Holy cow, I guess I have been schooled. Thanks for all the info, but I don't put that much thought into the music I listen to
I respect your point of view, and more importantly the thought that goes into it. Thanks, I understand everything you say, but there are certain things in my life I am happy to deal with as just something that pleases me and others. Music is one of them.
The one exception I make to that philosophy is Rap due to its fored mainstreming into the culture
Yes, you have been neuro-linguistically programmed, as I have pointed out. You admit this.
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
...but there are certain things in my life I am happy to deal with as just something that pleases me and others.
Paraphrasing William Shakespeare's character Iago in Othello:
‘They are of a free and open nature, that thinks men honest that but seem to be so, and will as tenderly be led by the nose as asses are.’
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
The one exception I make to that philosophy is Rap due to its fored mainstreming into the culture
Why? It is no different than the others... Nobody puts a gun to your head to make you buy it...