estebanana -> RE: Is it normal to feel that flamenco died with Paco? (Apr. 18 2018 0:35:38)
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We all have built-in cognitive biases. We over-evaluate what we have and under-evaluate what we don't have. In our minds, our wives are more beautiful than they really are, our kids are smarter than they really are, etc. Those biases extend to our musical tastes. The music of our teen years or the music of other salient moments in our lives was just so much better than everything else. Those biases serve a purpose and in many ways we should be happy we have them. I can certainly see the benefit of thinking your significant other is more beautiful than she actually is. What I don't understand is when those biases warp into a judgment of everything else. We're no longer saying that our wives are more beautiful. We're saying that everybody else's wife is ugly. An odd turn of events. If you can't find quality music today, you're not listening hard enough. If it's all dying and there's no hope of adding anything of quality to what has already been done, then let's just call the whole thing off. If you don't think you can add anything worthwhile to what Reyes did, then throw out your tools and burn down the workshop. If you don't think you can add anything to what PdL did, then smash that guitar to pieces and use it for firewood. Better yet, bring the wood here, and we can put it all together in the middle of the foro and light it up, turn this place into a huge funeral pyre to grieve the past and contemplate our hopeless future. Let's wallow in our despair and enjoy every last drop of it. If everything is sh*t, then at least let's be honest and drop the whole thing. Some people really need to ask themselves why they're even here if they truly believe it's all sh*t. You've insulted every creative mind here by including what they're doing in the category "sh*t". Ricardo, John, Grisha, sorry to break it to you but your music is all sh*t and cheap. Stephen, Tom, Andy, Brian, Rob, sorry to break it to you but your guitars are all sh*t and cheap. Or maybe we can set up a cut-off age. If you're older than X, you're fine. You're part of the dying but great. If you're younger than X, you're sh*t. What should that age be? 50? That's a nice round number. Let's go with that. Some of you are off the hook (can I hear a collective sigh of relief?). The rest of you, say it together now: "we're sh*t". Olé! Mi cago en tu leche, toma que,,,,, toma, que toma..........Ole!
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