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| From | "Harris, Will" <wharris1@bcharrispub.com> |
| Subject | Re: pseudo-bands on "American Dreams" |
| Date | Fri, 2 May 2003 12:19:13 -0400 |
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>>How about "rap is not predominantly melodic"?
>Add a "Most" to the front of that, and I would buy it. On the other hand,
>Schoenberg or Stockhausen weren't predominantly melodic either -- would
>anyone say their compositions are not music?
I wouldn't. But, then, I'm not familiar with their compositions...
I wasn't really arguing with your point, which I think was that it's maybe a
little closed-minded (and you may feel free to insert a screamed "Maybe?!?
A LITTLE?!?!?" here, if you wish) to think in terms of rap not being music;
I can see where that could happen, though...particularly with folks on this
list, who clearly tend to look for a strong melody with their music.
I'm sure I'm not the first pop fan to listen to some of the rap songs rising
the charts (not all, but some), then listen to songs from my preferred
musical genre, and think, "Man, I just don't understand why anyone would
listen to the former over the latter." Everyone's allowed to listen to what
they want, of course, but, given the choice, I would never pick rap over
pop. I like rap alright, but it's something I can only listen to in small
doses; I suspect there are others who feel the same way about power pop...in
fact, I'm positive of it.
Maybe it's just because I didn't grow up listening to rap; I'd guess that
future generations, where you have children AND parents who've never known a
world without rap music, will be less likely to shun the genre as a whole.,,
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