mind. It was
unlike anything I'd heard before and I knew I loved
it.
However, if I'd been paying attention to electronic
music and "IDM" and all of this throughout the 90's,
Aphex Twin would have been much less of a shock to my
system. In the creator's context of his influences,
contemporaries, label, etc. - Aphex's RDJ Album is
good, but not really revolutionary. Especially
considering the Hangable Auto Bulb releases two (or
one?) years prior.
So, yes, context is everything, but whose context?
The artist's, the label's, an abstract historal
context, or the listener's? In which case, which
listener? You? Me?
I hope I don't sound like I'm lecturing, but just
saying "context is everything" and then lambasting
someone else for not sharing your context and
therefore your views is kind of short-sighted, IMHO.
Sincerely,
Lord High Damek,
Ambassador of Love
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