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| From | "Larry D" <lawrencedunn1@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: An audacious challenge - part 2 - the hard part |
| Date | Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:16:03 -0400 |
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From: Daryll Collins
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:03 AM
<snipped for the part to which I'm replying>
> - has the average music lover lost appreciation for melody/harmony
> such as found in our favorite songs?
Among many in the 30 and under crowd, yes, yes, yes. Many older music
fans who are passionate about melody/harmony have gravitated towards
country music. There is an entire generation who has been sold the
idea that it's just beat, some dude or dudette yammering on like an
auctioneer and some meandering on the guitar that constitutes a song.
The craft of song writing the way people on this list know it is dead
in mainstream pop music.
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Me:
I agree somewhat (although maybe not so categorically), so that when one
finds it in the younguns it's great to behold. Around Boston there's a
quartet of guys in the mid-20s from the South Shore called Girls, Guns &
Glory. Country with a Yoakam/Mavericks vibe and some serious beat. I went
to a show in March with low expectations and was kind of taken aback. Fans
of the Fabs from Beatles For Sale through Revolver would dig them, as would,
I'd guess, fans of Walter Clevenger and Nick Lowe.
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