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Old 02-22-2018, 08:08 PM   #202 (permalink)
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I guess the question is should we rate something higher just because it set certain standards? Or should it completely stand or fall on its own merits as music/whether we like it?
It's easy to dismiss something older and influential as being primitive, but the whole reason it was influential is because the artist did something very much the **** right, and if you open your mind and ears you could find out that there's something you might actually have been missing. First impressions should not dictate how you judge music.
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