From: falcon@camelot.bradley.edu (D. Nathan Hood)
Newsgroups: rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: Ray Shea Goes Ballistic (was Re: Top 10 bands of all time)
Date: 19 Nov 92 16:06:31 GMT
Organization: Bradley University

In <leo.722161888@galaxy> leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart) writes:

>Ray certainly doesn't need me to defend him, but I can't sit still
>while you keep accusing him of things he did not do: he is not saying
>that someone's views are worthless because we don't 'know his musical
>exposure' -- he is saying someone's views are worthless precisely
>because they are revealed to be extremely *narrow* views, and because
>they are being presented to us as facts.

>-- 
>Leo Breebaart  (leo @ ph.tn.tudelft.nl)

ok... so you are telling us that Ray's top ten groups of all time are the
_real_ top ten??? i beg to differ...  all that ray is telling us is who he
_thinks_ are the top ten bands ever to have existed...  Now then granted i
haven't heard of alot of the bands on his list... i don't remember his list
exactly but i think velvet underground and can were on it.... who??? that
is my question... if they are so great then why haven't most people i know
heard of them... (don't flame me yet...)   now you are going to say
probably that _i_ have narrow musical tastes becausei haven't heard of
them... hardly, i could give you a listing of the bands that i listen to
and like but it isn't worth the bandwidth just to prove a point...  back to
my point here... Ray's list is no more valid to me than Mike's... they are
both perceptions... mine happen to be different as does every person who
reads this post... so a top ten bands of all time can only express opinions
there is no way that it can be factual...  now then you were yapping at Mr.
Silverman for presenting his list as a fact... what is wrong with that... i
see nothing... (and no i am not just defending a fellow bradleyite) if he
feels that they are the top ten bands of all time then to him it is a fact
that they are...  Ray may be better versed (no pun intended) in music, but
i think that he is no more able to say the top 10 bands of all time than
say a 10 year old who has only heard whatever disney put out...  (no this
is not a flame just stating an opinion of mine (deal with it))... all that
anyone can express their opinions and this is the place to do it... but if
people are going to be flamed for doing so, then the use of the net will
decrease greatly... and then you guys would be out of people to flame...
now wouldn't that be a shame...


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