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Thought it said shebros like ladyboys.
I blame porn, stay clean brother :redface:
Thought it said shebros like ladyboys.
It would have to be on how British heavy metal affected American music, as it's a survey of american music class. I would go with the swing thing. It baffled me how swing was in again for a year there, not because I think swing sucks but because I'm surprised it caught on mainstream.
Johnny -
why wouldnt jay-z and beyonce be considered "titans of music" who have created art music?
i dont necessarily disagree with you, but wouldnt music fall into the "subjective" trap? were movies in the 50's better than today, or the actors of that era?
you make an interesting point, but im not sure it holds water objectively.
Not gonna quote you, Johnny, because that would take up the whole page again
The points you outlined re Classical/Art music vs pop music show just why people still play Beethoven, Bach et al to this day. The complexity and, well beauty of the pieces make them very difficult to master but open enough that one could build on them, improv around them or arrange them for other instruments.
I can't imagine that in 100 or even 50 years the majority of pop songs will still be played, short of any that make a large cultural impact, due to their simplicity and the fact that they are largely "of their time" as in featuring large numbers of pop culture references.
But therein lies the argument. Is a piece of music judged solely on it's musical merits, or is there an X factor, if you'll pardon the phrase that helps it resonate on some deep level with the listener?
I'll gladly listen to Mozart and feel some deep emotions, but i'll often get the same kind of reaction from Rage Against The Machine, because the primal protest nature of their works speaks to me on a more conscious level.
I know musically they're incomparable, but they both "speak to me"
Your post certainly didn't put me to sleep
If you don't mind me asking, where did you study music? What kind of background did you need prior to enrolling?
EDIT: RE your earlier post, about Art music not being in the public consciousness, or however you put it, Andre Rieu seems to be carving out a nice little niche for himself marketing Classical to the masses, if his shows on Sky Arts showing him in concert before larger crowds in Holland, Mexico and Germany are anything to go by. Even if at times it does resemble a big pub sing-along
Johnny you know your shit. what's your view on groups that actually use a live band when recording rather than the beat being all computer generated ala the roots?
Johnny you know your shit. what's your view on groups that actually use a live band when recording rather than the beat being all computer generated ala the roots?
A-fucking-men. IMO, that is true "hip-hop". Most of the other stuff I hear is just "rap" to me. It lacks the jazz or the funk or the blues influence in melody and instrumentation underlayering the vocal track that really makes the music interesting. The Roots are the greatest hiphop band ever, IMO. I love stuff like A Tribe Called Quest. That is hiphop to me.Also, I've always loved a lot of folk type music - guys like Bert Jansch, Nick Drake, and, of course, Dylan - and post bebop jazz - the Coltranes, Parkers, and Shorters - so any hip-hop group like The Roots who attempt to preserve the culture and vibe of hip-hop in it's purist form while transplanting a kind of jazzy folk aesthetic on top of it (with the live instruments) is tops in my book. So I think I get what they were going for and hold a lot of respect for them and, moreover, dig the tunes I've heard from them to date.