[RepoGirl]

I think appreciation for quality and creativity, along with repulsion for petty commercialism, come from somewhere very objective outside ourselves.

Personal taste is personal taste. It's still entirely subjective.

So, by your logic, everything you like is creative, and of quality. Anything you don't like falls into the great abyss. I see. Interesting.

So the musical acts you list, with the exception of BB King, are rather bland, safe AM-radio fare in my opinion. My idea of bands exhibiting quality and creativity are Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Japan, Berlin-era Bowie. You are free to disagree, but I don't think you can legitimately make the claim that I don't care about such abstracts as quality and creativity -- because our ideas on what they are differ so greatly.

As far as Duran Duran goes, I thought they were, and are, quality musicians that DID make happy music for happy times. Nick Rhodes was pretty innovative with the electronic aspect of the band.

Petty Commercialism? What, are you some kind of liberal here? Get out of here with that kind of rage against the machine kind of talk, hippy.

[the invisib1e hand]

So, by your logic, everything you like is creative, and of quality.

actually, it's the reverse.

Petty Commercialism? What, are you some kind of liberal here? Get out of here with that kind of rage against the machine kind of talk, hippy.

is the moon full or something?

[uglybiker]

As far as Duran Duran goes, I thought they were, and are, quality musicians that DID make happy music for happy times.

Happy music for happy times?
Look no further thatn...

[RockinRight]

I can admit that a lot of genres of music are interesting and are filled with talented artists, even if I personally don’t care for them.

Yanni, for example. Never got into his music, but I cannot deny his skill or talent.