>I think we need to make a distinction between music styles, it is quite >pointless comparing Bach and Led Zeppelin. > I personally like both and don't know with which method I should make a > judgement. In the end > any judgements about music are always coloured by > the listeners social background and that of > the composer. The idea of a universal genius for all time is an illusion > that in our post-modern > times has little relevance. For a fox in a vineyard: for sure.
> > The interesting thing about ALK performance was that he was playing to > accompany dancers and > the sort of performances that can be found on the > Sting CD with it's romantic rubato would be > impossible for a dancer to use. Are you suggesting that IN DARKNESS is a dance tune??? > As we have no recorded performances of renaissance music and the romantic > tradition is also not > representative of renaissance performance, rock music performance that > places more emphasis on > the "beat" is maybe closer to the way a > renaissance musician may have played. But in the end we > have no proof, > but dancers do need a steady beat. So you think this qualifies as proof??? How about Hoppy Smith, which has never been even remotely steady, in his beat? > > You speak of "subtle layers of the interrelations of pitches and > dynamics", I can do this when listening to many rock CD's including the > new My chemical romance CD or Led Zeppelin IV. > > I have just read an interview from Sting for an american early music > magazine where he praises > Dowland for dealing with the subject DEATH, something that modern pop and > rock music does > not. Well he does not have to worry, the new MCR album is a concept album > about mortality and > should sail into the top of the billboard charts. That may very well happen, but any mortality resulting from a chemical romance is insufficiently tragic to become a good basis for art. > > I do not claim that rock music is the only important music in the last 35 > years, but I think that Roman and even sting should be careful about > making blanket statements about a genre that they don't seem to > understand. Make no mistake, we can discern perfectly music from costumed noise (or noyse). Hence I am very fond of Morphine. RT > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Verschickt: Fr., 27.Okt.2006, 16:29 > Thema: Re: [LUTE] Re: Blackmore, was : A "normal" voyce ? > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> The ability to play fast or cleaner at at least >> possible somewhat to judge. > Yes, so is faster or cleaner, better? According to > you, no. > >> I was not talking about musicians playing abilities. >> For instance ALK, told me that he rarely listen to >> classical CD's because the >> ensemble playing was often so bad, that his ideal of >> ensemble playing can be >> heard on hard rock CD's. If you have heard him play >> Can She Excuse compared >> with the Sting version, I can see what he means. > > So, in support of your arguement that we shouldn't > make distinctions between styles of music, you give a > example of a musician who believes that the playing in > one style of music is better than another? Then you > finish by implying that his version of a song is > better than Sting's. > >> >> What is the point in judging one musical style >> against another? >> In the end no one will listen if they enjoy >> something else, > > There are many reasons for liking a piece of music and > many levels of enjoying music. Most people only > listen for what they like. But like Ives said "What > has sound to do with music?" I love Bach for a > variety of reasons. On the other hand, while I don't > especially _like_ the surface sound of Webern's music, > I listen to it in another way, appreciating the subtle > layers of the interrelations of pitches and dynamics. > I also like Bill Monroe, but I sure don't apply the > same expectations. > > Chris > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
