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Mr. Glenn Mcdonald makes an important point on the "personal taste" thread. Have "Classic or Dud" and "Search & Destroy" threads become mere "dissing contests"? Does having more people praise a record than denounce it make you feel better about a piece of music? Has it ever turned your "no" into a "yes"? Vice versa?

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

(Have we had this thread before? I have faint recollection of its appearing in the past...)

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Dud

― -- Mike Hanley, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Dude, we totally already did this, like a couple months ago. Let's discuss it again to piss off Nick.

― Ally, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I like it. I'm only catching up, and I like comparing my impressions of things with other people's. Someone else always picks up on that one little thing that annoyed or impressed you. I've never seen it as a "dissing contest". It's never changed my mind about anything, though.

― Kerry Keane, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I guess I responded to this in the personal taste thread, just now, but I'm too lazy to copy my response here.

― Josh, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

'Classic or dud:classic or dud?':Classic or dud?

― tarden, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

C or D has never changed my mind about an artist or piece of music, but I do find it very interesting to see the reasoning behind *why* people love or loathe things. The fresh viewpoints often expressed provide a reason to put up with the "dissing contests".

― masonic boom, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I think it can be an interesting way to see what people think of certain artists and why they think that way. It never actually changes my mind about the music, I just enjoy the insight into why people think the way they do about music. When COD becomes irritating is when someone writes:

"Dud, this band sucks ass" or "Classic, this band is amazing"

Without bothering to explain why. I think even the "dissing contests" can be interesting if legitimate points are being made -- it can be challenging, and make people really think about why they like or dislike something. If people want self-congratulatory essays devoted to their favorite artist or want their writing to be unquestioningly accepted and praised, I don't know if a board such as this is necessarily suited to that.

― Nicole, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Not to get all Elm Street on yo' asses, but where *is* Nick of the Thousand Eyes? Ditto Ethan... ?

― mark s, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

ditto geordie racer.

― gareth, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I doubt a C or D thread has ever changed how I feel about an artist, but it sure has made me want to investigate some that I wasn't interested in before, and that's a damn good thing.

― Patrick, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I'd agree with Patrick. The COD format has gotten me interested in looking into some artists I hadn't been very familiar with before.

― Nicole, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

i like classic or dud. if any of them are dull, thats not the fault of the format and the majority of them are interesting anyway

― gareth, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

The original original post has been lost to history but can be reconstructed from the replies here:

The Secret Origin Of Classic-Or-Dud

Note, depressingly/amusing, that lots of the same people are still discussing lots of the same things.

― Tom, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

lots of the same people are still discussing lots of the same things

But no Geir! I wonder if Persi knows about this board, I kind of miss his take on things.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

The original post is the 28th message in the thread.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I dunno, Persi vs Jackie got very boring after a while.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Well, yeah. But all flamewars/prolonged arguments get very boring very quickly, 98% percent of the time. Come to think of it, there's probably only a couple of people who would irritate me if they showed up here.

But here's what I really want to know: Why I am affiliated with a.m.a for the focus group? I haven't posted to it in years, and it's not like I was ever the most interesting or prolific poster there. Don't blame me, in other words.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

If I've done my a.m.a. homework right, Geir = power pop ayatollah... but Persi would be... ?

― Patrick, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Guy who bought loads of music and would do a lot of reviews, etc. Very touchy about music, though.

― Nicole, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

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