Don_Pollo

Jargon, I'm responding here because there's no room in the answer. The phenomenon you mention, I believe, is more due to prejudices (in every sense, both positive and negative) than anything else. Rap, to stick with the example, is a genre looked down upon by half the world, while classical music has been passed down for centuries and people almost have a reverential fear when discussing it, especially if negatively. Often, you're taught things that you may not find right, but you consider them that way for unspecified reasons at the time. If you're still easily impressionable, which mostly happens in early adolescence, and some gentlemen tell you that rap is garbage, you agree with them. The same goes for classical music. For decades, 99% of people have been saying it's fantastic music, but a good percentage do so 1) by hearsay 2) as mentioned earlier, out of reverential fear 3) due to history. The third option is worth discussing. It’s a common belief that the older the music, the better it is. A cliché that frankly annoys me. To conclude, a rap album will never get all 5 stars because we've grown up with the idea that it sucks regardless. And when an idea is firmly planted in the mind, it's hard to shake off. I’ll also add that I’ve always hated ratings, damn it—one star, two stars, five stars, eight stars—who cares? I only give ratings to indicate whether I "liked it" or "hated it," but if it were up to me, I would abolish them. Music, as you said, is art, not a school essay.

But why shouldn't a rap album be able to earn 5 stars? What is it, are 5 stars a privilege only of avant-garde/classical music? Music is totally subjective, that's all there is to understand. A crust album can be much more exciting and communicative than an avant-jazz record. The latter might be formally perfect and therefore formally worthy of 5 stars, rightly so. But if it's cold and flat like a sheet of paper, it's also formally useless. And I don't think a useless album deserves 5 stars, no matter how well it’s packaged. Let's start giving more weight to substance, and less to form.

And anyway, I wasn't even born in '93. The Futura suck today just like they did back then. I have a mustache too. I'm looking for this. Beautiful page.

Non hai fornito un testo da tradurre. Per favore, inviami il testo in italiano e sarò felice di aiutarti con la traduzione.

Sorry masterpiece, even though I'm only on part 84, I believe that around 2039 I will be able to give a more thoughtful judgment. The review is terrible just like the reviewer. Go get a job.

You have corrupted me.

But are they still around? Is there still people in 2011 playing this stuff?

At first glance at the thumbnail from the home page, I thought it was the Worms.

To be honest, I don't know how much I might be interested in a new Opeth album nowadays... However, I still find myself listening to the beautiful Damnation from time to time, along with other scattered tracks that take me back to the memories of that band that, a few years ago, literally changed my life. I'm still fond of them; I will never renounce them (why should I, anyway?) and as I said, I will continue to feel something if the occasion arises. But, in light of what I am and what I have become since that day until now, their music no longer resonates with me enough to spark further interest in their ongoing journey. Perhaps we will reconnect in an indefinite future, should I decide to retrace my steps... [nostalgia mode: off] Great review, anyway.

The only one in the saga that makes sense. It struggles quite a bit but is still watchable, even though the ending can be predicted as soon as you have a complete overview of the characters. Being heavily masochistic, I even watched the entire saga out of curiosity, little by little. And, aside from being total garbage from the third one onwards (the second is still somewhat passable, come on), it concludes in a way that calling it crap is an understatement compared to the creation of the universe. If I were to give it a rating, I’d give this one a 3 (I don’t even know if that’s generous or deserved), the second a 2, and the third a 1 out of pity for the wild slashing. From the 4th one onward, it doesn’t even deserve a rating.