«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato

so I say, let's agree to take Greenland by force!

@goodlistening64 

for a sec I thought the AI actually wrote this! hahaha

Maybe the stress of the next 4 years will produce better lyrics although frankly I would prefer lower cost of living peacefully achieved as promised. I will not allow myself to be distracted from what was promised.

@tyray 

Lucky you -- it sounds like you live in an area that's unusually hospitable to Jazz! 

I listened to the Snarky Puppy tune and it may well exemplify the future of Jazz. Jazz will change, as it always has. As long as I can keep listening to what I like, I'm content. 

@stuartk ,

Yeah, and other reasons the ATL area colleges and promoters support (jazz) musicians a lot. Kinda similar to when back in our day when a lot of music groups went to (toured) college campuses cause the had the already built facilities to hold such venues for students with a somewhat disposable income, and reasons to party! And the Culture of Jazz too, of course!

@mahgister 

I don't think that young people right now are into jazz...

It would seem implausible. Nobody has done a recent study on the subject, and I doubt it is a pressing matter for anyone at this point, so I would say that you just may be right!

@ezwind

...right now I'd have to say it's on a downward arc. That's not to say that jazz music itself isn't in a good place - there are many really good, young jazz artists out there these days. We just need more people to go and see them.

I have read that a number of great jazz clubs closed due to the pandemic. A couple were in NYC. Most jazz musicians, I assume, make their money performing live. Hence, I agree that if you do not support jazz by going to shows, the genre will continue to diminish. 

@devinplombier

Sadly, I read the news.

And while Canada has provided us with Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Cowboy Junkies, and the Guess Who..that is just not enough to entice me to buy a gun and form a militia of like-minded folks who want to make Canada pay for their aging fleet of musical geniuses.

And as no one has yet to point out, if Canada becomes a state, we will have one heck of a wall to build!