--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@...> wrote: > > You write so many words, and I seldom have even the slightest > clue what you're trying to say. But, it sounds like you're > taking issue with the harshness of the second sentence of my > two sentence critique
He's talking about Barry's response to what you said (quoted at the end). He's fine with what you said. Barry couldn't express his opinion without making it a putdown not only of Gaga but of everyone who likes her. BTW, I don't get much out of the music either. It's the person performing it who resonates for me. > and I would say that is the result of my having forced myself to listen all > the way through RD's link instead of clicking away after a few seconds. For > me, it's simply a matter of resonance, and if I don't resonate with a piece > of music, it is excruciating to listen to it. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Note, Alex, the difference between the quality of your first person > > ontology in making the judgment you madeI deem it to be innocent and > > almost mechanicaland the quality of the first person ontology which > > expresses itself hereprejudice. There is something stingy and ungenerous > > and unattractive in the very form of what gets said hereI am speaking of > > something other than mere content. The context out of which you made your > > judgment is radically different than the context out of which this opinion > > is making itself known to us. Even though, presumably, these two opinions > > are converging upon the same judgment. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > O.K. One last try. I uploaded Lady Gaga to my Picasa account. > > > > > Let me know if it works. > > > > > https://picasaweb.google.com/106545400900838340106/LadyGaga?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCNHTqfHlr6SD9QE&feat=directlink > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/cq2h2sp > > > > > > > > Link works, but I remain completely baffled by the whole > > > > Lady Gaga phenomenon. To me, that was just a half-naked > > > > woman screaming into a microphone while other musicians > > > > play random noises. > > > > > > Thank you for this, Alex. I was beginning to fear > > > that standards here had reached a new low. People > > > are such suckers for a little cheap flash.
