Unpopular Opinions

[Florestan]

That's certainly an unpopular opinion! (FWIW, I often agree.)

+ 1

[Karl Henning]

"There is no hope for the future of music."

[jochanaan]

"There is no hope for the future of music."

Ooooh, unpopular!

[The Six]

Fauré's nocturnes are greater than Chopin's.

[Madiel]

Fauré's nocturnes are greater than Chopin's.

Ooh. That's a tricky one. I don't know whether to pick the best, the worst, the mean or the median.

[Karl Henning]

I was going to say, we should draw a distinction between unpopular and daft

[Florestan]

Most CD reviews, especially those written by professional critics, are just bombastic and meaningless verbiage.

[Ken B]

Most CD reviews, especially those written by professional critics, are just bombastic and meaningless verbiage.

Revealing of character though.

*evil chartle*

[Brian]

Revealing of character though.

*evil chartle*

Chartle? Is that where you chortle and fart at the same time?

[Wakefield]

Most CD reviews, especially those written by professional critics, are just bombastic and meaningless verbiage.

Perhaps it's merely a thing of degree. 

Since I'm in a dark mood today, I tend to think like the Bard:

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

[Mandryka]

Most CD reviews, especially those written by professional critics, are just bombastic and meaningless verbiage.

I  wish it were close to the truth, because this sort of vacuity seems to me more typical of a professional review.

Virgin Veritas has added to its attractive series of artists' 'portraits' this fine recital of music by Frescobaldi. The recorded sound of an instrument by Jean-Louis Val is superb, and the versatile Ross seldom puts a finger wrong in his assured stylistic grasp of this virtuoso repertoire by Italy's greatest keyboard composer in the first half of the 17th century. Frescobaldi excelled in composing toccatas, correntes and variation sets, each of which is represented. Nicholas Anderson

In my experience many of the people in London at least who write professional reviews aren't really interested in music any more and are paid peanuts. BBC Music Magazine didn't help.

I love "seldom puts a finger wrong" and "assured stylistic grasp "

[TheGSMoeller]

Chartle? Is that where you chortle and fart at the same time?

Ken charted. 

[Sergeant Rock]

I love "seldom puts a finger wrong" and "assured stylistic grasp "

"Lets the music speak for itself" ...if that were true, we wouldn't need the conductor or the players 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Chartle? Is that where you chortle and fart at the same time?

Ken charted. 

Sarge

[Ken B]

Sarge

Sort of a cross between a raspberry and a wet one. 

[some guy]

"There is no hope for the future of music."

I would have thought that this was an extremely popular opinion.

It is certainly ubiquitous. Plus, you see it everywhere.

Anyway, there do seem to be a lot of words that while requiring a context to mean anything, are most often used without any reference to that context at all.

So, popular with some people and unpopular with some other people.

Anyanyway, I loved your addendum, Karl, distinguishing between unpopular and daft. My first grin of the morning.

[Karl Henning]

Cheers, Michael!

[jochanaan]

"Lets the music speak for itself" ...if that were true, we wouldn't need the conductor or the players 

Sarge

+1

[Beetzart]

Mahler is the most overrated human being ever lived. 

[Ken B]

Mahler is the most overrated human being ever lived. 

You've been listening to the 8th haven't you?