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Old 10-12-2014, 07:35 PM   #63 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls View Post
The problem I have with this is that although music is not clearly defined it still has qualities that prevent it from being completely subjective. As ninetales just said(I assume jokingly), "anything without a guitar in it is not music", is clearly bullsh*t.

How do you go about separating those kinds of opinions from "legitimate" ones?
I think it depends on what is being argued or debated.

For example,
If the debate is on who is the best singer in pop music, then the objective measures that will be used are vocal range, vocal strength, tone, endurance, etc. to determine who is the best. We use these measures to see how one is set apart from the other in a non subjective way.


I think if someone presents intelligent reasoning and rational for their opinion than it is legitimate one. If it can be backed by facts or some information that supports it, it makes the argument stronger.
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