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Old 06-24-2012, 07:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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OK now I've had time to listen to both recommended tracks, here are my observations:

Jelly Roll Morton: not meandering no, but I really did not like this. Does nothing for me at all, had to force myself to get to the end.

Jimmy Smith: very accomplished, good organ solo but again not really my thing.
Well thanks for giving it an honest try. I didn't turn you on to a new artist but seeing you give credit where credit's due to an artist I like means lot too. As for me to get into Jimmy Smith it was a shoe in, because I was fan of Steve Winwood first (not to mention a few other keyboard/organ players) so it wasn't too far of a step for me.

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No, it's not meandering or pretentious, I'll certainly give it that. But I just didnt like it: sounded a little 20/30s for me, which is an era of music I just do not like.
There is are very little I know about the 20/30's but a few I heard I like. I think the biggest draw back for some to like the music of that era is the quality of recording equipment then.

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Tell you what: throw a few vids my way, see if anything grabs me. I'm never ready to totally discount a genre, but my thinking towards jazz is admittedly already coloured by what I've heard up to now, and what I've heard I don't like.

But you never know...
I think that would make either be a great topic for a thread or some new sub-section of your journal.
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Old 06-25-2012, 05:04 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I think that would make either be a great topic for a thread or some new sub-section of your journal.
I sort of already do this, in the "Stranger in a strange land" feature, where I explore as thoroughly as I can a genre I'm either not familiar with or don't like. Mind you, I'm still recovering from my venture into the music of boybands! And it's not over yet... brrr!
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I sort of already do this, in the "Stranger in a strange land" feature, where I explore as thoroughly as I can a genre I'm either not familiar with or don't like. Mind you, I'm still recovering from my venture into the music of boybands! And it's not over yet... brrr!


Sounds like you got trolled.
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Why did I get trolled??
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Why did I get trolled??
I'm assuming from your post that someone somehow convinced you that you should give boy bands a chance. Sounds like trolling to me.
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I'm assuming from your post that someone somehow convinced you that you should give boy bands a chance. Sounds like trolling to me.
No, nobody did. It was my own decision. Taking a leaf out of Jackhammer's book really, and the old adage, don't knock it till you've tried it. Well, now I've tried it, I can knock it!

Seriously, I wanted to be as informed as I can about genres I don't like so that when I tell people why I don't like them I have references and experience that I can use in any arguments. Example: "Take that are great" can be countered with "Take that had one good album, Beautiful world though the next one, Progress was not as good. Their first two albums were awful, but I liked the acoustic semi-rock/pop they tried on BW". See? Now any TT fan is stumped, because I actually KNOW about their band....

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