It was the worst of times and the best of times

I simply don't loike Rap, I don't like Madlib because I dislike sampling, never believed a turntable is a musical instrument, it just reproduces music real artists write.

Don't like DJ Shadow, don't like Inmortal Technique or any Rap musician who has been mentioned here as great, but I took my time to listen them and stil don't believe rapping is singing.

But this is not a rap thread.

The point is that you clearly state What I would call closed minded is accusing people of being delusional just because they like a piece of music that you don't, not considering the fact that maybe, you know, they actually like it?, but in the next paragraph you say I personally can't see how someone thinks Tormato is a better album other than that it's more in the "right' style. Which IMO is not how you review a record .

If you don't notice this is a contradiction you simply are not thinking in what you write, because both the second statement denies everything you said in the first one.

Then you make it even worst when you state:

boo boo wrote: ]I will give you props for liking Rumours, maybe you're not so bad after all.

But today you make it worst despite the smiley:

boo boo wrote: ]I think far too often that even the most awful prog albums get more rave reviews than the best non prog albums on this website. I swear adding "prog related" artists is mostly just an excuse to rave about how superior prog is to everything else.

Please boo boo, Who are you to say an album the majority of the members love is awful? Don't you understand that taste is subjective? You don't have to like what we like, but you have to respect other's tastes, you may say OI don't like Close to the Edge or Foxtrot or whatever, but when you say this album is awful and the one I like despite most of the people don't like it is intrinsically good, you are being arrogant, because you place your taste over the taste of the rest.

Now, today (despite the smiley) you make it even more dramatic when you state

boo boo wrote: ]I will give you props for liking Rumours, maybe you're not so bad after all

Please boo Boo: Am .I better because I like some Pop albums? Then I must be even better because I like Meatloaf and a saint because I like Ruben Blades Latin Jazz/Salsa and maybe an Archangel because I like Silvio Rodriguez and the Cuban Nueva Trova despite I hate their Communist ideology.

That's absurd, when kid in the university, my best friends were Metalheads (very few had at least a slight idea about Prog), this guys not only listened exclusively Metal, but dressed as Metal fans, breath and sweat Metal music, and all were excellent persons and not at all close minded, because they respected my taste as I respected theirs...Yes we all hated Disco Music, but because it was a symbol of everything that was wrong with musical industry in those days.

So don't judge if you don't want to be judged, respect the tastes of the people, if somebody only listens Prog and that makes him/her happy...Good for him/her, and if another person likes every music he listen in a radio, MTV or even in an elevator, also great for him, we listen music to be happy, and if Rap doesn't make me happy...Why in hell must I listen Rap existing so much music in the universe?

Iván