From: spike66 (spike66@ATTBI.com)
Date: Thu Apr 11 2002 - 00:23:25 MDT
Dave Sill wrote:
>spike66 <spike66@ATTBI.com> wrote:
>
>>... Music is easy for me: I dont particularly care for the latest
>>stuff. There are *some* advantages to being old.
>>
>
>Sorry for the delayed response. I can't let this pass without
>comment. I'm old (42), too, but I listen to lots of new music...
>When you say you "don't ... care for the latest stuff", do you just
>mean that you don't like the current popular styles/artists/songs?
>
>-Dave
>
Ja, Im just not keeping up with the top 40. And yes, my rant was partly
in reference to rap and hip hop. At the risk of sounding like my
grandfather,
this musical artform simply invites ridicule. I dont understand the words,
and when I do, I dont understand the point of view, it doesnt translate to
horns, it is hard to sing, if that is the proper term. Can you imagine
playing
Name That Tune with rap? Alex, I can name that tune in one note.
Sounds more like Morse code than music.
I like music with a positive outlook on life, an outlook which
matches my own view of life.
Nowthen, your point is well taken that there is good new music being
developed all the time. But my tastes have diverged far from the
commercially viable. I just returned from a business trip, during which
I searched the radio dial. I still like the melodic sophistication of
the past eras, some way past, before my time. Such as the Beatles. {8-]
This started out as an intellectual property discussion and the
ethical dilemmas it presents. I havent been tempted to napster
music. (Is napster still around?) But Ive ripped a number of
my own discs, most of which are at least 15 yrs old now. spike
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