Re: [microsound] hornby

[Greg <gregg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >afternoon reading:
> >Nick Hornby "High Fidelity" (for us who haunt lists such as these, a
> >brutal and hilarious portrait of record geekery)
>
> in a completely surreal maneuver, he argued that the album was music for
> teenagers because the track titles didn't seem to make any sense and the
> lyrics were so abstract and "experimental" - therefore, only teenagers
have
> the time and inclination to sit around in their bedrooms puzzling over
such
> things.  us grownups are too darned busy for those kinda shenanigans.

But, ah... wasn't that the whole point of "High Fidelity"? Having only seen
the movie, it pretty much consisted of adults who sat around their bedrooms
puzzling over obscure records.