I'm with Michael here.

I too can't see why Lizzie has been targeted

I too am surprised to see the usually calm Joe wade in so strongly.....and IMHO wrongly !!

Not knowing what " a false dichotomy " is I do agree strongly with Michael's point about musicians being inspired both to play and perform by having listened and continuing listening to music and being captivated inspired by it.

Obviously with music having such wide ranges not every one is going to have the indentical tastes.

Like Michael I have been a performing musician and though I no longer play in public I still am an enthuiast.

I too detect the almost hatred of anything and anybody having even the slightest interest in "commercialism".

There appears to be a sense of snobbery attached to enjoying non-commercial music and a belief because of this it is in some way better.

This raises it's head in many of the threads here at Mudkat to a point of boredom.

Music should be enjoyed for what it is and not to create a class division as is often is here.

Just because you don't like something does not make it bad....

I will leave it here on this note before I fall off my soapbox !!

John

Surely to way to value music is by it's sound and not whether is makes money or not.