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"Eeyore" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

I didn't realise you had such narrow tastes in music.

Seemed pretty obvious to me actually !

I dare say he'd hate it if his heartbeat increased even a little bit.
I'm
sure he likes nicely sterile music. Nothing that might make the blood
flow
a
little faster.

Bothers me (not really) when I see this sort of remark - too silly for
words.

What is 'sterile music'??

The stuff that *doesn't* send tingles down your spine. I will happily
accept
that *some* orchestral music may do that when played just right.


That's a few million people just breathed a massive, collective sigh of
relief then....



Have you really never had that tingle run down your spine ? It's AWESOME.


What music makes the blood flow faster?? (Whitney Houston?)

If you need to ask ..... !!! Phew ! You're not REALLY into MUSIC are you ?
I
imagine it's some kind of academic interest for you. It probably doesn't
move
your soul at all.

And NO (NOT Whitney Houston) as it happens.

Now go listen to some Sisters and abandon your preconceptions.


Go see my other replies and abandon yours....

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tony sayer wrote:

Eeyore scribeth thus
Keith G wrote:
"Eeyore" wrote
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

I didn't realise you had such narrow tastes in music.

Seemed pretty obvious to me actually !

I dare say he'd hate it if his heartbeat increased even a little bit. I'm
sure he likes nicely sterile music. Nothing that might make the blood flow
a
little faster.

Bothers me (not really) when I see this sort of remark - too silly for
words.

What is 'sterile music'??

The stuff that *doesn't* send tingles down your spine. I will happily accept
that *some* orchestral music may do that when played just right.

Have you really never had that tingle run down your spine ? It's AWESOME.

Oh yes!.. a few times at the Proms this year;))....

Yes, I can imagine that.

What really rocks my boat is when I get that effect at my local music pub. It's
'wicked' having such an excellent source of music so nearby. I can particularly
recall an excellent Pink Floyd tribute band having that effect on me. Bands who
play U2's music also tend to get the blood flowing nicely.

Needless to say I'm 'involved' with the venue in question. I look after the
technical concerns and occasionally still mix some bands too.

http://www.thehorn.co.uk/

Graham

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Keith G wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:
"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:
"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:
"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:

(WTF is 'Magic Radio'..??)

Maybe Magic FM may seem more familiar ? It's famous for playing
'golden
oldie' style popular music.

http://www.magic.co.uk/sectional.asp?id=18749

Thank you for that - clicked it, allowed 'Active X' to install
itself
and listened to about 5 seconds of crap (Commodores - Still it
said)!

Hideous.

Like your speakers ! ;~)

You are truly not of this period of time are you ? Your ages isn't
106
by
any chance is it ?

No, but I'm getting the impression yours is quite young...??

A sprightly 53.

??

You do surprise me!

In what way ?

Never mind.....

I'd be genuinely intrested to hear what you think.



Current favourite band, probably The Sisters of Mercy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sisters_of_Mercy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy-JcKlIq38

Streuth! That explains a *lot*.....

'Rock and roll' has a lot more energy, life and vibrancy than 'classical'
ever will. Besides, don't you tire of hearing a zillion mildly different
performances of the same old music that's been going around for centuries
?

Nope. Never....

So you're happy with the same old stuff being recycled (ad nauseam) ?


When was the last decent symphony written ? 50 years ago ?

Pass....

Surely you can do better than that !

Come on ! Live a little !

Graham

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Keith G wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote in message

Now go listen to some Sisters and abandon your preconceptions.

Go see my other replies and abandon yours....

Errrr.. so you're the one who won't accept new musical ideas ?

As I suspected, you're stuck in some kind of 'time warp' where only one style of
music is seen as 'acceptable'.

Islamists would be proud of you. They're great believers in (musical) orthodoxy
too. To the extent of even banning it entirely lest it cause one to feel
anything !

Graham

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In article ,
Malcolm wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:27:23 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

[snip]

At the end of the day there's a simple answer. If you really can hear
these differences you claim then you should be able to demonstrate them
reliably to others in proper tests. But of course no one ever can.

No great point in that - given the fundamental flaws in such "tests".
Which of course is why they never produce any meaningful results.

I take it you have to see a new interconnect plugged in and know what make
it is before you can hear any difference?

--
*Money isn't everything, but it sure keeps the kids in touch *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

Malcolm wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

At the end of the day there's a simple answer. If you really can hear
these differences you claim then you should be able to demonstrate them
reliably to others in proper tests. But of course no one ever can.

