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BarkellWH
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 RE: Your musical interest apart from... (in reply to Guest)
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Gangnam Style crap, P. Diddy, Kanye West, etc. shows that most of the favorite music is garbage.
I couldn't agree more with you, Shroomy. In fact, I stand by my earlier statement that It is a sign of how much "dumbing down" has occurred in labels today that rap, gangnam style, etc. are even considered "music." They are really nothing more than vaguely syncopated noise.
Cheers,
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
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Date Feb. 20 2013 15:03:07
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BarkellWH
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RE: Your musical interest apart from... (in reply to chester)
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That comment is 100% ignorance. How much rap did you listen to? The musical aspect of rap is centered on highly syncopated rhythms (like flamenco) with an emphasis on lyrics. I'm not a huge hip hop fan, but dismissing an entire genre of music (yes, music) is ridiculous. Every genre has it's merits and cultural function (even Reggaeton).
It's like saying flamenco is some guy screaming in Spanish.
Speaking of 100 percent ignorance! To compare rap's syncopated rhythms with flamenco, and then (and this takes the cake!) to suggest that my comment about rap is "like saying flamenco is some guy screaming in Spanish" reveals true ignorance. I do not consider rap "music," but your comments suggest that you don't know the difference between a real musical genre and something others may consider music but is nowhere near the level of flamenco, or any other genre of music.
As a final thought, you do realize that calling someone's comment "100 percent ignorance" because you do not agree with it reveals much more about yourself than it does about the person making the comment.
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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Date Feb. 21 2013 0:05:02
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Sr. Martins
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RE: Your musical interest apart from... (in reply to Guest)
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I dig 50cent's albuns and a song or two from someother rappers.
I enjoy things like Dream Theater, Napalm Death, Ebu Gogo, Nick Cave, Cannibal Corpse, HIM, Animals as Leaders, Y. Malmsteen, Tori Amos, Steel Panther, Amon Tobin and lots of other unrelated stuff.... but in the end, when I just want to clear my mind and feel inspired, nothing beats the "perfection" of Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, Erik Satie and so on...
Flamenco and Jazz also have that effect on me, althought in a lesser extent.
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Date Feb. 21 2013 0:12:38
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Ruphus
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RE: Your musical interest apart from... (in reply to Guest)
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Good question.
Tired of replacing CDs or Venyls for that matter, I was seeking for some file player that could be hooked up to a standalone convertor and into my stereo.
In the "electronics quarter" of the local capitol noone had heard of such, and all they could offer was lousy mp3 players for ridiculous amounts. ( I wanted something that could play all formats / WAV and flac in the first place.)
So, about a year ago I had someone bring me a device from abroad, digged up in the internet and called "Logitech Squeezebox Touch".
Exactly what your doc describes.
Only that, you guessed it already, that LT website is being blocked from here to prevent rebellious citizens from listening to internet radio stations, hence me finding himself unable to initialize the little device.
Meanwhile I found a way to get that thing to work without online animation, but am stuck for almost a week now trying to get that thing to actually function. ( Trying to set up wireless connection to server feed, etc.)
Thursday night, frustrated of being unable with all this I connected a prepared harddisk to the new laptop and put on headphones.
Your average soundcard convertors are pretty fine stuff these days, and I ended up listening till morning sunrise.
And I was thinking of you while auditoning albums like J.J.Cale´s "guitar man".
Man, was I involuntarily floundering!
Just look at the lame monotonous crap that is called "dance music" this days, and then listen to endlessly inspired sounds so groovy that you just can´t but even rock an office chair.
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BTW, guys: Though I havn´t it running yet, this little computer with all kinds of connections and application features really is the hit for what it can do, and that at an incredible price.
Logitech appears to have stopped production, for planing to switch to a much more humble / scaled down consumer friendly concept. And it is being said already that these devices are probably joining those that will sell used in the future for what they used to cost once new.
If spotting some still, you might want to grab yourself one or two for your house.
Ruphus
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Date Feb. 21 2013 10:25:52
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: Your musical interest apart from... (in reply to XXX)
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Sorry, but you dont know rap. Period.
You, like Chester, confuse "knowing" rap with agreeing with your definitions and positions. This mindset leads to the conclusion (logical, if one accepts your premise) that to disagree with your definitions and positions regarding rap (or anything else for that matter) is to be ignorant or "not know" the subject under discussion, in this case rap. Such a solipsistic attitude naturally works to exclude any opinions that are not in accord with yours.
Cheers,
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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Date Feb. 21 2013 10:42:23
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