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Dara:
well johnny it seems you have been academic'd
jeph:
I think people should just use music reviews to check stuff out that they think they'd like. Whether you think the review is good or bad is secondary, in my mind, to whether it introduced you to music you enjoy or not.
I don't read reviews for value judgements so much as descriptions of what a given band sounds like or, if I'm already familiar with the band, another person's opinion of that album. I don't think there's such thing as a "bad" review so much as a review that you disagree or find fault with (excepting technical stuff like legibility, grammar, etc.)
Basically I think people just take music criticism (and criticism in general) WAY too seriously a lot of the time.
lastclearchance:
Wow. Way to express exactly the things I forgot to include when I went overboard above, and say them about five times better than I could/would have. Nicely done!
I mean, this is mostly how I use music criticism. Reading a music review is not that much different from noticing you namedropping a band in the newspost. Especially since I put a high premium on getting to hear it before I buy it, to see what I think of it.
rive gauche:
--- Quote from: jeph ---I think people should just use music reviews to check stuff out that they think they'd like. Whether you think the review is good or bad is secondary, in my mind, to whether it introduced you to music you enjoy or not.
I don't read reviews for value judgements so much as descriptions of what a given band sounds like or, if I'm already familiar with the band, another person's opinion of that album. I don't think there's such thing as a "bad" review so much as a review that you disagree or find fault with (excepting technical stuff like legibility, grammar, etc.)
Basically I think people just take music criticism (and criticism in general) WAY too seriously a lot of the time.
--- End quote ---
amen, brother.
fathertoasisterofthought:
Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum (Chicago Reader) spoke at Michigan State my freshman year, and the most important thing I took away from the lecture was this: critics exist to facilitate coversation on the art they critique. I try to use that in my own criticisms and when I read others. Getting published doesn't mean you're the only authority.
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