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| From | "Drew MacDonald" <drewmacdonald@attbi.com> |
| Subject | Re: Audities hated/loved bands: My Back Pages |
| Date | Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:00:21 -0800 |
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David Bash asks:
> Anybody else on this list feel the same way about development of their
> tastes over the years?
You and I are about the same age, David, and I have also experienced the
"re-appraisal" phenomenon regarding pop music I dismissed in the past.
A prime example is Barry White. In his heyday, I vilified his work along
with the rest of disco, which I blamed for having killed what I considered
to be "real" soul music (Motown, Stax, Philly, etc.) But when I hear Barry
White now, I kinda dig all the swirly orchestration, propulsive beat, "love
man" lyrics and, of course, that voice. 25 years ago, his music had me
lunging for the radio switch; now it makes me smile and nod.
Maybe the perspective of time has allowed me to see his work as worthy part
of the evolving continuum of black pop, or maybe the worst aspects of
hip-hop makes Barry's stuff seem so much better in comparison. Or maybe it's
just insidiousness nostalgia kicking in.
At any rate, my past self would never have believed that in 2003, I'd rather
listen to Barry White than, say, Head East or whatever I was digging way
back then.
Drew,
who had a customer in the store the other day whose cellphone ring tone was
"Carry On My Wayward Son."
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