Ok folks. Which are the worst ones? Albums that would otherwise be unlistenable, but are loved by Audiophiles for other then musical qualities. The ones you just can't escape at the audio shows.
Yeeeeeah. My disdain for the music of Diana Krall is so pure that it got me quoted in a Stereophile editorial once.
Oh, you can't just drop that tidbit and walk away, John. We demand details...Yeeeeeah. My disdain for the music of Diana Krall is so pure that it got me quoted in a Stereophile editorial once.
it was about 5 years ago. It was from a query that Stereophile asked online somewhere about the declining numbers in audio and why young people, or people in general, weren't getting into the hobby or something. I posted a much too harsh comment, as I was prone to do before I found the peace, calm, and lack of posting while tipsy of my 40s, and not knowing what it was for, it showed up in the next months editorial among a few others, quoted to me without the context I was replying to. I do recall using the word "dweebs" (in reference to minutia obsession, not Mrs Krall), which in hindsight was a lot of the pot calling the kettle black. I mean, I sat here for 1/2 hour trying to figure out how to adjust my azimuth this evening by a few degrees.......I'm king dweeb of my house.Oh, you can't just drop that tidbit and walk away, John. We demand details...
Yeeeeeah. My disdain for the music of Diana Krall is so pure that it got me quoted in a Stereophile editorial once.
I do know that I don't know a single person who's not an audiophile who likes her music. But..to each their own. If somebody is moved by her tunes, then they are moved by her tunes. I do wish they'd not play her so much at audio shows. It makes trying to get my friends into stereos all the more harder, and my wife made fun of me for weeks after I dragged her to Axpona.
I'm trying not to be mean spirited as, seriously, if people like her music and find it moving, more power to them. But man, I just don't get it, on the same level that I don't get Scandinavian Black Metal. Just, you know, different.
That's me and so many bands. I'll find one release that I love and so I just do a deep dive without sticking my toe in first, only to realize the mud-bottom is 1 foot under the surface. Sploosh! Wasted $60. Thankfully I have Tidal and Spotify now to try things before they break the bank.Now don’t be hatin’, but I must confess, I LOVE Live in Paris. Based on that album, I bought three more and thought they were all dreadful and unemotional.
I think one of the problems with Krall is that she doesn't function as a musician in a studio setting. Some people just don't. They lose their stuff.Now don’t be hatin’, but I must confess, I LOVE Live in Paris. Based on that album, I bought three more and thought they were all dreadful and unemotional.
I can't say as I even like how she is recorded all that much to be quite honest. I picked up a huge pile of her CDs at a yard sale a couple of years ago and the only one I played all the way through was Live in Paris.Yeeeeeah. My disdain for the music of Diana Krall is so pure that it got me quoted in a Stereophile editorial once.
I do know that I don't know a single person who's not an audiophile who likes her music. But..to each their own. If somebody is moved by her tunes, then they are moved by her tunes. I do wish they'd not play her so much at audio shows. It makes trying to get my friends into stereos all the more harder, and my wife made fun of me for weeks after I dragged her to Axpona.
I'm trying not to be mean spirited as, seriously, if people like her music and find it moving, more power to them. But man, I just don't get it, on the same level that I don't get Scandinavian Black Metal. Just, you know, different.
Something about turntables brings out the worst in people -- or maybe brings out the worst people.After spending a few days on a facebook turntables forum, I take back that dweebs was too harsh. It wasn't harsh enough. More like total assholes. I really just don't get along or like most audiophiles. ALL present company excluded. "Haven" is right.
I like brussel sprouts. Diana Krall...not so much.I like her voice about as much as some forum members like brussel sprouts and lima beans.
I have nothing against her but it's not my kind of music.