Streets Of Minneapolis

Splendid review, Shelby! Thank you for your contribution and participation. Keep it up, please!

"I had to deduct a few points because, as a Springsteen fan, the music is a little too familiar."

Yo, Planet Lord (my new moniker for you. Cap'n doesn't justly honor your godly achievement)!

If I correctly understand the nBP Liberal Arts rating principle, judges are rating reviews not the reviewed subject. So IMO, Shelby shouldn't be penalized because you're not thrilled by the music in Springsteen's song.

Furthermore, I think that rating citizens' reviews is a bad idea -- has the potential for ego-wounding and engendering resentment and bad feelings.

Reply: Actually, the reviews are intended for the subject, in this case the song, so that the best rated songs can be ranked by the highest rated - V3 (mere, flawed, mortal being)

Thank you for the explanation. However, I still think that rating reviews is a bad idea. You award a review a favorable rating, then I give the same review a negative rating -- essentially challenging and refuting your opinion and questioning your taste and judgement . . . not to mention possibly offending the reviewer. What is the point?

To me, rating reviews is counterproductive to building and nurturing a community; nBP citizens need more encouragement (more "trophies") to stimulate their participation in nBP forums (which need all the help they can get, I think).

Reply: i think you're still misinterpreting. Think movie reviews. Siskel's opinion vs Ebert's. It's not the "review" we're rating. It's the movie or song itself. Opinion is what we do here. I touched up my review for clarity - V3

I see (said the blind man). My obtuseness is caused by the (to me) confusing, challenging , and inconsistent layout and design of nBP buckets.

Because I was rating Shelby's review instead of Springsteen's song, I've revised my star rating. "The Boss's" music does not move me and never has moved me -- no offense intended, Springsteen fans.

I'm not wild about the "Consumer Reports" approach regarding art (music, literature, fine art). To me, expressing one's opinion of art in a review is sufficient. Stars, thumbs, tomatoes, et al. are superfluous. I get the reason for using graphical images to rate something: instant comprehension by the ADD and TLDR crowds. But, my argument is moot because it seems that the star rating feature is a software element that you have no control over, eh, Planet Lord?

i love the message of the song and courage behind it. I had to deduct a few points because, as a Springsteen fan, the music is a little too familiar.

even if someone is not a fan, they've got to appreciate him finding a rhyme for Minneapolis