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Old 10-12-2014, 12:28 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by grindy View Post
Why do you tend to call it "not music" instead of "music I don't like" or "music I can't get into"?
Also there is lots of music without harmony, that I think anyone would still consider music. Indian music does not employ harmony, as far as I know.
Precisely because of what I said. There are a lot of genres/subgenres I can't get into -- hip hop, punk, jazz --- but I would never say they were not music. But to me (and I stress the "to me" part; this is my opinion and how I see it, and nobody can change that only me if I decide I want to look at it another way) grindcore (sorry Jansz but I was asked) is just noise. To me (again, to me) there is no rhythm or melody in it. I'm not denying it's there and that other people can hear, even categorise it (Cryptosy is better than Three Screaming Idiots or whatever) but I, personally, cannot and never will. To me, the difference between the sound grindcore makes and that of a car accident is minimal. I understand people find that hard to credit.

Look at it this way: somebody hates jazz. I put on let's say free jazz. This other body says "God that's just noise!" I can respond by saying "I don't like it but you can hear it's music not noise. Listen to the piano, the sax, the drums" etc. Now with grindcore (again, sorry but it's the one) I could not answer that same accusation. I could not break the music down, because to me it is not music and I have no way to, if you like, justify or legitimise it. It's purely noise, to me and my unnamed listening partner. It's not music I don't like --- I could put on a punk record and say I hate this music, but it would not be noise --- it's just noise. To me.
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And give banging dustbin lids while screaming at the top of your voice while your cat wails at the sound a chance. It might be fun and sound cool.
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I'm sure Frownland would love it.
So you two will buy my album then?
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