Although @pauldavidson335d was a bit more than harsh in his reaction, he is entitled to it and it shouldn’t get you or anyone else upset.
I personally don’t get any this sort of music, but, I also don’t get a lot of the music posted on here. I generally keep my negative opinions to myself, as this is a taste thing, and not a personal attack one way or the other (I don’t get upset when things I post here don’t get a lot of likes for instance).
I have found a lot of very cool new music through this and the Friday thread. If you aren’t exposed to lots of different things, how will you ever find things (like our beloved Poppy…She’s Poppy).
In the bass porn and ugly/freak threads, there often dissenting opinions of beauty and beast, but neither should never be taken personally (well, unless you built the bass I guess). I don’t see why these comments would be taken personally either (no one here wrote or performed these).
Posts can be more positive, or folks can choose to ignore them.
We don’t have to agree (remember, @howard and I generally keep the universe in balance on many things, lol), we just have to respect each other and get along nice in the sandbox.
This makes me sad. I understand the reaction, the criticism was pretty harsh, but remember that the criticism wasn’t directed at you, it was directed at an artist.
I can also get being sensitive here; I am sorry you had to deal with that in the past.
You’re a valuable forum member here and there’s nothing to fear here. And if someone assholish does emerge, we as a group will deal with it. We have before.
Our musical choices are so incredibly personal, when someone says “I like this” and someone else says “what you like is crap,” well, then the comment IS about the person, isn’t it?
EDIT: Some of us here give each other a hard time about music they like, but only after a relationship is established, generally, and we know when someone we like is teasing us. I got NO problem with that! That’s love.
I’m rethinking my response and agreeing here. But, disagree that someone should take your ability to want to contribute away from you. But you might have to put in some effort.
I’ve had a couple PM discussions in private when I didn’t like something that was said or someone didn’t like something I said and guess what…. Generally differences are worked out. There have been a few times where the person has backed up their keyboard and went somewhere else (which has mostly been a positive thing honestly). Checking each other on here and maintaining the community is a fantastic thing we CAN and SHOULD do here. Allowing for mistakes (but not patterns of behavior) is as well.
I think what you are saying here is no one should let what someone else says keep them from posting. I agree with that. But human nature. Not everyone is as stubborn as you and me.
@Barney, Barney, Barney. If stuck on a desert island, I’d hope to haveThe Eagles Greatest Hits, Volumes 1 & 2 with me (and some type of powered player, a coconut, and a volleyball).
Take it Easy - The debut single by The Eagles. Written by Jackson Brown but he was having trouble with it. So Glen Frey helped him out and they finished writing it together.
I saw Jackson Browne a few years ago. Fabulous and this is my preferred version of the song.
