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Originally Posted by PanicLord
the amount of money someone is willing to pay for a piece shows how much it appeals to them.
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Not necessarily. Some people don't buy art because it appeals to them but because the artist has a big name. It's an investment and/or a way to show that you can afford spending money on things like that. (On the art market, an item is not rated the same way people tend to rate music, by the way.) The people who do buy art because it appeals to them simply fork out the money because they like a particular painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, they usually don't apply rating systems to it.
Do you buy and listen to music because you like it or because of the way someone else rated it? "Oh, that album got only two stars in the latest
Rolling Stone... and just three stars on Amazon... Hm... I like that band but it's probably not worth purchasing it."
Regardless of how many points/stars/whatever someone grants
HIAH, will that have an influence on other forum members' decisions on whether to buy/like it or not? I guess most people are more interested in the style, the arrangements or to which extent Patti is featured on the album than in whether it gets a 5/10, 7/10 or 10/10 rating by someone.
It's alright to exchange feelings and opinions on a song but applying some kind of grading system appears kind of odd to me, especially since it's not clear to which criteria it actually refers to, as meatpatti pointed out. I have to admit that I did that once, too, but it turned out to be a waste of time. I rather attentively
listen to music than rack my brains about whether I should grant a particular song/album x/5 or x/10 stars/points. (Just look at how often Wario has changed his rating so far. That should give you an idea of the value of such numbers.
) Sometimes I have the feeling that some people are more concerned with the review they are going to publish than with (hopefully) enjoying the music.