I find that people from wealthy families are often more willing to take risks as well. Open a bar and it doesn't work out? No worries, daddy will get you back on your feet, and there's the inheritance for your retirement insurance. Others have to worry about financial future planning all by themselves, so are less able/willing to risk a nest egg on a potentially profitable venture.
Definitely. If you know that the worst case scenario is "family will have to bail me out and I'll feel stupid" rather than "I'll have to sleep in my car if I can still afford one", you're more likely to give it a go. And if you don't give it ago, you don't get to see it pay off.
I have a lot of respect for people who come from wealthy backgrounds and actually bother to do something with their lives though.
Me too. They could rest on their laurels and know they'll always have an easy life, but if they try to do it their way, and work at it, it's definitely something to be respected. It's not like they're responsible for being born rich, and it's not something they should be disliked or resented for. At the same time, it would be silly to pretend they didn't get some advantages out of it.
Whether you're rich or poor, your achievements are achievements, and they're awesome. But if you're white and good looking, you'll get some benefits from that. If you're rich as well. It's good to keep in mind that while you didn't choose to have it easy, you still do. There are lots of things I've never had to deal with because I'm white. I can't just pretend that it's not the case. It's the same with every privilege, just because we don't constantly notice the trouble we're not having doesn't mean other people don't have it.
You can still accomplish great things and be a great person if you had some advantages. Being lucky doesn't mean you didn't also work at it.
It's simple. I don't think you could know how to appreciate something like that. Then again...didn't you say the same thing about the Tintin soundtrack? Which is the opposite of simple. Either your expectations are too high or you're saying it because it's the song I like. It's impossible to be underwhelmed by either soundtrack. If someone says they are, they must be lying or they aren't paying attention to the song.
Give Banjo and Kazooie Nuts and Bolts alot of credit here. Even if you didn't like the game, (which I did. Its a real fun game. A little mindless sure, but still fun! ), it had some great music!
It's simple. I don't think you could know how to appreciate something like that. Then again...didn't you say the same thing about the Tintin soundtrack? Which is the opposite of simple. Either your expectations are too high or you're saying it because it's the song I like. It's impossible to be underwhelmed by either soundtrack. If someone says they are, they must be lying or they aren't paying attention to the song.
You know, I'm not insulting you or anything. I just don't like the song.
You know, I'm not insulting you or anything. I just don't like the song.
So you're not just pettily tearing down everything I like, like the we hate fawful fanclub had done to me my entire life....making sure throughout high school I couldn't have an opinion without hearing how wrong it was over and over again until I was torn down and my will to speak was taken away bit by bit and I vowed upon leaving that I would be as loud as possible and never let anyone get the better of me in any discussion and I would stand up for my opinions and myself in the harshest and most brazen ways I could so nobody could get through and tear me down again? okay...I still don't understand your opinion on a mental level but whatever.
So you're not just pettily tearing down everything I like, like the we hate fawful fanclub had done to me my entire life....making sure throughout high school I couldn't have an opinion without hearing how wrong it was over and over again until I was torn down and my will to speak was taken away bit by bit and I vowed upon leaving that I would be as loud as possible and never let anyone get the better of me in any discussion and I would stand up for my opinions and myself in the harshest and most brazen ways I could so nobody could get through and tear me down again? okay...I still don't understand your opinion on a mental level but whatever.
Lol. Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby. I just don't like the song.
But I suppose I could elaborate. It's middling, like much of video game music, a inoffensive piece whose crescendo erupts into what I consider to be cacophonous rubbish. It's middle is unpleasant, and it's introduction and exit are both cartoonish, reminiscent of a Warner Brothers cartoon. Wich is to say, its intro and outdo are pleasant enough, but nothing memorable or outstanding. It is, in every sense of the word, video Game music, meant to occupy the background without substantive force, and because of that it is not particularly memorable. Set side by side then against other underscores within its genre, including movies and video games, it is lacking.
Of course that said, there are obviously people in this thread that enjoyed it, so more power to the lot of you.
Want to buy Torchlight 2 and Borderlands 2, but don't really want to pay as much as they costs for them.
