Re: (amb) Ridiculous Categorization #1: "Urban Music"

From escolastico
Sent Mon, Dec 7th 1998, 20:59

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On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Zenon M. Feszczak wrote:

> "Urban Music"?
> What the hell is that?
> 
> This ranks with "New Music" as one of the most meaningless terms yet
> conceived to categorize (read: market) music.
> 
> How about "Adult Contemporary"?  I was hoping to hear pornographic moaning
> over lame r&b music, and instead I heard...well... pornographic moaning
> over lame r&b music.  Alright, bad example.
> 
> But "Urban"?
> First of all, one cannot say this word without making an extremely silly face.
> Try it.
> Get to a mirror right now, say it slowly.
> Now you know better than to use this term to impress a hot date.
> 
> If I recall, most classical music was produced in urban settings.
> As was most jazz.
> So how exactly is "Urban" a definable set?
> 
> Mathematically, and perhaps even apologetically,
> 
> Zenon M. Feszczak
> Ambientologist
>