KuruPrionz Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 20 minutes ago, Anderton said: Yes, that's why I said "some people." I'm not one of them, but only because I poke around the fringes where all kinds of interesting stuff lurks. If I lived my life via Spotify's algorithm, I would conclude that "all music sounds the same" because the algorithm is trying to push music on me that actually does sound the same. Also consider this. Historically speaking, we've been in a unique position for the past hundred years, because music ceased to be a solely real-time, evanescent entity. Now we can go back and know for sure what music sounded like in the 20s, 40s, 50s, etc. If someone wants to make an argument that music was more adventurous in the 60s, they can go back and point out hot 100 charts that show a huge diversity of musical tastes. It's clear that music has fragmented into a zillion tribes, just like other aspects of our lives. So IMHO, people have more of an emotional investment in a narrower slice of music than ever before. Truth, EVERY kind of music is now available for anybody who wants to hear it (or even just wants to find out what it is). My brother used to go to all of the ethnic sections of Tower Records and buy recordings of African tribes playing the music of their heritage, Turkish Village Music, Tibetian Monks chanting, more obscure music from India (not just Ravi Shankar) and other fun stuffs. He loved crazy, off the hook jazz, a favorite was a live album recorded in Seattle with John Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders blowing saxes like maniacs. Another friend favored Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica. You aren't going to hear any of that stuff unless you seek it out. The purveyors of "music pablum" haven't changed their approach, the music has changed a bit but most popular music is same old same old... 1 Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflonpeterchrist Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 On 9/30/2023 at 6:28 PM, Ivan May said: Robert Christgau is a very good critic, but like so many, he can blast some really good albums. I remember when The Rolling Stones released Some Girls in 1978, and he, like so many other critics, trashed the album, and Miss You in particular. https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv6-78.php Nope. Doesn't seem to be true at all. Gives it an "A" in that '78 column for the Voice and calls it their best since Exile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 On 12/21/2023 at 1:45 AM, teflonpeterchrist said: Nope. Doesn't seem to be true at all. Gives it an "A" in that '78 column for the Voice and calls it their best since Exile. Props for stellar fact-check 1 Quote Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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