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Name: Jaded Faded
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Subject: Lennon, Harrison and modern music
Date: Friday, December 08, 2017
Time: 10:27:51 AM
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Lennon, Harrison and modern music

Just to clarify on Lennon: as a man, or whatever idea of a "good" man I have in my head, that is the only area I believe he was lacking. He was rough, gruff, obnoxious and mistreated people he shouldn't have. But that doesn't blind me to everything else about him. He was a skilled and daring musician, no doubt, as evidenced by how respected he is by huge swaths of people especially fellow musicians. His songwriting, his voice, his cultural/political concerns, his personal beliefs? I intensely admire and agree with all of that. His public stunts/movements were admittedly clumsy--more evidence that he couldn't have been a genius, but I won't go into that since we all know where we each stand on that note!--but I still support his thinking and reasoning behind them. In terms of overall effect and influence on humankind, he was a giant but he was also just a man.

In terms of modern music, manny, there is more of it than you think even though I agree with you that the sixties had something across the whole decade and across so many genres that was just magical and special. Have you heard of the Brit-bands Temples, or the Horrors? What about Grizzly Bear or Beach House? And Fleet Foxes put out what might be the best album of the year this year: super complex yet accessible folk and acoustic/orchestral easily as good as the best of Crosby, Stills, Mitchell, Jansch, and others. I think because the platforms and the distribution are so different and widespread than to what was before it is just harder to find the good stuff that is out there today. But it is there

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