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Name: Jaded Faded
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Subject: Piece on modern pop criticism
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Time: 8:30:17 PM
Remote Address: 67.174.112.46
Message ID: 284796
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Thread ID: 284796
I found this interesting, it is a long one for music heads (as I like to think of myself sometimes). Some of it is too heady and academic, but some of it resonated and made me think. Some of it over-simplifies and some of it over-analyzes.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2014/04/15/301440765/why-we-fight-about-pop-music
This is the quote I took from it that I agree with and that I think applies to some of the sentiments found on this board:
"In pop, after all, there are only two constants — change and resistance to change. Rock fans right now are in denial that rock's becoming a vintage, heritage music, just like jazz, blues, soul, funk and other period forms. Even rap might be heading the same way. That doesn't mean great work can't be done there, but it will face the puzzle of how to honor its inheritance while speaking to new circumstances. It may never again be where the main cultural heat is, except as a hybrid ingredient. But there's no shame in that."
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