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Points: 872 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:48
Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

I guess as an admin I should get it back on track.   REVIEWERS.  Discuss.
 
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Points: 2157 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:45
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What if the reviewer doesn't understand the music? I realize that draws a million more incredibly thin lines in the PA world, but don't people often make the unconscious jump from misunderstanding music to regarding it as poor music. 

...or jump to regarding it as great music Smile
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I guess as an admin I should get it back on track.   REVIEWERS.  Discuss.
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Van Damme approves of the direction this thread has taken.
 


Edited by Walton Street - January 23 2015 at 13:26
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

I'm just bored waiting at Louis Armstrong's in New Orleans for the long flight home - via L.A.
And 69 is 69 upside down, nothin' wrong with that........
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Points: 6253 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:15
Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

I was born in 69.  BOOYAH
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

I was born in 69.  BOOYAH
 
I was born in '61.
 
I think a big toe is involved in my case
 
 
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Points: 2673 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:06
Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Reviewers must be permitted to comment with impunity if they are to give their honest opinion of a piece of work, even if that is harsh or "unfair". Judging whether that harsh opinion is not an honest opinion is an "after-the-event" assessment that the reader is entitled to make, however, what we cannot do is presume that the reviewer is not being honest.

If we start imposing rules (above the normal standards of conduct implied by the Review Guidelines) then we are enforcing restrictions on reviewing practices that will also hamper fair and impartial reviews. 

Not every album is solid gold and a review is of the music presented, not of the effort involved in making it.

This says it all.


What if the reviewer doesn't understand the music? I realize that draws a million more incredibly thin lines in the PA world, but don't people often make the unconscious jump from misunderstanding music to regarding it as poor music. This is certainly common in fashion. Maybe your wife thinks your outfit is silly, when you consider it your best attire for the occasion.

But I understand that what be near impossible to enforce. How does one decide if they understand something or not? And won't they just attempt to try and understand it with a few more listens? Or will they, pretend to understand it with the general belief that the music didn't accomplish its objective effectively? For me, there is hardly an album I've heard that I consider bad, but there are some. Usually I understand (to an extent) the music I am hearing and enjoy it, or I pass if off as something I just don't get. But rarely do I understand something, and also see it for being sub-par. Maybe that's because I don't write reviews? I don't have a reputation on the line, which our dear reviewers do. As someone previously said, free speech is a b****.
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:03
I'm just bored waiting at Louis Armstrong's in New Orleans for the long flight home - via L.A.
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Points: 6253 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:01
Originally posted by earlyprog earlyprog wrote:

Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by Walton Street Walton Street wrote:

Originally posted by earlyprog earlyprog wrote:

[QUOTE=Kati]
hug to you Hug


 

Kati, you responded with your signature (Wink). Does this mean you will PM me Heart
No need for pm's all has been said here. Big hug to you Hug
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Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ Fortunately for Kati - she's in Mozambique ......
hahaha Tom and you live down under hihihi hehehe  Big smile ermmm...

What's wrong with 69? I like 69.

That's the year '69. Great year for prog and music in general
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ Fortunately for Kati - she's in Mozambique ......
 
but dahhhling,
anybody who is ANYBODY lives in Mozambique
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Points: 2157 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 12:52
Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by Walton Street Walton Street wrote:

Originally posted by earlyprog earlyprog wrote:

Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

hug to you Hug

Hugs to you too, Kati. 

(Between you and me, I think I got a crush on you Embarrassed)

Could you spare some of that love for me?
 
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you, too
Another one bites the dust
 
(tell me you aren't singing this in your head now)

Kati, you responded with your signature (Wink). Does this mean you will PM me Heart
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Points: 6253 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 12:51
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ Fortunately for Kati - she's in Mozambique ......
hahaha Tom and you live down under hihihi hehehe  Big smile ermmm...
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^ Fortunately for Kati - she's in Mozambique ......
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Points: 6253 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 12:42
Originally posted by Walton Street Walton Street wrote:

Originally posted by earlyprog earlyprog wrote:

Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

hug to you Hug

Hugs to you too, Kati. 

(Between you and me, I think I got a crush on you Embarrassed)

Could you spare some of that love for me?
 
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you, too
Another one bites the dust
 
(tell me you aren't singing this in your head now)
hahaha Walton Street, I love Freddie too!!!! And my new fav person is earlyprog, he is charming and hot Big smile gnack gnack gnack Embarrassed group hug Hug
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Points: 6253 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 12:40
Originally posted by Walton Street Walton Street wrote:

Originally posted by earlyprog earlyprog wrote:

Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

hug to you Hug

Hugs to you too, Kati. 

(Between you and me, I think I got a crush on you Embarrassed)

Could you spare some of that love for me?
 
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you, too
Another one bites the dust
 
(tell me you aren't singing this in your head now)
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Points: 2157 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 12:36
^I prefer not to reveal what's in my head right now.....Tongue 

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