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| From | "David Bash" <bashpop@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: Audities hated/loved bands: My Back Pages |
| Date | Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:31:43 -0800 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Drew MacDonald" <drewmacdonald@a...>
wrote:
> 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
Hey Drew,
Actually, I was trying to illustrate a different phenomenon (apparently not
very eloquently), that if somehow in 1970 I'd heard the music of Celine,
Whitney, Michael, etc...I probably would have loved it, while I absolutely
abhor most of their music having heard it as an adult in the '90s,
particularly that of Michael Bolton, who to my ears is the devil incarnate.
Your re-appraisal is something I've also experienced. I couldn't stand
disco when it was popular but I had a renaissance with it in the early '90s,
and now I really like it! I've had similar experiences, albeit on a lesser
scale, with some of the New Romantic stuff of the early '80s.
That said, I doubt I'll have the same kind of epiphany with Celine Dion,
Michael Bolton, Mariah Carey, etc..., and I'm absolutely certain it will
never happen with Korn!!
--
Pop Rules!!!!!
Take Care,
David
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