Maybe just Torchlight 2 for now. (At least its system specs are pretty low, and Borderlands 2 will get cheaper on consoles by next month probably...)
I know I don't really play the first one, but I really don't want Diablo 3, (I LOVED Diablo 2!), and I hear this one is more like the 2nd and much better than the first Torchlight, so I may just bite.
(I've spent £15 on worse things thats for sure... ¬_¬)
Lol. Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby. I just don't like the song.
But I suppose I could elaborate. It's middling, like much of video game music, a inoffensive piece whose crescendo erupts into what I consider to be cacophonous rubbish. It's middle is unpleasant, and it's introduction and exit are both cartoonish, reminiscent of a Warner Brothers cartoon. Which is to say, its intro and outdo are pleasant enough, but nothing memorable or outstanding. It is, in every sense of the word, video Game music, meant to occupy the background without substantive force, and because of that it is not particularly memorable. Set side by side then against other underscores within its genre, including movies and video games, it is lacking.
NOW I understand. I should elaborate that the part of the piece I find a masterwork from simplicity is very short- from :42 to 1:08- and the rest does sound like a Warner Brothers cartoon. It's that short segment I wish was expanded on.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but your reasoning is sound and smart. Which is really all I wanted. I find general impressions of things incredibly offensive and irksome. "Nope" and "meh" and "it's ok" make me want to hurl a sawblade at someone's neck. I can't just understand when someone doesn't like a thing I like- it has to be explained to me in a detailed, plodding, intelligent way. Otherwise I'm left clueless, and thus mad.
NOW I understand. I should elaborate that the part of the piece I find a masterwork from simplicity is very short- from :42 to 1:08- and the rest does sound like a Warner Brothers cartoon. It's that short segment I wish was expanded on.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but your reasoning is sound and smart. Which is really all I wanted. I find general impressions of things incredibly offensive and irksome. "Nope" and "meh" and "it's ok" make me want to hurl a sawblade at someone's neck. I can't just understand when someone doesn't like a thing I like- it has to be explained to me in a detailed, plodding, intelligent way. Otherwise I'm left clueless, and thus mad.
NOW I understand. I should elaborate that the part of the piece I find a masterwork from simplicity is very short- from :42 to 1:08- and the rest does sound like a Warner Brothers cartoon. It's that short segment I wish was expanded on.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but your reasoning is sound and smart. Which is really all I wanted. I find general impressions of things incredibly offensive and irksome. "Nope" and "meh" and "it's ok" make me want to hurl a sawblade at someone's neck. I can't just understand when someone doesn't like a thing I like- it has to be explained to me in a detailed, plodding, intelligent way. Otherwise I'm left clueless, and thus mad.
I apologize, was not trying to convey that. I'm a classically trained pianist with 20+ years of performance as well as 10 years on guitar and a background in a multitude of musical styles. If I don't like a piece of music, it's not out of unfounded antipathy.
I apologize, was not trying to convey that. I'm a classically trained pianist with 20+ years of performance as well as 10 years on guitar and a background in a multitude of musical styles. If I don't like a piece of music, it's not out of unfounded antipathy.
Well shit. I'm a possibly tonedeaf guy who still hasn't progressed past the learning stage on an ocarina and gets radios and tvs turned up when he tries to sing along to things.
There is one and only one composer I will stand by even in spite of my musical handicaps, and that is Ennio Morricone. I don't have to be an expert to know that I don't care about someone who hates Morricone. Everything else I'd be happy to concede on if the logic was sound enough.
You shook Hideo Kojima's hand and he sincerely complimented you....and yet you just want more, more, more. It's okay, though. Meeting Kojima left me wanting more too.
You shook Hideo Kojima's hand and he sincerely complimented you....and yet you just want more, more, more. It's okay, though. Meeting Kojima left me wanting more too.
Don't forget that they got shitfaced* together**.
*Actually, we don't know how much Kojima had to drink that night. We know how much Iced had, though.
**"Together" meaning "on separate floors of the same restaurant".
NOW I understand. I should elaborate that the part of the piece I find a masterwork from simplicity is very short- from :42 to 1:08- and the rest does sound like a Warner Brothers cartoon. It's that short segment I wish was expanded on.
