frogman
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| Why does most new music suck? Acman3, if those comments were directed at me, I think you don't give my open mind enough credit. I liked the Ben Harper a lot, the Jayhawks I get and like but wouldn't go out of my way to listen to, and the Sparklehorse I couldn't download; I wil... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Mapman, thanks for sharing. I like the some of the production values, although I don't feel the song (by itself) conveys the horror and violence of war with it's modern-musical-theater sensibility; and I am not sure it stands up well without the v... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Rok, it is as if you wrote my post for me. I am still waiting for examples of what others consider great current pop music. Not to argue about it (although there may or may not be disagreement), but with honest interest. | |
| Why does most new music suck? I guess that's one more to disagree about."Writing about art is like dancing about architecture" - Laurie Anderson | |
| Why does most new music suck? ****Do you think that the great melodies of the past would not exist had those who wrote them not done so? They simply beat everyone else to the punch. There are no punches left to punch.****I find that to be a strange statement. The great melodie... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Mlsstl, I truly don't understand the relevance of your historical examples in this discussion. About this, and your use of the dictionary as a reference, we will have to agree to disagree. But, I find this comment particularly interesting:****Ther... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Doesn't suck! :http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Knh9pV4EB3k | |
| Why does most new music suck? Excellent post, Emailists; I agree with all your points. | |
| Why does most new music suck? ****The dilemma artists are faced with today is finding good original melody. There's simply none left****Ah, not so; at all. The well is bottomless. The problem is not the potential of music; a great melody is not "found". The problem is the "art... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Rok, do it! You only live once. And if it is anything less than "good", I'll take it off your hands. After a small discount, of course ;-) | |
| Why does most new music suck? 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 | |
| Why does most new music suck? Wrong thread, sorry! But Rok, I think you're out there. | |
| Why does most new music suck? 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? I find the definition of "progress" as presented above to be typical of the way that "progressives" often justify a stance. The definition, as presented above, is conveniently incomplete. Here is the complete definition:++++n1. Movement, as toward... | |
| Why does most new music suck? ****For me, it's progress, even if the results don't move me very often.****I don't understand that comment. |