Comments on: Regarding Live Music

By: nunya

nunya — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:20:10 +0000

When people say something like “I love x,” it’s generally assumed that whatever x is, it’s of good quality.

If I say “I love bacon,” which I do, then this does not preclude the possibility that there is crappy bacon in the world (I’ve had some before).

Plenty of people say things like “I love dogs,” but they shouldn’t have to say “I love nice well-mannered dogs” for you to understand that they wouldn’t like a dog who wanted their limbs for their next meal.

People should not have to qualify that which should be obvious.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:10:22 +0000

the delicious discussion reminded me of a quote from Ratatoullie…yes, I’m quoting a Pixar movie. if you recall, someone said to him, “Well, if you love food so much, why are you so skinny?”

To which he replied (i’m doing this by memory btw, so it’s not verbatim), “Because, if it doesn’t taste good, I spit it out.” or something like that.

Anyhow, the problem with music is that you can’t spit it out. It gets stuck in your head, so my point is that YES, you must be a snob about the music you listen to, especially if it’s “live music” – your head could get really fat.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:12:12 +0000

I totally get it. *Snob high-five*

By: Southpaw Jones

Southpaw Jones — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:32:31 +0000

Funny, my girlfriend recently heard a coworker say flat out, “I don’t like live music.” Yoinks.

The problem with Radiohead and any other mainstream band (sorry) is that a majority of their fans are goobers by the law of simple probability.

The majority of any group > 1,000 = goobers.

As a musician, I can proudly guarantee that all of my dozens of supporters are cool as cucumbers. But I’ll welcome the goobers when they come, please lord.

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:42:12 +0000

I’m totally co-opting your joke/litmus test dude.

I LOVE live movies!

By: Chris M

Chris M — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:58:39 +0000

Be happy in knowing that I use this phrase as my litmus test as well. Thanks to you for introducing it to me last year. It was said no short of 20 times during sxsw this year by me.

By: bindi

bindi — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:02:17 +0000

It seems that quite a few people (particularly waitstaff in Australia) feel the same about “delicious”. If I eat a meal which I do find delicious, I am inclined to let people know. In my experience, however, saying “That was delicious, thank you,” in response to being asked “How was your meal?” often elicits a look of scorn. Scorn! So it seems that the indiscriminate “DELICIOUS!” utterers of the world have unwittingly (I assume) united to foil me in my attempts to sincerely express my enjoyment of a meal. It’s a bit of a bind: if I just say “That was delicious, thank you,” waitstaff think I’m being sarcastic. But I suspect that if I were to say “That was delicious, thank you, I particularly enjoyed the ,” I may just come across as being totally over the top and making fun of them. After surveying my friends (asking them if they think it’s weird to say a meal was delicious – most of them kinda agree with you George) I experimented with replacing “delicious” with the more subdued “lovely”. This gave rise to fewer scornful looks, but when the meal WAS delicious, lovely just didn’t cut it. So! I am sticking to my “delicious” guns and modifying my tone a little, making eye contact, touching them on the forearm… oh, no, hold on, that was an online date I went on in 2003… George! Don’t let delicious become empty! Don’t be afraid of “appropriate usage”! (Ahem.) Tell it how it is! Or not! :) And reflexive gushers: leave all that gushing to babies, broken dams, and newly tapped kegs. PS: I too love the emotions, perception, clarity and adventures that often result from experiencing live music that I like.

By: Jed

Jed — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:45:50 +0000

Oh wait, seriously. Thank you for your comments. I’m obviously afraid of tasteless people like Alex chiming in, but it’s good to see that George, Lee, and Ian see where I’m coming from and don’t hate me for being the way I am…even if Ian loves live music.

By: Jed

Jed — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:42:52 +0000

I love comments on my blog.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:43:06 +0000

That’s is the snobbiest high-brow comment I’ve ever heard. Im offended by your upstart attitude.