"Serious skills, but..."

[HueyFreeman]

I had a delicious pork souvlaki on a pita for lunch yesterday. Got it from a little family run Greek restaurant. It usually comes with some fried Belgian potatoes on it, but I only eat potatoes that come from the land of the free, so I get them to remove them. Tzatziki is delicious, but they lay it on pretty thick. Gotta get them to relax on the stuff. They have a spicy tzatziki that I don't care for. Regular is where it's at.
Today will probably be a steak sandwich with sweet peppers. Maybe some sautéed onions if I'm feeling it.

 

[LanciaY10]

Went twice in Greece, my brother was posted at the french embassy, I was a teen (13 the 1st time and 15 the 2nd time), souvlaki in pita bread filled with tzatziki of course, but I always asked for a spare pita bread to dip in hummus + some dolmas to go with it (I LOVE dolmas)

 

[No such thing]

If I see a post about a player I dont care for I dont respond.
Same goes for posts that are negative about a player I care for.

/shrug

 

[Bassdirty]

I could really go for a Ruben about now.

C'mon, who DIDN'T think of Peewee after a 'Ruben' comment. (Ruben/Rubens whatev, point stands).






Really Just wanted to post before... ya know.

T$

 

[HolmeBass]

What is it with youngins wanting to ban everything they don't like?

Reverse ageism - that will work.

I also don’t think this is a sound argument. I know large cohorts of elderly people who want to ban lots of things they don’t like.

 

[5StringBlues]

I had a delicious pork souvlaki on a pita for lunch yesterday. Got it from a little family run Greek restaurant. It usually comes with some fried Belgian potatoes on it, but I only eat potatoes that come from the land of the free, so I get them to remove them. Tzatziki is delicious, but they lay it on pretty thick. Gotta get them to relax on the stuff. They have a spicy tzatziki that I don't care for. Regular is where it's at.
Today will probably be a steak sandwich with sweet peppers. Maybe some sautéed onions if I'm feeling it.

Aw yay-uh!

 

[LanciaY10]

Reverse ageism - that will work.

I also don’t think this is a sound argument. I know large cohorts of elderly people who want to ban lots of things they don’t like.

Well you know how it is: before 50 you don't know what you need, after 50 you know exactly what you don't need

 

[brianrost]

This post is absolutely dripping with irony.

I even had to fire up my sump pump

 

[lordradish]

What is it with youngins wanting to ban everything they don't like?

I don't know. I'm 55 and don't have too many young friends. Nor do I want to ban anyone. Just tired of the "it ain't like it was in the old days" myopia.

 

[iqi616]

I don't know. I'm 55 and don't have too many young friends. Nor do I want to ban anyone. Just tired of the "it ain't like it was in the old days" myopia.

Thankfully my rose-tinted spectacles seem to be defective. The good old days often start to crumble under close inspection. I had family members who enjoyed recreating Victorian times but I was gracious enough _not_ to point out that statistically they'd have started out as children working in factories and would have had short impoverished lives.

The Four Yorkshiremen sketch is never going to go out of date!

 

[sean_on_bass]

it's just saying you appreciate their skills but their art is not your thing. not sure what the problem is.

 

[HueyFreeman]

So.. I did get a steak sammie for lunch today. Decided no on the onions. Maybe next time. Tomorrow, lasagna.

 

[dave64o]

Too many people on the internet feel entitled to start off with HE/SHE/IT S************CKSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!" and then go into an unhinged and incoherent rant.

Personally, I find it refreshing to see someone acknowledge a talented player's talent but admit that their style isn't your personal preference. The internet could use a good dose of mature, adult decorum. It'll never get it, but it's nice to dream, inn't it?

 

[LanciaY10]

So.. I did get a steak sammie for lunch today. Decided no on the onions. Maybe next time. Tomorrow, lasagna.

Sh*t now I want a half baguette sammie with roast-beef and mustard, you ain't nice with my vegan diet

 

[5StringBlues]

Sh*t now I want a half baguette sammie with roast-beef and mustard, you ain't nice with my vegan diet

Well, I know what's for lunch later today.

 

[dougjwray]

It's like me with photorealist paintings. When I see one, I think, "Wow... astounding technique..." Then I quickly forget about the painting and never think of it again.
There's nothing wrong with praising someone's technique yet being unmoved by the work of art.

 

[lordradish]

Throwing a blanket judgement over any demographic is myopic.

How about if I narrow it to TB boomers? I mean, there's something kinda messed up about guys in thier 60's that still think Kiss is cool.

 

[HueyFreeman]

Well,..
It was fried chicken night last night at the Freeman household. Lots of leftovers. So no lasagna today for lunch. Working on the road tomorrow, it'll probably be something crappy and bad for my health for lunch.

 

[Gopherbassist]

But you know who's not created anything even remotely relevant this century? McCartney, Harris, Slash and Van Halen.

Uh, Slash had big hits with Velvet Revolver and his solo stuff with Myles Kennedy is as awesome as anything he's ever made. Slash is just as relevant today as he was in the 80s.

 

[Gopherbassist]

As to the subject matter of the thread...



I saw that this morning. There's a lot of trchnique there. A LOT of technique. But the content? It doesn't work for me. It sounds like noise with occasional snippets of almost music. Do I wish I had that level of control over my instrument? Hell yes. Do I actually want to play like that or listen to it? Not at all.

But if we do like you say and ban discussing music we don't like, where does that leave us? If I can't express what happens for me when I hear the piece above, how would anyone who does like it have the opportunity to express what it is that they hear and do like about it?

If someone is able to understand what I'm hearing when I listen to that, they have the opportunity to tell me what they hear that's different. If they can articulate their experience and point out the musical ideas that I'm not parsing, I could have a chance to listen to that music in a new light, and I'd have the opportunity to have my mind changed about it.

If we don't talk about our differences, we lose opportunities to change our perspectives and broaden our horizons. How would that make our lives better? How would that make the world better?