From wells Sent Sat, May 16th 1998, 22:50
From wells Sent Sat, May 16th 1998, 22:50
At 02:04 PM 5/16/98 -0700, robot wrote: > >I would agree that some people buy music because of the name or label, >but what's wrong with that? If you find a brand of shoe that fits, >you stick with it. I know I buy records without listening to them >because the record stores in my area are horrible. I find out what >friends of mine are listening to because I trust their tastes and >judgment and then I mail order it. If I end up not liking it, I sell >it and write it off as a simple difference of tastes. Nothing wrong >with that. People have different tastes and that's good because that >is what makes life so interesting. If we all liked the same shit, >think about how boring life would be! > Well, I wasn't talking about _buying_ things due to a label/artist. I do that all the time as well. I'm talking about people who a release is brilliant just because of who did it. I.E. Any RDJ release (not that it's all bad, but people can't really get past the name). I thought this particularly applied to Cylob's Industrial Folk Songs, which is one of the most boring records I've ever heard. >> I mean.. if Joe Blow Techno Artist wrote that record, I have a strong >> feeling 98% of this list would hate it. > >Cylob IS Joe Blow Techno Artist! What makes Cylob so special? Sure >plenty of people like it, but for every person that likes it, I could >find a thousand who would find it to be complete crap! No, I don't think Cylob is Joe Blow. He's got a name and is part of Rephlex, therefore I'd place him pretty high up in the social ranks of IDM/whatever. > >So go ahead and tell us you don't like it and why you don't like it, >but you're a fool for even trying to tell us why we like it! > Well, I wasn't trying to tell people why they liked it. That was my whole point in posting, to find out just what people do find in that record.. - wells oliver / xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xxx