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SirJuggles:
Let's face it. We like to think of ourselves as open-minded folks. And for the most part many of us are. But there is some bad music out there. Whatever your taste may be, there is probably something else that you simply can not stand. And that's ok. But every once in a while we let that categorical loathing get in the way of open appreciation. So why not take another look at that trash, and say something nice about it?

Case in point: I have never been a smooth jazz fan. All my life my dad has played his stacks of jazz CD's, all our radios have been tuned to the smooth jazz station. And I just can't bear it. It's so slow, the rhythms so boring. The vocals on some of the more mainstream albums he listens to have at points made me wish to leap from speeding cars. But my exposure to my school's big-band jazz program has softened me up a little. Sure, I'd still rather sit through a Carlos Mencia marathon than listen to a whole CD. But true, quality jazz music takes skill. Horn and brass instruments can be used to make some really cool music. And perhaps more than anything else I've realized I do in fact enjoy good jazz drumming. So while it's not my favorite, smooth jazz music is far from terrible.


*note: I originally intended to focus on a single band, but I couldn't find a redeeming quality to the Jonas Brothers  :-( On that note, can we please refrain from "Yeah but there's nothing good at all about THIS band". That's missing the point.

Tom:
Well...uh, the kids like it... I suppose.

Cire27:
I'm Not a Fan, But the Kids Like It!

Caspian:

--- Quote from: SirJuggles on 21 Jun 2009, 00:07 ---Let's face it. We like to think of ourselves as open-minded folks.

--- End quote ---

We do? I for one think that label is stupid.

"If you open your mind too much, your brains will fall out"

Thrillho:
I don't really have any particular style of music that I hate, because I'll usually try anything once.

But I'd say that processed, manufactured pop music is something I usually don't like. I don't mean just anything that's catchy, or ALL music that's not jazz or classical or whatever. I mean like the Spice Girls.

Pop music is a precise, refined art now and the tiny musical nuances a lot of these songs have I always find interesting, because you can trace these tricks and cadences and such into more credible music.

Plus, often the production is dead on. One problem with a lot of non-pop albums is that the production can be all wrong for the music being made, but in pop music because it's only meant to put over the person singing, the instruments surronding it are all perfectly played. They do exactly what is required and nothing else - something which can be a problem when you have a band with egos and such.

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