I first encountered "literary criticism" in high school. It turned my stomach then, and still does.
Who is "Dr. Suchandsuch" and why does he think he knows so much about 'Billy Budd'? I read the same book he did. Our opinions and interpretations of the book have equal merit, in my opinion.
Music Reviewers might be worse. If they had Actual talent, they could make their own music, using their special Powers of critique & revision, thus creating Perfect Songs. Gold Record after Gold Record.
Instead, they analyze (sometimes) and spend energy creating pithy Hate (always), feeding this spew to our car-crash society: necks turned, eyes wide, mouths agape...
This feels like a bitter response to a Negative Review of my own music, but I've yet to be that fortunate. My music hasn't gotten Any reviews yet, from Anyone. Hate is not the opposite of Love, Apathy is...
I hope Everyone that hears my music feels compelled to critique it.
"If you can't say something Nice, don't say nothing at all" - Thumper
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This reminds me a little of hearing this: Hey, I could make that. And A's comeback: But you didn't.
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