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   Rob, if you read the above posts you'll see I only compared BN to those   
   artists because someone asked me what I thought "professional" songwriting   
   sounded like.   
      
   And of course I agree, even my absolute favourite artists have made songs I   
   can't stand.  I don't think I own a CD that doesn't have some weak tracks.   
      
   But in the end, I stand by my original statement of opinion and will   
   continue to change the radio station when certain boring amateur-sounding   
   songs come on.    :)  happy new year.   
      
      
      
   "Rob McIntyre"  wrote in message   
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   > Your comparisons aren't valid because the people you've used as examples   
   > have had more time to grow as songwriters and/or have had compatible   
   > co-writers for years. And your comparisons are also weakened once we   
   compare   
   > them to each other. Most are from different genres, from different   
   decades.   
   >   
   > Elton John, the Guess Who and Radiohead are great. But do you like every   
   > single song they've put out ? I doubt it. I have several of their CDs and   
   I   
   > don't. I also have hundreds of other CDs but I don't sit down and   
   > arbitrarily claim that Queen is better than Fleetwood Mac, who is better   
   > than Sarah McLachlan, who is better than Simon & Garfunkel, etc. I like   
   them   
   > all, for several individual compositions.   
   >   
   > Do you feel a need to defend Rufus Wainwright ? No artist is beyond   
   > critique. I could list hundreds of people with better vocal abilities and   
   > i'm sure there are plenty of people out there that bitch about how he's   
   > riding his parents wake and how cancon is getting him on radio.   
   >   
   > Well, Cancon doesn't force people to buy his music either and i'm not   
   about   
   > to pass judgement on all of his current and possibly future releases based   
   > on the very few compositions i've heard from him. After all, I didn't like   
   > Placebo's similar monotone nasal vocal style but they eventually released   
   > "Slave To The Wage" and "Bitter End".   
   >   
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   > Rob McIntyre (Ottawa,Canada) / do you want to BUYMUSIC.CA ?   
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