Posted on 12/14/2004 8:40:19 AM PST by Apolitical
Part of the hard work of civilization is teaching young to be able to distinguish between the good and the bad in all aspects of life. If we teach our young children to obey the 10 Commandments and to obey the laws of the land, but don't teach them to realize that Johann Sebastian Bach is superior to Dimebag Abbott, we have failed as parents and mentors. If a person has gone through 12 or 13 years of education and has not developed an appreciation for the greatest artistic achievements of mankind, that education has been an utter failure.
While laissez-faire is the correct approach to economics it has no place in the realm of aesthetics or morality. A confidant civilization imposes its morality and aesthetics on it young people. Yes, you heard it right. We impose. The Rousseauian noble savage is a myth. Left unchecked and untutored the savage will never attain nobility......
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It's like debating vegeterianism with cannibals. Oh, well...
For whatever THAT is worth. Personally, I'd much rather listen to a garden rake being dragged across a school chalkboard before listening to high level noise distortion. But that's just me.
Probably agreeing with me, however, might be REAL accomplished guitarists with some melodic insight of sorts such as, Alan Holdsworth, Neil Schon, Trevor Rabin, Robin Ford, Joe Satriani, Stevie Vai, Ingwee Malmsteen, Steve Lukather, Larry Carlton, Lee Ritnauer...just to name a few.
I do like a lot of those guitarists. Have you listened to Dimebag's playing on "Cemetary Gates?"
It's phenomenal.
Ungggg....
m-u-s-t
s-l-o-w
d-o-w-n
/jasper
No. Just in the hate-filled emptiness of narrow minds.
Wow. What a bizarre and disturbed post.
Get help.
I will certainly check it out, if the opportunity arises.
BTW, I didn't intend to demean Dimebag's talents, per se, just my general opinion of metal, that's all.
Yup. And evidenced by some of these replies, some people don't get it along with him.
Don't like metal? Fine. But don't tell me it's not a valid music genre.
Hhmm...Dimebag at one point was praised by Satriani, Vai, and Malmsteen.
Stop trying to insert factual arguments into the discussion. Geez. ;0)
Agreed.
I've come to the conclusion that detractors of the metal genre are cut from the same cloth as those who were "shocked" by Elvis and "offended" by the Beatles.
Small minded folk, all of them.
Very interesting, to say the least. Do you have copy of that claim?
The phrase 'at one point' implies that at certain time in his musical past he had been recognized as having some formidable skills and/or chops.
I don't know Dimebag's musical history, but it would seem this praise by these upper echelon guitarists would've come at an earlier time in his career. Maybe in a 'pre-metal' venue?
The author of this piece sounds like an elitist ass. He is grave dancing whilst trying to convey his cultural superiority.
Look whether or not Cocaine would enhance sports performance is clearly up for debate. I don't think you can say with a straight face that it does. It might. It might also blow up your heart or leave you with heart palpitations.
My point was despite being educated and knowledgable of the elitist things in life, I need to get primal sometimes. I can't stand playing a pickup basketball game or coaching Pee Wee baseball and losing. Hard Rock does it for me.
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