In a message dated 06/12/2002 08:10:52 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I always love it when a critical reviewer pans an album admittedly before listening to the first half of it. Congratulations Azeem! I hereby present you with the short-attention span award for reviewer bias. >> Right, sarcasm alert duly heeded. "Critical reviewer"? Hardly. I was posting a few thoughts on what I was hearing. You may want to dignify that with the term review, but I wouldn't. Do you think I don't know how silly it would be to submit a review of a record I hadn't listened to fully? However, that isn't what I was doing. I was not trying to pass my comments off as a fully-fledged review. As you may have noticed, a number of people posted their responses to what they'd listened to so far, just as I did - "I've listened to Disc 1 and I love it, can't wait for Disc 2", and so on. Do you think they should have withheld their thoughts until they'd listened to the whole thing? I doubt it. I certainly don't. That's not what this list is about. I don't know what point are you trying to make by this little dig. I stand by every word I wrote. So there it is. I didn't like Disc 1 at all. Big deal, who gives a toss? My comments are as valid (or invalid) as anyone else's. I will listen to disc 2 soon, and who knows, maybe I'll like it. I would be amazed if her voice has miraculously perked up, but maybe the arrangements will sit better with me. There aren't any songs on disc 2 I already dislike. If I end up liking it, I can assure you I will not hold back from acknowledging this. << PS Perhaps your 'pain' stems from a deep fear of getting older? >> No comment. May I suggest you live and live, and let me say what I want to say without having a dig because it doesn't coincide with your views - and I have to conclude that's what you're doing, otherwise you'd presumably have taken issue with anyone else who posted comments before listening to the whole thing. Azeem in London
