Rok, I can't speak to the CD sets, but I can tell you that the Mosaic LP sets are generally very very good.
Why does most new music suck?
Ok I will have some exclusions to my statement. I'm not talking about classical or jazz. My comment is mostly pointed to rock and pop releases. Don't even get me started on rap.... I don't consider it music. I will admit that I'm an old foggy but come on, where are some talented new groups? I grew up with the Beatles, Who, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix etc. I sample a lot of new music and the recordings are terrible. The engineers should be fired for producing over compressed shrill garbage. The talent seems to be lost or doesn't exist. I have turned to some folk/country or blues music. It really is a sad state of affairs....Oh my god, I'm turning into my parents.
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Back to the regularly scheduled programming :-) http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/07/science-proves-pop-music-has-actually-gotten-worse/ http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_gist/2004/03/simply_simpson.html |
The Frogman: *** But Rok, I think you're out there.*** Of course you are correct. It's a thankless job, but someone has to do it. Just trying to keep them moving. BTW, compared to the prevailing attitudes in the audiogon 'General Population', so are you. I was thinking of buying the Mosaic box set of Woody Shaw. Cheers |
I think a clear distinction should be made between lyrics and melody. My son came home one day after school indignant that the new assignment was to write a poem. He thought 'How absurd to demand something from someone who may not be particularly talented in this area'. He was 10 at the time. I made an agreement with him that if I can write a poem, so can he. I promptly retreated into the bedroom with clipboard in hand and emerged an hour and half later with a 7 stanza poem which he thought was fabulous. He then diligently wrote a pretty decent one himself. Attempting to add music to it is the hard part. This is where his contention would have made sense. In my recollection, all of the most important players of the 60's and 70's did in fact write their own material. Something that was always pointed out back then. It was considered a very important attribute and highly respected. However, great music stands alone and all those who did Bacharach, who imo was the key player for pop, were very well liked. So it really is always about the music isn't it. Any one can do the lyrics. The dilemma artists are faced with today is finding good original melody. There's simply none left. Not sure what that Simpson article was trying to convey. |
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