«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato
He know better than me. He is a musician and i am not. I dont listen contemporary lyrics anyway, they are not all bad for sure, but what is good enough is few waves in an ocean of bad to worst...
I will never dare to claim it because i am old, not a musician anyway, i listen classical old music and world music and Jazz...
And old very old lyrics from Franco-Flemish school to Léo Ferré and to the genius Bob Dylan Dylan...
Just write what you think about Beato informed opinion...
I like him because he spoke bluntly and is enthusiast musician ...
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The disintegration of speech and language depth in lyrics is not a fact about "taste" but about mind conditioning in an uneducated controlled social fabric.. The mastery of language by song writer artist is a strong indicator of their mastery of music too. At least a genius musician can collaborate with a poet... The decline of the poetic content and value of music goes with a simplification of chords, harmony, and the reduction of musical time complexities to a mere beat... Music for robot is not a question of taste but a question about the social fabric inducing consumers habits.
Why do you think Joni Mitchell hated Madonna ? As a work of art hate manufactured product.
" Beat is not music, it is mind under control using bodies said my training G.I. sergeant; who himself never dance"-- Groucho Marx
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In Herman Hesse novel "the Glass bead game" there is a quote about a Chinese emperor ordering the music master to his throne to be punished because of the troubles in the Empire.
In Imperial China in the golden era the link between the harmony in the social fabric and the high state of the music were fundamental... This is not just an anecdote but pure science or pure experience...
Now put a bad music which appeal to the animal and violent part of men with disintegrating lyrics near water crystallisation process... Then try it with a christian monk and Buddhist monk prayers... Analyse the resulting water crystallisations...
Music and audio are not about taste but about our own acoustic and musical education... Poetry in music is not about mere taste it is also about good harmony and complex musical time...
Then music is not about leisure time merely but about a "felt change in consciousness"... |
I will never agree with such an over simplified statement, as I am an American Father who has raised a very well educated Son, and he is the one who educated me on this so called ’Rap Music’ whom some say it is not music at all and is of no relevancy whatsoever. You need to open your eyes (and ears). Within the last 3 to 6 months this ’kid’ has released about 2 to 3 albums worth of material that has rocked the music industry world, especially with his iconic ’They not like us’. This ’kid’ won a 2018’ Pulitzer Prize for MUSIC, for the song entitled DAMN - ’For distinguished musical composition by an American that has had its first performance or recording in the United States during the year,’ (The)Recording released on April 14, 2017, a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life. The above statements are good enough for me. Kendrick Lamar has also won grammys and the artist is scheduled to perform at the upcoming Super Bowl on February 3rd 2025, imagine that.
@mahgister , you’re my guy and you have taught me so much, but I disagree with you on the ’Beat’ thing. The one instrument that someone tried to teach me in a very formal ways were the Drums. The drum(s) has held an still holds too this day a very powerful position in music by holding down the beat. In the continent of Africa, no matter where you lived, or what tribe you came from, the drum (beat) was the most powerful piece of (mass) communication. It was said that when someone played the drum(s) they were ’Evoking The Gods’. And this MUSICAL tradition has lasted for thousands’ of years. To which has been passed down to many on the North and South American continents and continues, to this day. Even in ancient (Europe) Rome and Greece, and other European countries/cultures the examples drums were used to monitor the speed of the oars men and the drum was also used in the Military Application of displacements of fighting mens regiments. Not to mention for the Social and Cultural Impact in Religious and Sacred Ceremonies. Indeed, I have to say the Drum or Beat, is part of the fabric of humanity itself. |
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