That particular segment reminded me of Tchaikovsky for some reason. I personally really liked the bit right after 1 minute the best. Then again, I'm something of a fan of variations of major mode pieces to minor. No idea why.
That particular segment reminded me of Tchaikovsky for some reason. I personally really liked the bit right after 1 minute the best. Then again, I'm something of a fan of variations of major mode pieces to minor. No idea why.
Now that I focus on the segment SF was talking about he's actually quite right, and there are hints of Tchaikovsky there.
Yeah, that was what I was thinking of. I don't really listen to a lot of Tchaikovsky so I wasn't quite sure.
Actually, I also feel that there's some Nutcracker in there. Just the four note sequence in the :47 to 1:08 zone. It's a different mode and key, but it had the same tone... ish. Seemed inspired by Nutcracker to me.
Yeah, that was what I was thinking of. I don't really listen to a lot of Tchaikovsky so I wasn't quite sure.
Actually, I also feel that there's some Nutcracker in there. Just the four note sequence in the :47 to 1:08 zone. It's a different mode and key, but it had the same tone... ish. Seemed inspired by Nutcracker to me.
Tchaikovsky is good, but I prefer Mozart and George Gershwin.
Rimsky Korsakov and Stravinsky are my personal favorites, though Mozart's Requiem is one of my favorite pieces of music. Also, Beethoven's 7th and Faure's Requiem.
Rimsky Korsakov and Stravinsky are my personal favorites, though Mozart's Requiem is one of my favorite pieces of music. Also, Beethoven's 7th and Faure's Requiem.
I'm also something of a fan of Gottschalk.
The song I listen to to calm myself down in American in Paris, and to relax, I listen to Rhapsody in Blue.
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Definitely. If you know that the worst case scenario is "family will have to bail me out and I'll feel stupid" rather than "I'll have to sleep in my car if I can still afford one", you're more likely to give it a go. And if you don't give it ago, you don't get to see it pay off.
Me too. They could rest on their laurels and know they'll always have an easy life, but if they try to do it their way, and work at it, it's definitely something to be respected. It's not like they're responsible for being born rich, and it's not something they should be disliked or resented for. At the same time, it would be silly to pretend they didn't get some advantages out of it.
Whether you're rich or poor, your achievements are achievements, and they're awesome. But if you're white and good looking, you'll get some benefits from that. If you're rich as well. It's good to keep in mind that while you didn't choose to have it easy, you still do. There are lots of things I've never had to deal with because I'm white. I can't just pretend that it's not the case. It's the same with every privilege, just because we don't constantly notice the trouble we're not having doesn't mean other people don't have it.
You can still accomplish great things and be a great person if you had some advantages. Being lucky doesn't mean you didn't also work at it.
Who wouldn't look uncomfortable with such HUGE horns protruding from their head? I mean his neck muscles must be totally tensed up all the time.
It's simple. I don't think you could know how to appreciate something like that. Then again...didn't you say the same thing about the Tintin soundtrack? Which is the opposite of simple. Either your expectations are too high or you're saying it because it's the song I like. It's impossible to be underwhelmed by either soundtrack. If someone says they are, they must be lying or they aren't paying attention to the song.
Give Banjo and Kazooie Nuts and Bolts alot of credit here. Even if you didn't like the game, (which I did. Its a real fun game. A little mindless sure, but still fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWsbmuZqHtE&feature=relmfu
This one is pretty epic as well!
You know, I'm not insulting you or anything. I just don't like the song.
Anything involving a Bear Sorcerer must be awesome.
So you're not just pettily tearing down everything I like, like the we hate fawful fanclub had done to me my entire life....making sure throughout high school I couldn't have an opinion without hearing how wrong it was over and over again until I was torn down and my will to speak was taken away bit by bit and I vowed upon leaving that I would be as loud as possible and never let anyone get the better of me in any discussion and I would stand up for my opinions and myself in the harshest and most brazen ways I could so nobody could get through and tear me down again? okay...I still don't understand your opinion on a mental level but whatever.
Lol. Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby. I just don't like the song.
