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Maybe, but he doesn't even have their album, yet has I, II and III and houses of the Holy.dmpoole said:
Why Do So Many People Hate songs that are clearly good?
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It can take a genius to make a brutally simple song good.
Of course some artists have more talent that others - yet their music may be less well produced or less easy-listening than the latest record-company puppet. But people choose to look behind the bare sound and into the meaning, or composition.
Much like art. An abstract piece could well have been produced by a toddler, but that toddler won't have put the thought into composition, interpretation etc.
So back to music - thrash metal goes right over my head - but if you sit and listen long enough and look into the artist, you can hear the tune, the beat, and feel the anger/sorrow/angst* behind the tune.
My personal take on James Blunt, Coldplay and the like are that their lyrics are vague enough to speak to many many people - they seem to speak of general emotions rather than experiences. It's okay but it doesn't talk to me. Unfortunately "Beautiful" was overplayed to buggery and I grew to very much dislike Blunt's voice - so anything he does now makes me want to tell him to pull himself together, silly boy.
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Of course some artists have more talent that others - yet their music may be less well produced or less easy-listening than the latest record-company puppet. But people choose to look behind the bare sound and into the meaning, or composition.
Much like art. An abstract piece could well have been produced by a toddler, but that toddler won't have put the thought into composition, interpretation etc.
So back to music - thrash metal goes right over my head - but if you sit and listen long enough and look into the artist, you can hear the tune, the beat, and feel the anger/sorrow/angst* behind the tune.
My personal take on James Blunt, Coldplay and the like are that their lyrics are vague enough to speak to many many people - they seem to speak of general emotions rather than experiences. It's okay but it doesn't talk to me. Unfortunately "Beautiful" was overplayed to buggery and I grew to very much dislike Blunt's voice - so anything he does now makes me want to tell him to pull himself together, silly boy.
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You reckon Emin put that much into her bed?sara said:
.Well nearly all of her pieces seem to revolve around her fairly sordid sex life. Not the thing for me, but there are some people who appreciate that kind of hyper-personal art. The Bed included used condoms and blood stained undies - so it looks like she, erm, did put a lot of herself into it, yes...Phnom_Penh said:You reckon Emin put that much into her bed?