Re: Something I just wanted to share with everyone

[Kevin Cheli-Colando <billowhead@gmail.com>]

Who's to say what's 'proper' music and what's not?  Or who is a real musician and who isn't?

I don't like those folks you mentioned but lot's of people do.  

So it goes.  Don't know why it bothers people so much that artifice exists and is so often rewarded in the musical arena.  It has always been thus in the field of human affairs.

Or so it seems to me.

Kevin

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Paul Richards <paulrichard_rocks@yahoo.com> wrote:

Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber?

--- On Tue, 6/14/11, Kevin Cheli-Colando <billowhead@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Kevin Cheli-Colando <billowhead@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Something I just wanted to share with everyone
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 12:06 PM

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Bryan Helm <bryanhelm@openrange.net> wrote:
> Because Todd used the "J" word-
>
> "Americans love jazz , as long as it comes free with brunch"
>                                                                                     Lionel Hampton
>
> . As to U2 (or "the ute" as I heard the late John Cunningham of Relativity once refer to them) they could barely play their instruments 30 plus years ago and they haven't really gotten any more adept at >playing their instruments or composing music since then, perhaps especially "show tunes". But I don't have to buy their stuff or listen to them against my will, so I don't care, it's just sad that it qualifies >as industry standard at this point in history. Must be time to practice...rant off.

I dunno, the esteemed Mr. Eno seems to think they're interesting and
talented enough to warrant his having worked with them for at least a
decade or so now.  I think the U2 bashing is ill considered and
actually a slight to the intended point of this thread I think.
They're very inventive for a popular band I think and I'm willing to
bet anyone on this list would have a very good time talking gear with
the Edge if they ever had the chance.

I just have a hard time with people slagging off popular musicians for
what basically seems to be the fact that they're popular; I think its
misplaced.

Kevin


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-- 
Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have a
form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all trouble.

- Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)

Sound and Vision:  http://www.minds-eye.org
Video http://www.vimeo.com/user877640/videos