Some Potentially Poptimist Statements
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Agree? Disagree? Modify?
It's interesting to think about why high-selling music is high-selling.
Your own circumstances of consumption affect how much you like music more than its circumstances of production.
You don't need much expertise or knowledge to have interesting and useful opinions on music.
There is no significant relationship in either direction between music's level of mass appeal and its quality.
I'm sure you can do better - list a possible 'poptimist' tenet in the box and I'll run them as future threads.
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I will also take this opportunity to remind players in the League Of Pop to start playing.
It's interesting to think about why high-selling music is high-selling.
Your own circumstances of consumption affect how much you like music more than its circumstances of production.
You don't need much expertise or knowledge to have interesting and useful opinions on music.
There is no significant relationship in either direction between music's level of mass appeal and its quality.
I'm sure you can do better - list a possible 'poptimist' tenet in the box and I'll run them as future threads.
[Poll #936204]
I will also take this opportunity to remind players in the League Of Pop to start playing.