Reviews discussion

Edited by tuxon - May 13 2007 at 18:38

tuxon wrote: But what Tuxon has said is just plain daft.   that's a factual statement, not opinion.

tuxon wrote: tuxon wrote:   My opinion was there to express that other people's opinions can't be critisised if these opinions are genuine.   If someone believes all Rush albums are worth 5 stars, who are we to say he is wrong, it's his opinion and that should be fine with us. The same for people who don't consider KC Court of the crimson King a masterpiece, or consideres Genesis albums to be very weak.   it's all opinion and if you can't deal with people having different opinions, how can you expect honoust ratings. Fans and bashers should get more freedom to express their likes and dislikes openly and uncensored, without constantly being called fanboy's or not worthy of writing on a progressive rock site.   We need both sides of the medaillion to keep a balance between objective analisis and subjective reasons, personally i prefer subjective reasons for liking a band than an objective analysis, for that may reflect on quality, but not on beauty.   The problem with the Rush reviews is that it aren't album reviews, but band reviews, and those should be a part of the album review, but the review has to be specifically adressing the album, which didn't happen. therefor they should be deleted, and the writer should be informed asking for a more album specific review to replace the faulted review. But it's the review that's wrong, not his opinion.       Do you consider this opinion daft also?

Edited by Snow Dog - May 13 2007 at 15:10

tuxon wrote: [   My opinion was there to express that other people's opinions can't be critisised if these opinions are genuine.   If someone believes all Rush albums are worth 5 stars, who are we to say he is wrong, it's his opinion and that should be fine with us.

Ok....I'm outta here.......<<<disguise.

my opinion is stated Erik

Yes Erik, I too tire of these iconoclastic low ratings/reviews that are so obviously done to provoke a reaction. No problem with 1/2 star ratings by any means, but to just come out and say 'album X is overrated' without going into much depth about why they think that a long-since acknowledged historically important album is 'overrated' basically often amounts to 'I don't like this album, so it must be overrated'...

I have to admit that I was on the brink of reviewing in the "degrading and provoking The T and Progger style" but I don't want to make progheads feel upset only because I am angry about some people who do not deserve the negative attention they succeed to generate  But every time I read those reviews I feel a primitive urge to react immediately with a similar negative review about the bands they like and I don't.... until now I managed to handle those feelings, I hope I won't let myself go so when I notice the names like The T and Progger I stop reading, that's the best way for me to avoid more anger and possible negative actions.

Edited by erik neuteboom - May 13 2007 at 17:11

Well, in this case 2-3 hours Atkingani  

Exactly Tony R30, what if I am going to write about Dream Theater that "I am fed up with their emotionless scale acrobatics" or about The Beatles "I cannot imagine that serious progheads love this music, what a mediocre bunch of pseudo-prog, The Stranglers and The Tubes deliver more exciting prog moments in their early period" ...