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Skriven 2007-06-20 13:13:54 av Amy Guskin (1943.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: Question for our Dominatrix, err, Moderator
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>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:21:39 -0400, Methuselah Jones wrote
(in article <Xns99554AE052B4Bmethuselahaltgeekorg@127.0.0.1>):

> Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Amy
> Guskin of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain: 
> 
>>>> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:08:55 -0400, Kurt Ullman wrote
>> (in article 
>> <kurtullman-9A2F05.10085419062007@customer-201-125-217-
> 207.uninet.net.m
>> x>): 
>> 
>>> In article <0001HW.C29D5A5A01454C6BF0182648@news.verizon.net>,
>>> Amy Guskin <aisling@fjordstone.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I think I'm simply going to back away slowly, and give up trying to 
>>>> understand what either you or Rick meant...  (Commercials?  Do I
>>>> watch commercials?  Huh?  And why does that naturally lead to a dog
>>>> dragging its ass on a carpet??)
>>> 
>>> This is a country music song/line dance. Other than that, the 
>>> less said the better. <<
>> 
>> Well, that explains why I don't understand the references.  I am as 
>> uninterested in country music as it is possible to be.  A song about 
>> commercials and dog butt-dragging?  Fer the love o' god, what's it
>> called? 
> 
> How did dog-butt-dragging get into it? "Boot-Scootin' Boogie" is a song 
> by Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn. <<

When I think of something that scoots on its butt, I think "dog."  I don't 
know any _people_ who do that.

>> I've never understood why otherwise intelligent people categorically 
> slam Country and Western music. Just like any other genre, there's some 
> good stuff and some crap. A musician, in particular, should be open to 
> any influences that might enrich his/her music.<<

How do you know that this was a categorical slam?  How do you know what kind 
of effort I've put into listening to country music?  And for the record, I 
was speaking of contemporary, popular country/western music, which is the 
category that Matt's answer implied this song belongs to.  Most of the 
current stuff is just as bad as current non-c/w pop music.  And it's not just 
(or even in every case) the songs and how they are written -- which is the 
criticism I think you're responding to -- it's also the styles of 
performance, which are fairly ubiquitous (i.e. if you don't like in-throat 
overtoning, you ain't gonna like any Tuvan throat singer ensembles!).

And, whether or not _you_ think there is good and bad music of every type, 
not everyone will agree with you.  Some people simply cannot listen to 
classical music, some people can't listen to jazz, etc. etc.  It's like 
saying, "I've never understood why otherwise intelligent people categorically 
dislike wine/sports/the ballet."  Not everyone can acquire a taste for every 
subjective genre, whether there are millions of people who already like it, 
or it's a small cultish phenomenon.

Amy
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