'I don't get it'

I mentioned doctors as an aside when I was talking about appeals to authority as an example of something where I might appeal to expertise.  I'd sooner trust a neurologist's take on the state of my brain than, say, a urogolist who has only studied other parts of the anatomy, or a purrologist whose focus is cats, or a furologist named Bob Drake (sorry if this bearly makes sense).

I looked up :v, I guessed it was sarcastic or ironic. For any who may not know (which quite likely is no one at the forum), j/k equals just kidding.  I usually use ;) for j/k.  Like with other categories, there's avant prog I like and dislike and everyone to their own tastes.

I have seen such statements from people and is quite annoying; very arrogant.  I wish more people would talk about the qualities they appreciate in music without telling another how they should appreciate music.  What music sounds good and evokes the right emotions is in the ear of the behearer. I have had people on the more melodic rock side tell me that what I like is bad and just noise and no one should like it  just to try to annoy me in some cases).  I loathe such attitudes.  There are those who do seem to forget that music appreciation is subjective and no two people appreciate music in precisely the same way.  We all bring in our own psyches, experiences, associations.... I will appreciate certain music at one time and not appreciate it at another depending on mood and other factors. And some music I had to find the right stepping stones to appreciate, and with other music I lost interest over time. I do think one can appreciate the qualities of music without necessarily liking the music, but that's another thing. While I do think there is good and bad music (at least following certain principles) I wish less people talked about music as if it is good or bad and would be less apt to confuse personal preference with objective goodness.  I care about if music is good for me more than if it good writ large. Some music resonates with me particularly well at certain times and might not have resonated before being exposed to music that led me there and primed me.  Enjoy the journey, everyone's is different.  I don't want to be told what I "should" like and how I "should" appreciate it.

WE ARE NOT WORTHY!!  

Anyway, the counter-argument from those groups I've mentioned is usually a gatekeepingy one such as: "the music is too complex for you and you're just too simple to understand the genius of Henry Cow, Univers Zero, Cardiacs etc." or "you have no idea how important and groundbreaking Klaus Schulze's music was at the time". I don't like that approach because to me, music has to sound good and evoke the right kind of emotions.

BTW Paul ... can you imagine Klaus Schulze from the start? Or Tangerine Dream?

Where's that insanity pill, Paul?

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.... music has to sound good and evoke the right kind of emotions.