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In Reply to: RE: As you might guess from some of my previous posts. . . posted by Chris from Lafayette on September 12, 2014 at 16:58:57
Chris, as you raise the question, "Marmite" doesn't really mean "overrated". It connotes something that has only two possible reactions,love or hate. Any middle ground position such as " quite like" or "not too keen" is impossible.Marmite is an edible spread extracted from yeast, mainly consumed in the UK. It is extraordinarily pungent and provokes extreme reactions. It's advertising campaign is all about the polar reactions it provokes. I love it but when I tried some on some friends from Seattle their faces were quite a picture!
So, a composer may be overrated but still have some positive qualities. One really needs to compare the geniuses with those of no merit at all(at least in one's opinion). So, for me, Haydn in the love corner and anyone who is part of the 1960's Manchester School of composers in the other.
Edits: 09/13/14Follow Ups:
I'm glad the original article referred to Marmite which I can happily leave alone, and did not refer to our yummie Vegemite, which my American born wife despises!
Maybe these spreads are an acquired taste just as liking some composer's music and intensely disliking others is a acquired taste. Repeated listening can evoke strange consequences. Years ago, inspired by a glowing Gramophone report, I purchased a Stockhausen piano LP and was horrified at the ":music". Subsequently I often played it to visitors to demonstrate how awful it was but ended up liking it!!!
And I do confess to having made this same mistake since. Inspired by a BBC Music Mag review I purchased a BD of the Pergolesi opera "Adriano in Siria" and enthusiastically set it down as the item of the night to enjoy with our music appreciation friends. Well it went down like a lead balloon - we all hated it and I'm really not prepared to view it multiple times to see if that furthers appreciation. But then I guess others love it!!!
It would be a dull world if we all had the same tastes!!
John
Enjoying 12,000 mostly classical CDs via Sennheiser HD800 headphones & M2TECH Vaughan DAC -> HeadRoom BlockHead headphone amplifier fed from a Meridian (Sooloos) server system.
The main 7.1 MC electrostatic speaker system is for A/V at night.
Vile tasting yeast paste, sez I.
YMMV and all that.
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