I can’t think of anything else to say besides I like ‘em and you don’t. Fair enough.

Thanks for the clarification. In that comment that I was responding to you mentioned some music that was formative for you (Black Crowes, G’n'R, Springsteen, etc.) and then you went on to say:

“But, my musical education is probably not very similar to yours because I used to love REALLY terrible music. Formative music being as influential as it is, that means I still love really terrible music.”

So since that was the formative music you told us about, I assumed that it was also the music you were describing as really terrible. Hopefully you can see how it was easy for me to draw that conclusion.

I apologize though for insinuating that you are not a sentient being. I feel like the Pitchfork types that I was criticizing think that someone like Sufjan Stevens is cool to like but Bob Dylan isn’t worth talking about because he’s really famous.

No. No. No.

The Eagles have made some really terrible music. Their latest offering was especially bad. Some other things I didn’t admit to are likewise terrible. None of the bands you mentioned are terrible. Even G’n'R did some great work before descending into their current awfulness.

I said a lot of things in this post and the comments, including admitting having listened to some awful music. But in that particular paragraph that mentions Springsteen and Mitchell I was pointing out that in highschool I was focused almost entirely on classic rock. I don’t regret that focus at all. It’s who I am.

Also, no one has “taught me to think this way.” If you’re going to read my words, you need to assume that I’m a sentient being, capable of rational individualized thought. Doesn’t mean I haven’t been influenced, but I’m not a prisoner of someone else’s tastes and opinions.

And Mrshl, are you calling Guns ‘N’ Roses, Bruce Springsteen, and Joni Mitchell “really terrible music”? Who has taught you to think this way? Pitchfork.com? I think it is good to balance an appreciation for classic music with a healthy interest in off-the-beaten-track artists. But one is not necessarily more GOOD or BAD than the other.

Songs are pottery.

Yes.

how did they innovate, or.. wait, I know, ‘disruptive technology.’ Did the bands disrupt the status quo to provide something innovative in the form of… uh… sounds?

Can’t we come up with a better way of saying ‘sound’?