Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.
Music The now that becomes the what where when how why later if significant to recall and fit later....or just drown oneself into....for a moments' sake... ...and sometimes you just want to dust off the subs.... "I go....for grid, for Goofy, and St. Walt !" (very obscure quote...) Your demoted savant, J ;) |
Probably my favourite Sibelius symphony! I was imprinted as a child by Sir Alexander Gibson's version, which is very fast. It is very hard to forget that early imprinting! |
The way I think of V. Morrison is a unique blend of American Blues, R&B, Jazz and Folk influences with traditional UK musical genres. And then, there's Morrison's deep spirituality. Richard Thompson is another equally unique and equally brilliant synthesizer of American and UK influences. Of course, his perspective on life is very different from Morrison's. He can be quite acerbic and bleak but there's no denying his talent. He's not afraid to tackle the painful aspects of human experience.
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Where is communication in all of this? Personally, I look at it not in terms of one or the other (masculine vs feminine or individual vs collective) but of striving for balance. Too much of the collective and we have repression. Too much individuality and we have chaos. The older I get, the more aware I become of the ubiquitous nature of paradox. |
Sometimes I feel as if I am a bit unique on various music forums I post on, because I have almost zero nostalgic feelings connected to music. Once I reached about the age of 20, music stopped being the "soundtrack to my life", and became something to appreciate on a purely artistic level. Once that happened, the idea of listening to a song because it reminded me of a great time I had during my youth, became trivial to me. Not that I don't listen to some music from before that time, but it still has to meet the criteria* I love in music. I do not listen to it because it came from a certain time in my life. *Those criteria being: very high levels of musicianship, deep and broad range of emotional and/or intellectual content conveyed, moderate to high levels of complexity. |
