Lame Lament
Wanted to note one thing, while I've been talking about iPods, top 10 lists, etc....
It's clear to anyone paying attention that I like rock and roll, particularly of the "indie" variety. I appreciate blues, jazz and, in particular, classical as art forms. However, I have no real urge to listen to them when I could be listening to someone like Tommy Keene. Oh, and I despise most hip hop/rap.
I realize this makes me somewhat of a philistine, and I accept it as my lot in life.
It's clear to anyone paying attention that I like rock and roll, particularly of the "indie" variety. I appreciate blues, jazz and, in particular, classical as art forms. However, I have no real urge to listen to them when I could be listening to someone like Tommy Keene. Oh, and I despise most hip hop/rap.
I realize this makes me somewhat of a philistine, and I accept it as my lot in life.
posted by MH at
11:43 AM
2 Comments:
I don't think it makes you a philistine at all. I always appreciate your insights on music, MH.
Don't forget, people used to say that blues music was crude, and that jazz was unmusical and sounded like a traffic jam. It's weird and ironic that today they're sometimes associated with snobbery.
By
Elbo, at 11:15 PM
We can be Philistines together!
I like the structure of rock and roll. Jazz doesn't give me anything to hang onto, and besides, it's wanky. Swing-era stuff is okay, though, and Ella. Classical music doesn't move fast enough for me to discern its structure, which means I don't pay attention.
I need that structure. It comforts me. I think that's the same reason I can't stand most poetry--no structure, no rhyme--makes me crazy.
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Unknown, at 8:35 AM
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