But I suppose I could elaborate. It's middling, like much of video game music, a inoffensive piece whose crescendo erupts into what I consider to be cacophonous rubbish. It's middle is unpleasant, and it's introduction and exit are both cartoonish, reminiscent of a Warner Brothers cartoon. Wich is to say, its intro and outdo are pleasant enough, but nothing memorable or outstanding. It is, in every sense of the word, video Game music, meant to occupy the background without substantive force, and because of that it is not particularly memorable. Set side by side then against other underscores within its genre, including movies and video games, it is lacking.
Of course that said, there are obviously people in this thread that enjoyed it, so more power to the lot of you.
Ricky Bobby.
Maybe just Torchlight 2 for now. (At least its system specs are pretty low, and Borderlands 2 will get cheaper on consoles by next month probably...)
I know I don't really play the first one, but I really don't want Diablo 3, (I LOVED Diablo 2!), and I hear this one is more like the 2nd and much better than the first Torchlight, so I may just bite.
(I've spent £15 on worse things thats for sure... ¬_¬)
NOW I understand. I should elaborate that the part of the piece I find a masterwork from simplicity is very short- from :42 to 1:08- and the rest does sound like a Warner Brothers cartoon. It's that short segment I wish was expanded on.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but your reasoning is sound and smart. Which is really all I wanted. I find general impressions of things incredibly offensive and irksome. "Nope" and "meh" and "it's ok" make me want to hurl a sawblade at someone's neck. I can't just understand when someone doesn't like a thing I like- it has to be explained to me in a detailed, plodding, intelligent way. Otherwise I'm left clueless, and thus mad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv8zCQ4Itf8
I like this philosophy!
I apologize, was not trying to convey that. I'm a classically trained pianist with 20+ years of performance as well as 10 years on guitar and a background in a multitude of musical styles. If I don't like a piece of music, it's not out of unfounded antipathy.
Well shit. I'm a possibly tonedeaf guy who still hasn't progressed past the learning stage on an ocarina and gets radios and tvs turned up when he tries to sing along to things.
There is one and only one composer I will stand by even in spite of my musical handicaps, and that is Ennio Morricone. I don't have to be an expert to know that I don't care about someone who hates Morricone. Everything else I'd be happy to concede on if the logic was sound enough.
You shook Hideo Kojima's hand and he sincerely complimented you....and yet you just want more, more, more. It's okay, though. Meeting Kojima left me wanting more too.
Don't forget that they got shitfaced* together**.
*Actually, we don't know how much Kojima had to drink that night. We know how much Iced had, though.
**"Together" meaning "on separate floors of the same restaurant".
Hah, you got me. I read the whole previous bit thinking, "wtf I left WAY too early!"
That particular segment reminded me of Tchaikovsky for some reason. I personally really liked the bit right after 1 minute the best. Then again, I'm something of a fan of variations of major mode pieces to minor. No idea why.
You may be thinking of 2:25 in this piece.
http://youtu.be/vyWumQegvK8
Now that I focus on the segment SF was talking about he's actually quite right, and there are hints of Tchaikovsky there.
Yeah, that was what I was thinking of. I don't really listen to a lot of Tchaikovsky so I wasn't quite sure.
Actually, I also feel that there's some Nutcracker in there. Just the four note sequence in the :47 to 1:08 zone. It's a different mode and key, but it had the same tone... ish. Seemed inspired by Nutcracker to me.
Damn I'm good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ixK0Epr7gw
Rimsky Korsakov and Stravinsky are my personal favorites, though Mozart's Requiem is one of my favorite pieces of music. Also, Beethoven's 7th and Faure's Requiem.
I'm also something of a fan of Gottschalk.
http://youtu.be/L0bcRCCg01I
Bonus: If you like that song you absolutely have have have have have to see this hilarious clip from Venture Bros.
http://youtu.be/bfjj7Y9N27c
The song I listen to to calm myself down in American in Paris, and to relax, I listen to Rhapsody in Blue.
My favorite pieces to listen to (generally while I'm working) are Scheherezade, Firebird Suite, and Mendelsohn's Violin Concerto in E minor.
Also, probably as a result of the type of music my father plays, I end up listening to Mahler and Shostakovich a lot.
I have to ask: is it really very good? I mean, given their record with BTTF and JP...