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| From | "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Beach Boys - wayback? |
| Date | Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:31:11 -0400 |
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> That was the point I was making about living in the past with the "wayback
> machine". There's been 35 years worth of music SINCE the Beach Boys. And
> it isn't a matter of feeling superior. It's a matter of growing along with
> two generations of musical change. I don't feel the need to investigate
> that sunny little corner of the '60s anymore than most people here would
> have the need to go back and investigate German jazz pre-World War II. It
> would not speak to who I am as a music listener NOW.
If you mean revisit a corner, I can understand - the assumption is that you
already experienced it once and have no need to repeat an experience you are
familiar with.
If you mean investigate, I find fault in your argument. Why would music made
at another time be not viable just because it's older? If you never heard it
before (or not much of it, or didn't pay attention) it's "new to you".
That's the difference between the standard oldies format that beats
"Satisfaction" and "Light My Fire" to death and something like Little
Steven's Underground Garage, who unearths some less-than-common songs along
with some classics (and blends them with the new - which to me is how it
should be!). I've been on a serious scavenger hunt and enjoying so much I
didn't know enough about at the time, be it Jook or Count Five deep cuts.
That's what speaks to "who I am as a listener now" - and who I was as a
listener then - insatiable appetite for great bands and songs. Time doesn't
play into the equation.
cheers
b
ps - I'm not much for German jazz but if you have a more melodic and obtuse
tangent, I'm game! :)
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