Voto:
And what was this, then? I don’t know, was it striving for the title of the most redundant concept ever on DeBaser? Who knows, if you want to stay on theme, I could counter with a phrase like "water is wet...". Maybe it’s a notion that comes in handy for you. Thanks, anyway! Seriously, thanks for the learned, and above all - this time yes - useful communication. This too, in fact, is quite due. And, for the record, I know a few people who listen to more than forty a year (though I’m not sure about that). I know Scaruffi... But at least he thinks he’s a music critic, you know... he does it for a living. Are you a critic too? Do you have a particular metabolism? Are you a victim of compulsive downloading? I mean, what leads you to listen to ONLY 40 albums a year? Let’s talk about it. I mean, I could do it too... in fact, considering there are 365 days in a year, 24 hours in a day, and an average album lasts about an hour... well, I could listen to 8760 (wallet permitting) without ever sleeping, or hoping they publish fewer than 8760 to gain some extra hours of sleep. But then - aside from the fact that I’d sleep the whole following year to recover lost hours of sleep, waking up the next year without even remembering who I am - what would I have left of these 8760 albums? I like music and have no reason to adopt such approximate, reckless, and stressful methods. If I like an album - a pleasure then, not a job - I listen to it obsessively. Also because, you know, maybe you fall in love with it and listen with different ears. It goes without saying that to fall in love with an album, certainly three listens - which at most, by necessity, you would have granted to these poor 40 records (records, by the way? Those in lists and numbers usually just have hard drives that are too big) - are not enough. They aren't enough if you don’t savor the nuances each time. It’s not as easy as you imply. Someone who says they listen to 40 albums a year doesn’t actually listen to them, they hear them and surely don’t fall in love with them. An unnecessary polemic then? I’d call it an observation, a confirmation, etc. And what’s truly unnecessary here is the pretentiousness of the zealots. Alfredo, whatever you think, but someone who says: "the only merit of Britpop is that it's not mandatory to listen to it," as far as I'm concerned, doesn’t count. No polemic, really, let it go. As you know, I even find you likable, but perhaps it’s better if we talk about women. And then, yes, you can thank me, because it’s a fact that my comment offered you a cue to join the discussion and share your thoughts. And that’s good, eh. I don’t want to imagine what you would have said without it, given the usefulness of your comment and the numerous arguments it tackles, if it hadn’t been there. But then, who knows: "Finally someone who debates on useful things and encourages you to join the discussion to share your views." As if I had only been on the site since yesterday. Grab the legendary DeBaser rant!
