I've mentioned elsewhere that I generally work alone on Saturdays. That also means that I crank up YouTube or Pandora and listen to some tunes. This weekend, I listened to a lot of The Beatles and The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (that's the band that Sean Lennon is in -- I'm going to abbreviate the band's name as "GOASTT," which is what a lot of the YouTube'rs do). I noticed two things:
1. In most, if not all, of The Beatles clips I listened to, there was at least one comment in the form of, "Today's music is #@$% in comparison to this!"
2. In most, if not all of the GOASTT clips I listened to, there was at least one comment in the form of, "Sean Lennon will never be as good as his father!" (It's also amusing how the posters ignore the other vocalist in the group, Charlotte Kemp Muhl.)
In the first case, I think that the complaint of, "Today's music is #@$%!" is a) uttered by every generation and b) stupid. Hey, I was listening to our local classical music station and heard the comment, "In the late 18th century, JS Bach's music went out of style, while CPE Bach's was on the rise."
In the second case, I think that Sean Lennon is an excellent singer and songwriter and I like a lot of the stuff I've heard on YouTube -- so much so that I'm going to ask for their "La Carotte Bleue" album as an inexpensive gift idea. Is he John Lennon? No, but I don't think that's necessary, just like CPE Bach had his own style that I find easy to listen to.
Let's get back to the "Today's music is #@$%!" comment. I have an incredibly eclectic taste in music. However, I do not care for rap, hip-hop or country. Additionally, I find most jazz no more than listenable (major exception is jazz bass clarinet or flute: I really like that). However, I can recognize, to an extent, when a band/group/soloist is good -- even in those genres. I also don't have a band/group/composer that I like all the music from.
A long way of saying, "If you don't like it, just say that. There's no real reason to say that any music is #@$%!"
1. In most, if not all, of The Beatles clips I listened to, there was at least one comment in the form of, "Today's music is #@$% in comparison to this!"
2. In most, if not all of the GOASTT clips I listened to, there was at least one comment in the form of, "Sean Lennon will never be as good as his father!" (It's also amusing how the posters ignore the other vocalist in the group, Charlotte Kemp Muhl.)
In the first case, I think that the complaint of, "Today's music is #@$%!" is a) uttered by every generation and b) stupid. Hey, I was listening to our local classical music station and heard the comment, "In the late 18th century, JS Bach's music went out of style, while CPE Bach's was on the rise."
In the second case, I think that Sean Lennon is an excellent singer and songwriter and I like a lot of the stuff I've heard on YouTube -- so much so that I'm going to ask for their "La Carotte Bleue" album as an inexpensive gift idea. Is he John Lennon? No, but I don't think that's necessary, just like CPE Bach had his own style that I find easy to listen to.
Let's get back to the "Today's music is #@$%!" comment. I have an incredibly eclectic taste in music. However, I do not care for rap, hip-hop or country. Additionally, I find most jazz no more than listenable (major exception is jazz bass clarinet or flute: I really like that). However, I can recognize, to an extent, when a band/group/soloist is good -- even in those genres. I also don't have a band/group/composer that I like all the music from.
A long way of saying, "If you don't like it, just say that. There's no real reason to say that any music is #@$%!"