Comments on: The Potter Musical Appreciation Disparity

by: Joe

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:52:11 +0000

Nah just reminding you and letting the world know that you used to have some bad music selections too! — But at least I’ll admit that I had some some crap too — New kids on the block. Peace!

by: Adam

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:26:20 +0000

Joe grandstands under the guise of a comment. Nice! (Did you know you can get your own blog (for free!) at blogger.com?)

by: Joe

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:23:55 +0000

MIKE doesn’t know this — so let’s all take a trip on the way back when bus. Back in the 4th or 5th grade during one of my first of many visits to adams house, we were downstairs in his room and on the window shelf he had a few cassets stacked together. Being curious i looked at them. I can’t remember one of them, but the other — Oh man oh man! it was none other than WHAM. and asked adam what the hell was this doing in his room? and you know what he said? He said ” I thought they we’re COOL, or some thing to those affects. — So adam back off the kid and his taste in music. At least he has bands that folks have heard off. LOL. BTW these potter guys — you act like they’re Mark Hamil, Harrison Ford, and Carrie fisher. — wait a minute two guys and girl — HMM What an original thought by JK Rowling. Peace out!

by: Mike Nessen

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:30:34 +0000

My take on this blog post:

pseudocontraneoantidisestablishmentarianalistical - 2 (or 5 times if spoken really fast)

by: Adam

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:58:09 +0000

Consider a rough count of Radcliffe's adjectives:

favourite - 3
simple - 2
sad - 2
incredible - 2
best, beautiful, spectacular, uplifting, haunting, fantastic, wonderful, perfect, sublime, biblical, half-whispered, good, great, amazing - 1 each

by: Adam

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:48:57 +0000

See, now that's good! You used a descriptive adjective there, Nessen -- crunchy! Compare to the adjectives Grint uses in describing 11 tracks, listed with their frequency:

great - 4
cool - 3
amazing - 1
inspirational - 1
nice - 1
good - 1
original - 1

by: Mike Nessen

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:41:13 +0000

“I dig them crunchy gee-tars.” - 14 yr. old Mike Nessen (Entertainment Weekly - 11/22/1992)

by: Adam

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:52:22 +0000

Once upon a time I had fun listening to Smells Like Teen Spirit, too, but if I were to try to describe why I like it, I’m sure I would have tried harder than, “The lead singer seemed cool to me.”

by: Mike N.

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:15:51 +0000

Maybe because he IS a teenager? I don’t think there’s any harm in listening to music that makes you feel good and puts you in a good mood, despite the lack of lyrical giftedness or musical wizardry. You could probably dig through some of my old CD’s when I was that age, and I’m sure you could find some that you would label “mainstream” and “unimaginative”…. BUT…. the whole idea was that they were fun to listen to. My two cents.