Ladies and Gentlemen, a Question: (bass, funk, punk, genre)

Dona · 04-30-2009, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Veridical Fiction

But you sure can judge a douche bag by his/her opinion of music being based on popularity...

i don't see how the opinion on music has anything to do with what is really inside. i have a friend of mine who is a very good person and she likes disco, dance and all those sh**ty monotonous disco songs (if they can be called songs)...but now that i think of it, she ain't that bright >.>

crash_override · 04-30-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Dona

i don't see how the opinion on music has anything to do with what is really inside. i have a friend of mine who is a very good person and she likes disco, dance and all those sh**ty monotonous disco songs (if they can be called songs)...but now that i think of it, she ain't that bright >.>

The type of music you listen to has litle to no direct impact on a persons intelligence. I believe we came to this conclusion in anouther thread a while back, where in a chart was posted showing peoples average test scores and the type of music they listen to. The relvance just isn't there.

As far as disco goes, I like it, some of it. But I am a bassist, so I may be biased.

Dona · 04-30-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by crash_override

The type of music you listen to has litle to no direct impact on a persons intelligence. I believe we came to this conclusion in anouther thread a while back, where in a chart was posted showing peoples average test scores and the type of music they listen to. The relvance just isn't there.

As far as disco goes, I like it, some of it. But I am a bassist, so I may be biased.

haha...you got a point there. but from people around me i see that those who have shallow minds (i'm not talking about intelligence in test scores) incline to more commercial stuff. anyways this applies to few and not all.

SATCHMO · 04-30-2009, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Dona

haha...you got a point there. but from people around me i see that those who have shallow minds (i'm not talking about intelligence in test scores) incline to more commercial stuff. anyways this applies to few and not all.

Intelligent noob alert!

Freebase Dali · 04-30-2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Dona

i don't see how the opinion on music has anything to do with what is really inside. i have a friend of mine who is a very good person and she likes disco, dance and all those sh**ty monotonous disco songs (if they can be called songs)...but now that i think of it, she ain't that bright >.>

You missed my point.

Judging music based on its popularity level, regardless of what it actually sounds like, is ignorant.
If we only steered toward what's either unpopular, or popular, without taking the actual music itself into account, then we're being led by an expectation; not a genuine interest.
I understand the need to generalize to some degree, but if we limit ourselves too much (and I'm not just talking about disco here) then we miss out on opportunities to develop our own appreciation of what's out there.

That's what I was trying to say.