Worst Music Poll

[71 dB]

Elgarian might like this (Shenandoah by Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel).

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

New age is the sonic equivalent for fresh air.

[karlhenning]

. . . I am so angry I can't express myself in a constructive way. I wish the world was much better place and there was much less need to get mad.  I apologize if I hurt anyones feeling.

You don't hurt anyone's feelings.  You just appear the silliest ass, and you are yourself the worst 'argument' for whatever you imagine is being "unjustly dismissed."

[karlhenning]

New age is the sonic equivalent for fresh air.

Oh, rubbish.  I've heard lots and lots of music which I consider fresh air.  New age is sonic chloroform.

[DavidW]

Oh, rubbish.  I've heard lots and lots of music which I consider fresh air.  New age is sonic chloroform.

It's fresh air bottled in LA.

[karlhenning]

Hah!

[Dr. Dread]

I won't join the bashing of new age. I believe it does have its place.

[karlhenning]

And yet . . . the spirit of the poll is to bash some variant of music or other as not justifying its place at the table. (Just an observation.)

[Dr. Dread]

I know some folks don't like new age; that's why it's there. I'm not one of them. I mean, yeah, a lot of it is useless but there is some good stuff. Some of it can be used to help one reach a meditative state, if one is having a problem with that.

[Dr. Dread]

Actually, there's a "jazz" artist I like who is more a smooth-jazz-meets-new-age artist, but there is something I enjoy there--an imagination, a creativity--and the music is no worse than many movie soundtracks.

[karlhenning]

I know some folks don't like new age; that's why it's there. I'm not one of them. I mean, yeah, a lot of it is useless but there is some good stuff. Some of it can be used to help one reach a meditative state, if one is having a problem with that.

I respect that, Dave.  Myself, there's no value in new age music that I can't get, better delivered, in music that isn't packaged for the New Age distribution channel.  But then, I buy my incense not at places which also sell lava lamps and dreamcatchers, too.

. . . and the music is no worse than many movie soundtracks.

Now that's what I call a low threshold! 

[Dr. Dread]

I respect that, Dave.  Myself, there's no value in new age music that I can't get, better delivered, in music that isn't packaged for the New Age distribution channel.  But then, I buy my incense not at places which also sell lava lamps and dreamcatchers, too.

Now that's what I call a low threshold! 

Well, like I said, the artist I hint at above is packaged as "jazz".

[Dr. Dread]

And I could have added prog rock. I know many people who hate the stuff.  

[karlhenning]

LOL

[Sergeant Rock]

The fact that new age is so ignored and understated is a sad thing and shows what kind of narrow-minded assholes people are.

When I initially saw this thread, I didn't vote in the poll for the reason I explained in my first post. But after reading the above quote, I just clicked New Age. Ha! Take that, dB! You'll rue the day you messed with this narrow-minded asshole!

I can't believe we have four people who voted for the polka, a genre good enough for Strauss I and II, Smetana, Bruckner and Weird Al. Shame on you narrow-minded assholes who voted against such a noble, and danceable, genre!  

Sarge  

[karlhenning]

Antipathy to the polka puzzleth me mightily, Sarge.

[Dr. Dread]

I'm surprised smooth jazz is coming out relatively unscathed.

[Dana]

It's amazing how important it is to people to prove me wrong, no matter what I say. How about Karajan, Minkowski and Klemperer? Surely they all disagree with me too? I mean, nothing is more important!

      I never said you were wrong, I just pointed out another viewpoint, and suggested you read what a recognized authority has to say on the subject. There's no such thing as too much education

[karlhenning]

Tom Jones

[Sergeant Rock]

I'm surprised smooth jazz is coming out relatively unscathed.

I am too. In truth, I'd rather listen to Shania Twain (an example of the category getting the most votes so far) although it's a close run thing  

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

And I could have added prog rock. I know many people who hate the stuff.  

I do. If it had been on the poll I would have had no hesitation pulling the trigger    In fact, though, I admit I am a narrow-minded asshole in this case. I believed in my youth (and still do, I suppose) that rock musicians should not have delusions of grandeur. Prog rock seems pretentious to me. Rock should be basic, loud rebel stuff, short and to the point. When I  want pretentious grandeur, I listen to Wagner 

Sarge