'Real Music'

[crunchee]

I had thought that I couldn't figure out the latest music trends, because I was just getting old. Maybe not. Or maybe I was right in the first place after all!

http://www.nme.com/news/henry-rollins--2/74554

P.S. I haven't read Rolling Stone since it was printed on large format newsprint. I guess that's been a while!

[polara]

I think they edited out the bit where Rollins hiked up his white belt, shuffled over to the edge of his patio in his matching while loafers, and yelled for those kids to stay on the sidewalk and off his lawn, dammit.

[Tres Aardvarks]

I really dig Henry but was the point of that? I don't like this stuff I've never heard. Wow, thanks.

I'll admit that I think Robin Thicke is a talentless ass hat, but I listened to his completely shitty big single BEFORE deciding it.

[diablo175]

I really dig Henry but was the point of that? I don't like this stuff I've never heard. