I need a neologism for a recording or artwork that one probably esteems above its station, considering its aesthetic or literary merit, based on its place in one's life. I.e.: how do you refer to bad art that you treasure because it's the bad art that bore you through adolescence?
This thought brought to you by Van Halen's "Little Guitars."
(Note: this is not the same as treasuring art
because it is bad, viz. "Run for cover lover;" "
Hello Lucille are you a lesbian."
Another neologism:
The work you bought out of curiosity because, although you don't consider yourself a completist
per se, you've got everything else the guy ever produced, so doesn't it have to be at least interesting?
This thought brought to you by my ownership of
GBH and
Il sogno.
(Answer to the above rhetorical question: No.)Labels: neologisms
