Red Mosquito

Zeb I love you with all my heart but you are objectively wrong here

Even if there was such thing, LCD Soundsystem still wouldn't be "objectively outsanding".

You guys are really wrecking my lunch break vibes here.

Oh, to be clear, I am a big fan of LCD Soundsystem. I think they're brilliant.

I like the objective of this subject.

theplatypus wrote:Zeb I love you with all my heart but you are objectively wrong here

This is such a bittersweet message, plat. I'll be thinking about this all day.

I don't care how good they are, after watching that annoying documentary, I hate them too.

Objectively.

I was mostly kidding, I've barely listened to LCD Soundsystem and I've actually enjoyed it.

Good "songcraft" and "performance" are both subjective terms. All I have to do is say I disagree with you and, boom, it is not objective. Art can't be quantified with any kind of scientific formula. Its merits can be argued, but ultimately, that is all.

Right, but, "Hey Ya!".

That song is awful, Kaius.

You're nuts.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Art can't be quantified

Art auctions say otherwise.

zeb wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Art can't be quantified

Art auctions say otherwise.

I assume this is a joke, yes?

Birds in Hell wrote:That song is awful, Kaius.

Objectively?

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

zeb wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Art can't be quantified

Art auctions say otherwise.

I assume this is a joke, yes?

I assume that you understand that paying a price for a piece of artwork consequently bestows an objective value upon it.

zeb wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

zeb wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Art can't be quantified

Art auctions say otherwise.

I assume this is a joke, yes?

I assume that you understand that paying a price for a piece of artwork consequently bestows an objective value upon it.

Is this really the argument you wanna go with? The amount of money a work of art generates quantifies its quality? You really don't foresee any problems with this line of thinking?

I can accept an argument that there's some kind of objectivity in measuring musicianship and songcraft, demos by local bands that are really obviously not good in either of these respects come to mind, but once you clear that threshold I think you're on much shakier ground. What's "good" about a song like Corduroy is that the sum of its parts hits my ears/brain in a pleasurable way. Why some songs affect me in that way and others don't isn't something I can even begin to define but I think it's deeply subjective.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:The amount of money a work of art generates quantifies its quality?

*objective value

zeb wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:The amount of money a work of art generates quantifies its quality?

*objective value

Since when were we talking about objective monetary value?