No great point in that - given the fundamental flaws in such "tests".
Which of course is why they never produce any meaningful results.

I take it you have to see a new interconnect plugged in and know what make
it is before you can hear any difference?

The more GOLD the better presumably ? Alchemy and all that .....

Graham

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In article ,
Keith G wrote:
OK, in the interests of fair play and evenhandedness, I clicked again
and just heard:

Whitney Howard
Leona Lewis
Percy Sledge

(???)

Does that mean you've never heard of them?


Whitney Houston I have (don't know where 'Howard' came from), the others -
no....



In what way was my original assessment anything other than bang on the
money?

I didn't realise you had such narrow tastes in music.


You will struggle to find anyone with broader tastes in *music* than
mine, but I draw the line at that sort of dreck; no wonder you (and
those like you) are so fond of CDs - you listen to the rubbish that
only came out on CD!

Err, Percy Sledge's best known song - When a Man Meets a Woman - is from
the mid '60s, rather before CDs.

Whitney Houston also started her recording career before CD - although
didn't achieve overnight success.

That just leaves Leona Lewis.

Did you have a life before you retired?

--
*Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

What a sad excuse for a group this is...
 

"Eeyore" wrote in message
...


Keith G wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:
"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:
"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:
"Eeyore" wrote
Keith G wrote:

(WTF is 'Magic Radio'..??)

Maybe Magic FM may seem more familiar ? It's famous for
playing
'golden
oldie' style popular music.

http://www.magic.co.uk/sectional.asp?id=18749

Thank you for that - clicked it, allowed 'Active X' to install
itself
and listened to about 5 seconds of crap (Commodores - Still it
said)!

Hideous.

Like your speakers ! ;~)

You are truly not of this period of time are you ? Your ages
isn't
106
by
any chance is it ?

No, but I'm getting the impression yours is quite young...??

A sprightly 53.

??

You do surprise me!

In what way ?

Never mind.....

I'd be genuinely intrested to hear what you think.



OK then, you post like a 'geekboy groupie' - I thought you were in your
early 20s!




Current favourite band, probably The Sisters of Mercy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sisters_of_Mercy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy-JcKlIq38

Streuth! That explains a *lot*.....

'Rock and roll' has a lot more energy, life and vibrancy than
'classical'
ever will. Besides, don't you tire of hearing a zillion mildly
different
performances of the same old music that's been going around for
centuries
?

Nope. Never....

So you're happy with the same old stuff being recycled (ad nauseam) ?


When was the last decent symphony written ? 50 years ago ?

Pass....

Surely you can do better than that !



No, I can't - I know Vaughan Williams' relatively modern Symphonies and like
them, I'm not sure much of the modern stuff like that from the likes of
Britten and Birtwhistle really can be classed as 'symphonic' despite some of
it being very large-scale!



Come on ! Live a little !


What? Like listen to pop music on the radio and watch 'tribute bands' in
pubs?

I don't think so, muchacho....

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"Eeyore" wrote in message
...


Keith G wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote in message

Now go listen to some Sisters and abandon your preconceptions.

Go see my other replies and abandon yours....

Errrr.. so you're the one who won't accept new musical ideas ?

As I suspected, you're stuck in some kind of 'time warp' where only one
style of
music is seen as 'acceptable'.


I notice your failure to respond to the links I posted - the 'time warp'
some of the stuff I like lives in includes *today*. Try these clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxM0b2CYlzQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTAz-CFMgY4&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n-LJ...eature=related


Might be more your sort of thing (it's my latest CD) note the
*musicianship*, once again...

(All been posted here before - if you yapped less and read more, you might
have seen some of it....)

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Keith G wrote:
OK, in the interests of fair play and evenhandedness, I clicked again
and just heard:

Whitney Howard
Leona Lewis
Percy Sledge

(???)

Does that mean you've never heard of them?


Whitney Houston I have (don't know where 'Howard' came from), the
others -
no....



In what way was my original assessment anything other than bang on the
money?

I didn't realise you had such narrow tastes in music.


You will struggle to find anyone with broader tastes in *music* than
mine, but I draw the line at that sort of dreck; no wonder you (and
those like you) are so fond of CDs - you listen to the rubbish that
only came out on CD!

Err, Percy Sledge's best known song - When a Man Meets a Woman - is from
the mid '60s, rather before CDs.

Whitney Houston also started her recording career before CD - although
didn't achieve overnight success.

That just leaves Leona Lewis.

Did you have a life before you retired?



If your idea of 'life' is listening to crap like that on the radio, then I
guess I didn't....