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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | Re: It's kinda like watching a train wreck ... |
| Date | Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:23:26 -0500 |
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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:42:16 -0400
From: "Jason Damas" <jason.damas@gmail.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Subject: Re: It's kinda like watching a train wreck...
Message-ID: <019d01c54531$0a717950$0302a8c0@JASON>
You know what
I HAVE encountered in this group, though? Resentment that the Beatles,
Stones et al. have been so shoved down their throats by boomers as music
they *HAVE* to like because it's *BETTER* than whatever they're already
listening to. That doesn't tend to sit well, much like Gregory pointed out
with the Sinatra comment.
Absolutely. Most young people tend to resent the implication that the music
of their parents (or grandparents!) is superior to the music of their
contemporaries. It's true even if, as Jason points out, they actually do
like (or even prefer) Baby Boomer music.
The corollary to not being preachy to younger people about your era's music
is to be open-minded about theirs. I thought about this last night as we
were packing up after IPO's Jam Recordings Night show at Wise Fool's Pub.
The bar staff put their own music on the house p.a., and I think David Bash
was a little taken aback to see me blissing out to "Hey Ya" by OutKast,
which is one of my favorite songs of this decade. I can't help it; it's an
insanely catchy song, and hookiness is always my bottom line as far as
popular music is concerned. Plus, I love the spare but thick sound of the
song. I realize that the wildly eclectic and inventive OutKast is hardly a
typical hip-hop act, and that "Hey Ya" is more funk than rap. But the point
remains: it's important to keep an honest ear open to music that's outside
of the typical genres or musical eras that constitute your comfort zone.
Incidentally, David had what I thought was a really good musical analogy for
"Hey Ya", which is that it sounds like a modern version of Frank Guida's
"Norfolk Sound" house-party R&B productions ("Quarter To Three" by Gary U.S.
Bonds, "If You Wanna Be Happy For The Rest Of Your Life" by Jimmy Soul,
etc.) of the early sixties.
Gregory Sager
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