Which would you keep?

[Marco]

Yup - such as your response of "I have none now that I do not currently enjoy", which doesn't relate to nor answer some of questions you were asked.

Would you like me to highlight the questions I'm referring to?

I have other things that I am emotionally attached to

Other than the obvious, like loved ones, such as?

Marco.

[jandl100]

... well, on the Desert Island Disc thing, I might relent a little and select something from Gilbert & Sullivan, which is really the only musical genre that the missus and I enjoy together.

[jandl100]

Yup - such as your response of "I have none now that I do not currently enjoy", which doesn't relate to nor answer some of questions you were asked.

Would you like me to highlight the questions I'm referring to?



Other than the obvious, like loved ones, such as?

Marco.

Ah, -- hmm. I think that my response is an appropriate one for the questions. I don't understand the issue you raise. So yes, feel free to highlight and explain the text accordingly.

[Marco]

Okies... I asked:

What music did you grow up with?

You replied:

I have none now that I do not currently enjoy.

The answer is either none, or a list of the relevant music. Your reply doesn't really make sense.

I also asked:

What music did you listen to in your bedroom with your friends, as a teenager?

You replied (yet again):

I have none now that I do not currently enjoy.

...which again doesn't make much sense. The correct reply, as before, would be none, or a list of some of the relevant music. For me, it looks as if you're trying to hide something...

Btw, I'm not getting at you here; merely trying to understand properly where you're coming from

Marco.

[jandl100]

The answer is either none, or a list of the relevant music. Your reply doesn't really make sense.

Yep, no problem. I'm not feeling got at. I've not really looked at my music collection from this perspective before, but because of this thread I have now been thinking about it.

OK - I was being a bit lazy - perhaps.

I could list all the music me and my schoolmates used to enjoy together (a long list) and then point out that the ones I still have (e.g. Supertramp Crime of the Century) I only have because I still enjoy them.

I thought the short response is fine - unless you want me to 'prove' item by item that I only have stuff that I like in my collection and that I don't have any stuff that I no longer enjoy but only keep cos my old schoolmate Graham liked it. I don't have any of that - honest!

Does that answer your questions now?

[Marco]

Well, the clarification certainly provides more insight into your 'music history' than the first answers you gave did!

Supertramp's 'Crime of the Century', from what you say, would appear to qualify as music that you have *some* emotional connection with, particularly as it's the first time I've noticed you mention music, with some fondness, that is not classical in genre.

Marco.

[jandl100]

I just like the music in Crime of the Century - there is nothing whatsoever in that choice beyond that.

I think you are failing to see things from a perspective other than your own!
Not everyone has the same outlook as you.

Yes, I listen to a fair bit of non-classical - Nazareth, Dougie McClean, Loreena McKennit, The Buggles ... etc etc. All are important to me because I like or am emotionally involved by the music. That's all there is to it!

[Marco]

That's fine, but it's the first time I've seen you mention any of that type of music on AoS.

It certainly never appears in the relevant 'Spinning Today' thread, as you only contribute to the classical one...

Anyway, thanks for the info. In that respect, we are indeed very different, which I guess is what makes the world go round!

Marco.

[jandl100]

That's fine, but it's the first time I've seen you mention any of that music.

It certainly never appears in the relevant 'Spinning Today' thread, as you only contribute to the classical one...

Well, I feel sure that you will correct me if you think I have this wrong (!), but by & large the non-classical spinning today just tends to be lists of things played with no discussion. ... yes, I know there are exceptions, but by and large I think that's true.

I've struggled quite hard in the classical spinning today thread to make it a centre for discussion & involvement, and personally I think that works well.

[StanleyB]

Yes, I listen to a fair bit of non-classical - Nazareth

Jeez, that's taking me back to 1973.