ScottR wrote:hey baht, why cant you allow me my opinion? does it always to to be flowers and pearls when talking about the great one? does samadahi give you a kickback for beating down any skeptics? not that this matters all that much but i've supporting dS from day one, probably a lot longer than you (probably decades longer). I feel like I have a right to speak my mind.
so i wonder what the sales numbers are for manafon really are. so how would you measure this? for each subsequent release there are fewer and fewer fan reviews at amazon. i know my friends have expressed the same discontent with the output. i think its pretty safe to say that his audience is getting smaller.
I hadn't heard about the hh venture. i will have to check it out. i just saw chick corea the other night, it was a great show.
Scott, let me reiterate that I respect the opinion that you or anyone else holds regarding Manafon or Blemish or whatever future projects that may come to disappoint you.
Yet....What I absolutely cannot fathom is the venom that is being spewed at Sylvian for the muscial direction he choses to follow. An artist should have the right to go in whatever direction he or she chooses to go artistically. Your comments give the impression that Sylvian does not have that right simply because the direction does not appeal to your sensibilities.
You surely can't deny that you have basically joined this forum with the intent to disrupt or discourage any positive discourse in regards to Sylvian's recent work, can you?
It is one thing to be discouraged by the output, it is another to constantly make these snide and snarky remarks designed to disparage anyone else who is open to the directions that Sylvian is currently following. And that is exactly what you were doing when you made your comments about who you assume will be buying this vinyl release.
I understand that you want to believe that no one else could possibly have an alternate viewpoint on what constitutes interesting music. From the many comments you have made since joining after the release of Manafon, you have shown that you are obviously the type that believes that your opinion should remain the preferred opinion. You have implied that those who don't share your opinion must be sheep who will follow anything. I just want to defend myself and those who are open to this music that will have no 'commercial appeal'.
For some reason, you believe that record sales equate what is artistically viable. That is your viewpoint and I should respect that. Not everyone will share that viewpoint. I think that most best sellers in the music business easily show that certain viewpoint to be dubious, but that is your opinion. You may fault Sylvian for his disinterest in appealing to a mass audience which may require him to mainstream his sound. Not all of us are going to agree with that approach, for I can't quite comprehend faulting any artist for whatever direction he or she seeks. I, and I am sure others as well, have simply turned attention away from what is not personally appealing. I just don't comprehend the vitriol you spew. It seems irrational to me.
I'll reiterate that I believe you have joined this forum with the sole intent to disrupt the conversation and in turn, assail those who do not share your view. And that is what I am defending against. And that is what I will continue to defend against. You have shown that you are contemptuous and dismissive towards the personal preferences of a portion of the fan base. Therefore I believe that we can be equally contemptuous towards the manner in which you express your disdain.