From Zenon M. Feszczak Sent Thu, Jan 15th 1998, 01:32
From Zenon M. Feszczak Sent Thu, Jan 15th 1998, 01:32
> >Of course, you have all those records. But the question is do you have >all records from 1930-40 ? Swining' decades. Check out the big band brass sass. Then there's Rachmaninov. Hard to top those melodies, so aim for some minimalism, anyone? Satie, perhaps? Heavy proto-rave in Orff's Carmina Burana. John Cage into Miles Davis. The Birth of the Cool. 1949. >These records are produced and released >in the time of your father....get the point ? >When I grow older, and become 50 year old bloke for example, >I'll still love Boards of Canda, but I won't love David Sylvian (Well, check back with us in 29 years and let's see if it's true...) Well, why not? I think Boards of Canda or Candide or Adidas or whatever other Boards one might like to consider musically would probably express respect for Sylvian if asked on a multiple-choice standardized test form. Especially if they've heard "Words with the Shaman" or the other Czukay collaborations. The musical world is as deep and wide as any other aspect of phenomenal existence. Don't miss the wood for the trees. 3 P.S. Former communist countries had surprisingly good access to experimental and pop music of the West, via the massive black-market and tape-trading that went on. In fact, many young people from Over There know more about what's what in music than many here who have easy access to all the goods. It's all about complacency, authority, rebellion, individuation, oh, yes, and the deep sense of community fostered by the shared hatred of one's government.