17 Oct
2003
17 Oct
'03
1:41 a.m.
Self,
Sometimes I think the way folk today constantly reference {borrow from} the past is a bit
detrimental. ...Keeps them stuck in the past. I always figured the past was something to
be learned from and left behind.
I wonder why folk want to live within labels. Labels are so you can organize you cd
collection. Not that I've not adopted a few myself. It's just that... take
country, for instance... why do artists tend to drag that whole thing out rather than
taking it upon themselves to deviate from it as much as the folk who made
"country" {the core folk} managed to deviate from what was around at the time?
Why are they content with simply mimicking the earlier or defining aspects of whatever
movement? Do they actually think that country or metal or punk or whatever else came about
that way?
Back to your point... I like lots of different movements... I may borrow from lots of
different movements... no way in hell I'd ever create within or for a specific
movement. Why do people do this?
Not really explaining my point of view, or not really out of touch? ;-)
Your point of view could have used a bit of clarification.
Technophiles and disco kiddies... :} they're all around us.
Not exactly. I don't really have a problem with Bush... He's not done all that
badly given what he's had to deal with. I think he's gotten a bit hawkish of late.
I wouldn't rule out voting for him.
From: Mark Knecht [mailto:mknecht@controlnet.com]
You're sorry I listen to Spock's Beard? ;-)
(Sometimes I am. I'm such a dinosaur...)
:} I'm not much on fusion... McLaughlin's alright. Most of it just strikes me as
too dense, overly complex ...somewhat masturbatory on the part of the artist. It's not
always bad... some folk do it well.
To tell you the truth... I've not actually heard Spocks Beard.
Sorry.
Not clear. I listen a lot to jazz fusion, like John
Scofield or John
McLaughlin, or then a lot of prog rock stuff like
Spock's Beard or
Sorry. Are you
seeing "legacy" as bad? ...Somehow limiting?
No, not at all. I tend to
wonder why folk reference past movements that way.
{Like Billy Ray Cyrus, or whoever happens to be todays twang pop
superstar, calling themselves a "country" singer or whatever...}
I don't know, but this sort of issue is out there all over the place. Not
just in music. (Look at the media today with the labels 'left' and
'right')
People here in the U.S. seem interested, or at least comfortable, aligning
themselves with names of things, and far less interested or comfortable at
just looking or listening and deciding how they feel about someone's work. I hope this helps explain my point of view a bit, even
if it is out of
touch.
:} Not really... These days I
think it might be the ideations of
the producer that matters. It would seem that some sort of late
seventies nostalgia has grasped us by the sensibilities in the
past few years.
Interesting observation. Not sure I agree, but certainly worth some thought. Maybe
it's a pre-revolutionary sphincter convulsion sort of
thing... maybe it's the result of some secretive neo-conservative
underground... who knows?
Not exactly a Bush-Chaney support I'd guess. ;-)