No Spoilers

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

One reason I don't read music reviews much: if there's something really good in a record - a lyric or moment or inflection or bit of 'punctum', whatever you like - it's tempting as a reviewer to write about that. (Right?)

But then doesn't that moment lose its impact for the person who listens having read? Or - worse maybe - gets too much emphasis or impact?

Should reviews come with spoiler warnings? Should reviewers avoid quoting particularly great lines? How do you feel when a particularly good writer infiltrates your hearing of a song?

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes and listening to the moments you're forever aware that you're kind of listening to them through someone else's ears - maybe it's precious of me to get annoyed by that, though.