Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (02/01/87)
Really-From: ma179aaa@sdcc3.UCSD.EDU (Stephen A Bloch) Yes, IED, I've read what you said. Over and over. But I'm inclined to dispute that "subtlety, sophistication, complexity, and refinement" are themselves objectively measurable, for the simple reason that if person A finds music X more SSC&R than music Y, and person B thinks the other way around, person A can say (perhaps justifiably) that music X was _too_ SSC&R for person B to appreciate. That way lies bad feeling.