chashmal
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| How to listen to the Beatles re-releases? Mapman: the fact that your kids love the Beatles is quite an accomplishment. I think we would all be horrified by what some of their friends probably like! | |
| How to listen to the Beatles re-releases? OK. You guys love the Beatles and will argue their importance until the end of time. I appreciate your love for this band. However SO much great music gets cast by the wayside that Beatle worship just seems silly and wasteful to me. | |
| How to listen to the Beatles re-releases? Read answer above.Polemics (pronounced /pəˈlɛmɪks, poʊ-/) is the practice of disputing or controverting religious, philosophical, or political matters. As such, a polemic text on a topic is often written specifically to dispute or refute a topic t... | |
| How to listen to the Beatles re-releases? I agree completely with you Rcrerar. My comment was meant to be not so much a generalization about genre as a polemical statement about how over rated (and thus inappropriately venerated) the Beatles have become. Your point is well taken. | |
| How to listen to the Beatles re-releases? Audiofeil: to debate just how good is moot. I know their longevity is unique and that people get great joy and edification from the music. That is not in question. My point is that it is still just pop music, albeit very great pop music, but peopl... | |
| How to listen to the Beatles re-releases? Great music: YESbutOver rated: YES | |
| How to listen to the Beatles re-releases? Having just read the other Beatles Box Set thread, it strikes me as nothing short of amazing how much people still flip out for this band. Yeah, they were good....but they were not THAT good. It is still just catchy pop music for the kids, even if... | |
| How to listen to the Beatles re-releases? Hmm. Interesting predicament. I think that any scientific approach one might take to appreciating the Beatles might be overkill. It is only the Beatles. It is just a pop group (albeit a very very sophisticated and aestheticallt refined pop group. ... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps ANDREA VON RAMM | |
| Van Halen on 200 gram vinyl? I have found that all the 'extra heavy' LPs sound worse, not better. But if you are playing 80's heavy metal, it doesn't matter anyway, in my opinion. | |
| Whole House Surge Protection I have had my system on during every lightning storm for over 25 years. Here in New York city it is just not a problem. Maybe in other areas of the country lightning is more virulent and the grid is weaker. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Terry Riley "Descending Moonshine Dervishes"!!! | |
| How far away is your Nirvana Far. Complete Shindo system including TT. | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps billie holiday (W/Lester Young) | |
| OT: Fine Writing Instruments I am a visual artist and I use pens and mechanical pencils vocationally. All aesthetic issues of the instruments themselves aside, the function of sophisticated drawing instruments are a passion for me. I have tried literally hundreds of pens and ... |