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-Radioswim- 
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 Posted: June 16 2012 at 21:56 |
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Had it been a poll, I would have had all of my friends register just to vote this album. |
That'd show 'em. |
will you be my friend?!  so we can show them together?
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Dust in the Kitchen
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: June 16 2012 at 22:21 |
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If I show you mine will you show me yours?
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Horizons
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 17:42 |
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 17:50 |
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Oh i forgot this......
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Yeah, I can agree to that.
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The Doctor
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 17:53 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Horizons wrote:
Oh i forgot this......
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Yeah, I can agree to that. |
My favorite Supertramp album.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Dean
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 17:58 |
The Doctor wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Horizons wrote:
Oh i forgot this......
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Yeah, I can agree to that. |
My favorite Supertramp album.
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Mine too.
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What?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 18:00 |
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^I have tried. Just not my thing I suppose
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Dean
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 18:01 |
...and that makes it overrated?
No matter, overrated/underrated, it's all a bit silly anyway.
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What?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 18:03 |
Dean wrote:
...and that makes it overrated?
No matter, overrated/underrated, it's all a bit silly anyway. |
OK It's not overrated. I don't care. I don't likr it and loads of people seem to love it. That is the situation.
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Dean
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 18:04 |
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quite.
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What?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 18:10 |
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quite. |
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HarbouringTheSoul
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 18:41 |
Dean wrote:
...and that makes it overrated? |
...yes? What else if "overrated" but "everybody else likes it more than I do"?
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The T
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 18:44 |
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Sgt Pepper's.
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The Doctor
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 19:07 |
HarbouringTheSoul wrote:
Dean wrote:
...and that makes it overrated? |
...yes? What else if "overrated" but "everybody else likes it more than I do"?
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Overrated implies some sort of objective criteria for judging albums (i.e. people like it way more than any reasonable person should). Of course, I do feel that way about rap and country music. Still, when discussing music, we are invariably talking about subjective tastes and therefore, the term overrated is incorrect. Still, as long as one keeps the subjectivity of tastes in music in mind, using the term overrated is perhaps not so bad. By the way, the Beatles? Underrated. 
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Monadology
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 19:08 |
HarbouringTheSoul wrote:
Dean wrote:
...and that makes it overrated? |
...yes? What else if "overrated" but "everybody else likes it more than I do"?
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That's quite simple: "Everyone likes it more than it deserves." It is perfectly possible to a huge fan of something and admit that it is overrated, just as one can find an album unenjoyable while recognizing it merits the approval it has received.
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irrelevant
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 19:10 |
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Yep, not that hard everybody.
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 19:14 |
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I don't mind the terms "overrated" and "underrated." We imply that an album is one or the other almost every time we issue a rating.
If album A has a 4.52 average rating and I rate it a three, I have effectively said, "This album is overrated."
If album B has a 2.37 average rating and I rate it a four, I have effectively said, "This album is underrated."
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Monadology wrote:
It is perfectly possible to a huge fan of something and admit that it is overrated, just as one can find an album unenjoyable while recognizing it merits the approval it has received. |
And this too
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I love dogs, I've always loved dogs
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-Radioswim-
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Posted: June 17 2012 at 22:22 |
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
I don't mind the terms "overrated" and "underrated." We imply that an album is one or the other almost every time we issue a rating.
If album A has a 4.52 average rating and I rate it a three, I have effectively said, "This album is overrated."
If album B has a 2.37 average rating and I rate it a four, I have effectively said, "This album is underrated."
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Monadology wrote:
It is perfectly possible to a huge fan of something and admit that it is overrated, just as one can find an album unenjoyable while recognizing it merits the approval it has received. |
And this too |
This is pretty relevant.
Perhaps appreciation for something, gives use the "right" to criticize it's overblown praise?
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 00:20 |
Monadology wrote:
HarbouringTheSoul wrote:
Dean wrote:
...and that makes it overrated? |
...yes? What else if "overrated" but "everybody else likes it more than I do"?
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That's quite simple: "Everyone likes it more than it deserves." It is perfectly possible to a huge fan of something and admit that it is overrated, just as one can find an album unenjoyable while recognizing it merits the approval it has received. |
How do you interpret "Everyone likes it more than it deserves" ? "Everyone is not being honest with himself and does not genuinely like the album so much" or "Too many people love it" ?
Edited by Dayvenkirq - June 18 2012 at 00:23
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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 18 2012 at 10:43 |
Dean wrote:
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If you read my opinons before then you probably know I don't agree with this overrated stuff. In this case I adopting the axiom "If you can't beat them join them". I think if one doesn't like something at all then you simply cannot call that thing overrated. The fact is that you don't like it wich is an entirely diferent thing. I have come to the conclusion that you can only call something overrated if you are a fan of that artist or genre. For example, A Prog Metal fan can say that he thinks Symphony X is overrated. It would be nonsense for a fan of only seventies Prog to say that. Or, a Dream Theater fan could say that Images and Words is a bit overrated.
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