Re:Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums 2003 vs. 2012 vs. 2020
by coldtea on Saturday September 26, 2020 @10:07PM
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>So Sgt Pepper is beautiful? What makes it so?
For one thing, it captured a place/era almost perfectly (as agreed by tons of people in that place/era - including fellow musicians).
Second, it has the height of maturity of what was considered the most important band of all time (and close to such as seen by both the critics and commercial success).
Third, it unarguably has considerable skill in several areas (melody, harmony, orchestration, playing, etc).
Fourth, it was largely influencial.
Fifth, most experts (critics, rock musicians, etc) agreed so for half a century.
Those things are enough to call it beautiful in mind book.
Just because we can't measure something (e.g. beauty here) with some technical instrument doesn't mean it doesn't exist, or people can't agree on it.
For one thing, it captured a place/era almost perfectly (as agreed by tons of people in that place/era - including fellow musicians).
Second, it has the height of maturity of what was considered the most important band of all time (and close to such as seen by both the critics and commercial success).
Third, it unarguably has considerable skill in several areas (melody, harmony, orchestration, playing, etc).
Fourth, it was largely influencial.
Fifth, most experts (critics, rock musicians, etc) agreed so for half a century.
Those things are enough to call it beautiful in mind book.
Just because we can't measure something (e.g. beauty here) with some technical instrument doesn't mean it doesn't exist, or people can't agree on it.