From pHlow Sent Fri, Jul 9th 1999, 15:41
From pHlow Sent Fri, Jul 9th 1999, 15:41
On Thu, 08 Jul 1999 07:43:49 EDT, matthew d salcido <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> said: >maybe this question has been discussed before but not since ive been on >the list so im going to ask it. first some background info on how this >question popped into my head. > > a while back my friend sort of got me interested in georgio moroder >(sp?) and played me some stuff i really liked. since then ive been >looking for stuff by him to pick up but havent really found any. >tonight i sat down with some friends to watch the movie "cat people" and >while i was reading the back of the movie box, i noticed georgio moroder >had done the music for the film. first i thought great but as i listened >to the music through out the flick i began to wish i didnt know it was >him so that i could listen without bias... so what im asking is: do >you find that when you listen to music, knowing who has written it, do >you have a bias (good or bad) ? > i think the advent of the internet and highly opinionated bias-inducing lists such as this one have really accellerated this phenomenon/problem. even though supposedly most of us are independent adults with our own concepts of what we like and don't like, it's sometimes difficult to initially "beleive" our own judgements on new music after we've read 10+ message threads all agreeing that "this sucks" or " this is mind-blowing". It's weird, but somehow the views of 10 people you never have and probably never will personally meet hold a lot of weight in the opinion forming arena. not to say that collaborative tools such as the net have obsoleted individual thought, but it can make it easier to fall into the collective opinion. however, repeated listening at the apex of one's own private sound system will usually peel off the emperor's new clothes. the truth will set you free. NP: bochum welt: live in london peeeeeeeeeece, -- Jeff Davis xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx fn:216.533.6303 fx:216.266.2310 text:xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xxx pHlow.linx: home.earthlink.net/~phlow/ Bochum Welt: www.bochumwelt.com Rotator Locator: hyperreal.org/music/rotator/