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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Tops of first half |
| Date | Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:32:59 -0400 |
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I think it was me who first brought in the stoning metaphor, so perhaps I
should be the first with my back against the wall.
As I get older, I'm finding I'm more and more fascinated by the mechanics of
what makes a good song. This is equally true of everything from Michael
Carpenter to a Kylie Minogue single.
Frankly, I'd give my eye teeth to write a chorus as catchy as the ones in
"Stacy's Mom," or "Viva La Vida." I'm just consistenly amazed the people
find new ways to string notes and chord progressions along in a way that
cause people to jump up and down in their seats or to have something
approximating a transcdental experience at their concerts.
True, the stuff being produced by American Idols may be soulless. But if you
actually *listen* to the way Max Martin put "Since U Been Gone" together,
it's damned near genius. And, as I recall, it was "ok" to like that song
because it was "power-poppy," or as long as it was done with the
appropriate amount of irony.
I'll be 40 in 2 years. If I spent all my time worrying about what I was
supposed to like, I'd never leave the damn house.
john micek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Savitz" <jsavitz3@gmail.com>
To: <govango@yahoo.com>; <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: Tops of first half
>I never said I couldn't like anything popular, just that most popular music
> sucks. Things have not always been this way. So I should be stoned to
> death
> for not liking any of the acts spawned by American Idol? Who's the
> unreasonable one, now?
>
> On 7/1/08, zzzzz <govango@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> --- On Tue, 7/1/08, John L. Micek <jlmicek@verizon.net> wrote:
>> > But it seems like, among this lot, that copping to liking
>> > Coldplay is a
>> > stoning offense.
>>
>> When someone says they can't like something popular,
>> they are the ones that should be stoned.
>> Like what you like......
>>
>> michael
>>
>>
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