Subject: Best Concert Ever??
Posted by: doubleoo
Date: Oct 21 16
What's the best concert you've ever been to?
What made it so special?
Posted by: doubleoo
Date: Oct 21 16
What's the best concert you've ever been to?
What made it so special?
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sadwings 
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The thing is, Dawg, there is a big difference between not liking something and criticizing it. It's true that we are all free to like and dislike whatever we choose, and that is a good thing. However, most people always think that the things they don't like are bad or inferior, while the things they do like are good and forever better than what they don't like. It's perfectly fine to like guitarist A better than guitarist B, but when one claims that guitarist A is better than guitarist B just because they like guitarist A better, it's nothing but a biased opinion that isn't worth jack. It's just really kind of mind-boggling how often musicians, athletes and actors are criticized up one side and down the other by people who have no idea what they are talking about, but oh, how they love to think that they do. Everyone is such an expert on all the things they can't even dream about doing if their life depended on it, but honestly, they can all just keep right on slinging their crap far and wide because it truly is a never-ending source of amusement to me, and believe me, I do love to be amused! :-) Reply #41. Feb 02 19, 6:17 AM |
UmberWunFayun
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Look at it from the other perspective; there are lots of incredibly popular famous people who have been elevated to their position by people who know nothing, and are just following trends. Good for them, it means they did something right - chose the right manager, the right publicist, the right time to burst onto the scene, whatever. But it's not just criticism that comes from ignorance, sometimes adoration does, too. Famous people learn to be thick-skinned while they're counting their money/fans/awards, and sometimes, the fans need to learn to be thick-skinned, as well. We all like/dislike different stuff; my personal tastes are madly eclectic. You're right, you can have an opinion without being offensive, but in a topic like music there's always going to be disagreements. Don't take any of it personally. Unless you really are the lead singer of Greta Van Fleet, then I guess you're bound to. Reply #42. Feb 02 19, 2:16 PM |
| sadwings
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I never take anything like that personally. People are going to disagree on any and every topic that could ever possibly be named. I could say the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and there would be those out there somewhere who would disagree. These are just part of the things in life that one has to take with a grain of salt and move on. In the meantime, instead of people spending so much time and energy throwing their expert opinions around about this and that, they need to just lighten up and go see a Stagedork concert. How can anyone completely destroy a stage by a long series of total accidents? Well, Stagedork can, and they do at every one of their awesome shows. I've seen them do it LIVE, and I have even been hit with some of the flying debris. Here we come Stagedorking down the street We get the funniest looks from Every dork we meet Hey, hey, we're the Stagedorks People say we Stagedork around But we're too busy singin' To put anybody down.... Reply #43. Feb 02 19, 8:38 PM |
BigTriviaDawg
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I agree this is definitively an amusing discussion. We can definitely agree many people take things way too seriously. See on the flip side the idea that someone has to be an "expert" at performing a task to be able to accurately critique the true quality of completing said task is amusing to me. Take for example the ref who didn't call pass interference on the Rams back which could have resulted in the Saints keeping their drive alive and maybe winning the game and going to the super bowl. By the proposed 'expert' logic only another ref would be able to see that the call was bad. Simple fans can't trust our eyes since we don't ref right? We should stop being critical. Being a ref is hard. Only a ref could understand right? How about food. Can only a master chef be an accurate food critic? Is the thought that a Twinkie is a lower quality food choice than say creme brulee from a five star restaurant simply a like or dislike or might a non chef be able to safely make that 'criticism'? More people eat Twinkies right? Must be better. So is music somehow different than the above? Our our ears not as good at judging quality as our eyes or mouth? I mean heck I was happy the saints lost and I would rather eat a Twinkie than creme brulee but I know darn well the call was blown and Twinkies are about as junk food as you can get while creme brulee done right is high quality even if I don't like it. I spend far more time listening to a wide variety of music than I do eating or watching football. Anyway, we can agree to disagree about who really is an "expert" and what one needs to do to "qualify" as one and the difference between dislike and criticism and run on sentences. It's cool. Really. I enjoy debate and thought provoking discussion but now I'm pretty board with this topic. I'd rather move on. Reply #44. Feb 02 19, 10:34 PM |
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Yeah, I guess we are wearing it out. Let me just say that, completely aside from anyone being an expert at anything at all, I have just always found it very strange for someone to tell (or hypothetically tell) someone else "You are doing that wrong. You can do it far better than I can in my wildest dreams, but let me go ahead and tell you all the many ways that you can improve yourself." I don't know, call me "kooky," I guess! Reply #45. Feb 03 19, 11:24 AM |
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