From Alex Reynolds Sent Fri, Sep 3rd 1999, 18:16
From Alex Reynolds Sent Fri, Sep 3rd 1999, 18:16
>Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:00:10 -0400 (EDT) >From: Greg Clow <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> > >On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Irene McC wrote: > >> Besides wondering what he might be listening to, it also got me to >> thinking what we (collectively) might be listening to when we reach >> 60 or 70 - will we be pulling out Ae's LP5 and telling our >> grandchildren how lucky we consider ourselves to have been >> around at a time when this was fresh and new? About a year ago, when there was some commentary on the LP5 release, I asked this same question off-list. Interesting. Are there are some aspects of electronic music that will have staying power long after we've passed away? I want to think so, and if so, I'll bet the kids will be listening to Autechre or something damn close when they take music classes. Or at least they should. Another part of me thinks we are building electronic music to be something it is not, and even if the kids two or three generations listen to Ae, maybe that wasn't how the music was intended to be. Maybe the stuff we listen to *should* be rooted in time... Why does Good music have to be timeless in order to earn the "Good" title? >...And as for jazz, I think I've already "come around" to it. Miles, >Coltrane, Mingus, Hancock, Parker, etc. make up a fair (and slowly >increasing) portion of my music collection. I expect that to continue. I don't know. I'll probably get flamed but I think 98% of jazz is seriously overrated. Mostly you get these suburban PBS yuppies with large jazz collections saying how great (insert obscure jazz musician here) is. Something about this fetishist, elitist attitude really disturbs me, since a large part of how jazz has earned its cachet as "civilized" music is through a bunch of rich people kissing up to blacks. I'm sure Miles is rolling in his grave every time his stuff gets played on "public" radio. Oh well, at least PBS doesn't play Air Supply in its 'bumpers'. I suppose we have that to be thankful for. -A.