Comparing Genres - Is It Hard?

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SuedeSwede
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  • #41
  • Posted: 09/29/2013 00:54
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I like to leave out jazz/soul albums in my chart - I've listened to many jazz records and soul records, but they just get put to bottom of charts, not because I don't like them, but because they're out of place and I feel as if they're not supposed to be there. It's like I have nothing to judge it against because I like it in a different way. It's incongruent - out of place, doesn't fit.
It's like sticking JMan in the middle of a bunch of intellectuals.
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  • Posted: 09/29/2013 00:57
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Mod wrote:
I like to leave out jazz/soul albums in my chart - I've listened to many jazz records and soul records, but they just get put to bottom of charts, not because I don't like them, but because they're out of place and I feel as if they're not supposed to be there. It's like I have nothing to judge it against because I like it in a different way. It's incongruent - out of place, doesn't fit.
It's like sticking JMan in the middle of a bunch of intellectuals.


I understand if someone finds it difficult to compare jazz albums to pop albums, but soul? Really? Why?
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  • Posted: 09/29/2013 14:35
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Mod wrote:
It's like sticking JMan in the middle of a bunch of intellectuals.


And like sticking Mod in a bunch of quiet people who keep their opinions to themselves.





























I'm kidding. That's actually a little funny. Smile
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drakonium
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  • #44
  • Posted: 09/29/2013 14:42
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What making a chart, what I compare isn't the music itself but my enjoyment of it. So no, it's not easier for me to "compare" Sgt. Pepper's to Village Green than, say, to GKMC.
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  • Posted: 09/29/2013 17:32
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what I compare isn't the music itself but my enjoyment of it


This. I feel like this is the way music should be compared even within the same genre. Music is entertainment and is even sometimes beyond just that. I compare music based on how easily I can slip away and envision a place separate from current reality. I.e. the past: associating positive or negative experiences to an album, I have found, also enhances my enjoyment of any given album because it can allow me to relive some of those emotions whenever I like.
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  • #46
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Not hard at all. Regardless of genre the quality of any given album is just a measure of how much you enjoy listening to it, just like your preference for apples or oranges is a measure of how much you enjoy eating them (or using them for other stuff if that is your inclination but then bananas tend to win). I enjoy both apples and oranges (and bananas), but apples slightly more.
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  • Posted: 10/17/2013 23:30
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Remember genres are now tools of the pretentious and the music reviewers. They serve no purpose other than superficial differences. There is nothing to compare. Regard them as dangerous. Laughing
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