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Originally Posted by Mookie Wilson
Favorite Group:
The Human League or Adam & The Ants or maybe someone else.
from your profile? are those not new wave bands?
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Would you not agree that it's a little foolish to make an assumption based on a couple of bands? What if I'd gone for a couple of my favourite folk metal bands instead... would I suddenly only have the right to comment on folk metal?
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that's probably the most naive statement i've seen on this forum so far. that says to me that you think you have such great instincts when it comes to music that you can immediately identify amazing music on the first listen. i believe that to be impossible. i think many musicians write songs that are intended to be listened to many times over before a deep and real appreciation for them can be achieved.
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I don't mean to come across rude (I really don't) but you seem far more naive in this case. As we hopefully all know, music means something different to different people. I do believe that I can judge a song on the first listen. Why? Because the songs I've loved on the first listen I
still love, and the songs that didn't grab me on the first listen I
still don't like. It may be the case that
you have to listen to songs several times before they do something for
you but to extend that to
other people is bizarre.
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and then they can be listened to countless times in future, whereas songs that sound great the very first time you hear them tend to wear off and become played-out much more easily.
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Again, you shouldn't be confusing your own subjective experiences with 'the truth'. I am still listening to the songs I loved immediately 15 years ago.