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For what it is worth, and maybe not much, but the whole business of who likes and who doesn't like Springsteen is only emphasising the original point of the topic, we all have different views and opinions on which music can be classified as intellectual, or emotional, or both.


excellent tie-in, and I think you're absolutely right!
I also appreciate your other observations about competitive music as opposed to music meant to entertain an audience. Interesting insights for sure.

On advantage of group discussion is that a much wider set of experiences comes into play, and we get the benefit of other peoples' learning curves.

Thanks for posting!