"Don Evans" <gtrdonevans@aol.com> wrote in a message
> Yeah, or like some but not all of it. I think part of the problem is
> substituting "it sucks" for "I don't like it".
I don't think it's a substitue. Someone might dislike something because they
think it sucks. Some people may dislike something, even though they think
its good. It's all just musical taste and opinion.
> To me, "getting it" has to do with the work or works resonating
> with you ... not with being part of a Zappa fan club. When you
> "get" the joke ... it just means you think it's funny .. nothing more.
> It promotes a response. Not everyone has the same sense of
> humor, right? So if I say I "get" Zappa, that doesn't mean I think I'm
> superior, it just means his stuff does it for me ... not sure why there is
> so much heat about this.
Me either. Some people get it and say they get it. The group I was ragging
on were those who say they get it, whether they do or not, as some means of
attempting to project a false image of themselves. I certainly never said
everyone who says they get it belongs to that group. On the contrary, I
think I was very clear the first time, and provided several
clarifications... as well as pointing out the concept is not rocket
science.
> I was taking what you were saying to be directed at the people in this
> thread, not the whole world. Of course what you say right there is true,
> but I think I just felt the ground shift under your point.
No ground shift. I was clear from my first post that I was talking about
several different groups of people, and had an issue with just one of those
groups.
>> Personal like or dislike of art has never been anything other than
>> opinion.
> But, as I said earlier, like or dislike doesn't necessarily reflect
> quality of art either.
Quality is irrelevant if you don't like it.
> I'm pretty bad at philosophy arguments, so I'll probably bail here, but I
> just wanted to get my thoughts out.
You did OK.
