Jazz for aficionados

In regard to Frogman, how many times do I have to tell him, "I do not want to learn squat in regard to making music". As far as show of hands, I ain't got none; I hope that clears that up; but I don't want him to get off his box for my sake.

Is there anything that I failed to cover?


Enjoy the music.

There was a time when I bought anything with Miles in the lineup; I also have a lot of "crap" by Miles; old habits die hard.

Back in the LP day when you had to buy in order to hear, I bought a lot of "crap"; that's because buying before you listen is a crap shoot.

Frogman - Take my advice. Don’t even bother responding. It is wasted effort. Extraordinary and disappointing to read of a lack of interest on the one hand and scornful dismissal on the other for learning more about something one professes to love. Meaningful dialog is only possible within limits set by O and Rok, apparently.

"I don’t understand what an analysis of music is suppose[d] to achieve." That strikes me as a remarkably ignorant statement from one of the main contributors to a thread called, "Jazz for aficionados". Selective memory about liner notes aside, in the larger universe of music appreciation, analysis plays an important and respected role.

Aficionadao: a person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime.
"aficionados of the finest wines"
synonyms: connoisseur, expert, authority, specialist, pundit, cognoscente

***** Frogman - Take my advice. Don’t even bother responding. It is wasted effort*****

I think we have heard this tune before.   In fact, many, many times before.  You need not worry.   He never responds to what I say, he just responds to what he wish I had said.

Cheers

**** The Frogman just wants to strut his stuff ****

As is often the case when we come to this impasse, Rok, you would be dead wrong.  Rok, you simply don't get it; so, rant away.  Now, if you were to have an honest interest about any real motivation, be open to the truth, and you can find it within yourself to communicate that and any follow up commentary in a respectful, civilized and reasonably logical way then I would, once again, try and explain it to you.  Otherwise, I think my comments have been perfectly clear.  

**** "I do not want to learn squat in regard to making music".****

O-10, I'll make you a deal.  You (and Rok) pledge to never say anything negative about a music, or make unsubstantiated and hyperbolic-to-the-point-of-humor proclamations about music (like your "Enigma" comments) and I will never again say anything that could remotely be considered "about making music".  Obviously, if you "don't want to learn squat about music", why should anyone care what you have to say about it?  Otherwise, kindly explain why your personal anecdotes and Rok's comments about his Aunt should be relevant to anyone except yourselves?  Why do you guys feel so threatened by others' (and I am far from alone) interest in what, as Ghosthouse says, makes it all tick, and by the ability and desire to express it?  If you are not interested in it, then simply look the other way.  I know why, but I'll leave it for you to figure out.  You want to control the way that others express themselves about music and what it means to them. Instead of appreciating the opportunity to glean some knowledge or, at least, understand that there are different perspectives, you want to shut it down; a kind of music fascism.  Pretty pathetic if you ask me; and mostly because all one has to do is look at what the end result is.