has anyone heard the times by pooley? it is a double lp on force inc. in a blue cover most of the songs are weird minimal stuff (it reminds me of marionettes or weird dolls) but there are a couple real nice songs dustin
On Sun, 4 Jun 2000 06:21:51 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > In a message dated 4/06/00 5:04:07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > And I wrote: > > >>I know the thing to do is judge the music on it's own merits, > but I'm > > >>being honest: it's hard not to be influenced by all the stuff > external > to > > >>the track: the artist, the label, the artwork, etc. All this > stuff sets > up > > >>expectations before the music kicks in. > > > > And A_Zed replied: > > >That's a pity because you are probably limiting yourself to > great music > due > > >to extraneous preconceptions. > > > > Iâm human and subject to the shades of influence thrown at me > (most of it > > intentionally thrown my way: labels and artists go to lots of > effort to > > create an environment around the actual music, through graphic > design, > track > > names, etc). Come on, donât be holier than thou and claim you > can divorce > > yourself entirely from all but the music, even if that should be > the aim. > > Who hasnât bought a record on the basis of who the artist was > and on what > > label only to find a few listens later that the ep was actually > pretty > > ordinary? > > > Actually I was referring to your comment: > > > "Kind of goes to show how much opinions (well, mine at least) are > swayed by > > knowledge of who the artist is, because I'm sure if I knew > 'November' was > by > > Pooley I wouldn't have liked it so much. > > Why would it be so that if you liked that track initially, and you > found out > it was by someone whom you would not rate it would change your view > of it? > > Cheers, > A_Zed > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
