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Its not about taste. Its about ability. Please read preceding posts if you care for an elaboration.

This may sound like a repeat, but I'll say it again nonetheless for the sake of closure.

I have mentioned twice already that I was well aware that these ideas are controversial. However, I feel I...

I'm not saying Native American music/African music is low quality or 'bad'. What I am saying is that generic examples of the aforementioned genres will contain lower complexity and information than...

I would argue that a lot of Jazz and Fusion could be at par with a lot of classical, but yes.

In an oversimplified way, yes.



I disagree. A child will prefer a nursery rhyme to bach, because s/he only has the capacity to appreciate the former and not the latter. Nursery rhyme < Bach in...

Now you're understanding my point better. To summarize:

- the animals example was a crude, yet accurate one. yes, habitat and environment/culture are huge factors in determining 'preference'. the...

Thats not what I said. I was comparing the content of both examples and claiming the latter to be having more qualitative content.



Yes, good composition would be synoymous to 'more qualitative...

Thus is explained why popular music is trash (since the masses are 'dumb') and thus shines through the 99-1 principle.

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Thats contradictory. If you don't believe 'intellectualism is a prescursor/criteria for better taste', then how can you make the claim that someone would ostensibly like a song to prove their...

my saviour :D .

but seriously. indigo, i'm not interested in a sticky, dead end semantics debate. Even so, the answer in the context of music is right there in my previous posts. If you can't find...

I disagree. Intellectual capacity is a precursor to better taste. Here's why. Better taste = appreciation of higher 'quality' music (unless you believe quality is wholly subjective). Appreciation of...

You give too much credit to the hoi-polloi :p . Embrace the 99-1 principle unconditionally, don't question it (irony alert!).

But seriously, preference is subjective...quality is not. Although I'm...

I agree with what you said, but you're proving my point indirectly. The marketing only sucks in that it promotes the distribution on the basis of popularity rather than quality. But its doesn't suck...

Jesus Christ. Couldn't agree with you more. I highly suspect that anyone with the slightest inclination towards intellectualism has felt this way about contemporary music some time or another.
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