The worst record covers ever

I saw it, Bliss. It could be a good way out, but, in my case, it's not feasible. I have already two "saturated" e-mail addresses. I cannot afford to embark on discussions on this matter in my private or business life.Anonymity is of utmost importance too.

However, I understand the frustration and distraction it is created in hijacking threads, but I only respond, when and wherever I'm challenged.

Anyway, soon (or very soon) this "entertaining" (in a way) "duel" should and is going to end.

Parla

Have you discovered another aspect of life which fits neither of the above categories? I ask only out of idle curiosity, not a desire to embark on a conversation.

Like Troyen (and as I've said more than once in the past) I admire Vic's Job-like efforts, but this is surely now approaching Jarndyce v Jarndyce territory. Personally, I support Jarndyce, but might not a seperate thread dedicated specifically to this particular tangent be in order?

Surely this is the worst abum cover of all time. I have seen some wonderful photos of soprano Anita Cerquetti, but this one makes her look like a vampire just come from feasting....

http://www.amazon.com/Anita-Cerquetti-Grandi-Operatic-Arias/dp/B000025PVQ

It's unflattering, certainly, but the worst ever?

May I suggest you look at the Vladislav Kazevin cover - back on an early page - in pre-hijack times.

I thought that was said by the Vogons in the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Shall we leave to others to decide for themselves what is or is not meaningful here, Bliss? 

However, I guess you will be relieved to read that this issue has now reached the goal of my (admittedly somewhat obsessive) pursuit of Parla' argument that the assessment of quality in music is a matter of fact and not opinion.

If the pursuit of truth in the argument he made that there is proof of the existence of god in classical music, as well as the argument that companies' reissued CDs deteriorate quicker than their originals both ended inconclusively, this one has not.

Parla states:

"The use of "brilliant" is descriptive;
it's not a value judgment  ...   The words "amazing", "splendour"
etc. are descriptive  [ ] of what
technically happens in the music work  ...   The first one is objective (it has to do with
the actual value of the product)  ...  So … when a work has these ... features
(structure, orchestration, etc.), it is a great composition..."

Note particularly the use of "objective" and "value" in the statement: "The first one is objective (it has to do with the actual value of the product)".  What could "objective" and "value" mean here?   The last sentence contradicts completely the argument it is used to support: everything with features like structure and orchestration is great?  Everything?

It has taken a long time to pin Parla down to these specific claims which I think show his "Alice-in-Wonderland" use of language: "Brilliant", "amazing" and "splendour" are not words that express value-judgments, they are statements of fact.  But only when applied to music which has such features as "structure" and "orchestration" - not of all music, although all music contains them - but only some music.  And that music happens to be the music that Parla considers worthy of possessing those "value-free" connotations and not that music that doesn't.  The statement, "It is brilliant" is only sometimes a matter of opinion.   So the next time you observe a "splendid" sunset, ask yourself if it is splendid just because the sun is going down (which is a fact) or splendid because you are moved by it.  But more than that: is it really up to you to decide whether a sunset is an appropriate context to use the (sometimes) objective and value-free descriptor, "splendid".   How more nonsensical can this get?

Parla's case that some music is objectively superior to others, using the evidence that he has supplied, is illogical.  Arguments that defy logic are nonsense. 

All subsequent arguments, denials, protestations of misrepresentation, etc, etc, will be referred without comment to statements he has made in this debate. 

Now for something much more meaningful and important for this forum.  Where are those terrible CD covers?

Vic.

Do you plan to answer this, Vic? No, don't respond to this. I don't want to be accused of obstructing genius at work.