[HANASHIR:14109] RE: My top 5 favorite CD's

[Scott Shuster <scott_shuster...>]

Adrian:

Take a chill-pill.  I was just taking a little poll to help me decide
what to buy next. 

I'm not trying to be "... non-productive..." or ".. counter-intuitive
to the very ideas of creative expression..".  I'm not even trying to
rank the compositions or even incite a competition.  I'm just trying to
wade through the marketing and sales hype to get to the opinions of my
peers.


Scott




--- Adrian Durlester <adrian (at) durlester(dot)com> wrote:
> Scott:
> 
> First, the caveat that I am writing as myself, and not as list-owner.
> I'm
> sure you'll get some interesting replies, and forgive me for putting
> a
> damper on your request but, IMHO, the idea of "top 5" or "Top 10"
> etc. lists
> is non-productive and not a useful exercise. Ranking artistic efforts
> seems
> counter-intuitive to the very ideas of creative expression which
> yield music
> and other forms of the arts.
> 
> If you had phrased the question in a less structured manner, such as
> "what
> are some of your favorites?" (and I wouldn't use adjectives like
> "top" or
> "most" when asking) I might feel more comfortable in expressing an
> opinion.
> But I'm not comfortable being forced to rank compositions,
> performances,
> etc.
> 
> I am quite sure other people would have different standards to judge
> such a
> ranking than I would have. But asking for a ranking as opposed to a
> simple
> listing, in no particular order, troubles me. I'm as interested as
> you are
> in what other people might like or dislike, even though their tastes
> might
> be quite different from mine.
> 
> There are few recordings I own that doesn't have something I like on
> it, and
> doesn't have songs I could definitely live without hearing again. In
> the
> face of that kind of diversity, how does one rank an entire album?
> 
> Also, what is your objectives are in soliciting this information and
> collecting the recordings might affect how people might choose to
> respond.
> Is your interest diversity? Authenticity? Stylistic? Do you want to
> develop
> repertoire or is this for listening pleasure? Is it eh music that
> gives you
> the pleasure or the Judaic content cleverly expressed?
> 
> I don't mean to put you on the spot-the questions are all rhetorical.
> I just
> wanted to make my point about my personal discomfort with ranking
> music. I
> hope you take no offense.
> 
> Chag kasher v'sameach
> 
> Adrian
> 
> Adrian A. Durlester, MTS
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> -----Original Message-----
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> shamash(dot)org]
> On
> Behalf Of Scott Shuster
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 8:41 AM
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:14107] My top 5 favorite CD's
> 
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> As I'm building up my music collection and trying to decide what to
> buy
> next, I thought I'd take a poll from the list of your favorite Judaic
> CD's.
> What do you love the most? ... What are the must-haves (besides the
> Ruach
> collections)?
> 
> Here are my top 5 favorites:
> 
> 1)  The Bridge - Sam Glaser
> 2)  Shabbat Alive - Rick Recht
> 3)  Friday Night Live - Craig Taubman
> 4)  Turn It - Mah Tovu
> 5)  All This Comes From You - Yom Hadash
> 
> 
> 
> Scott
> 
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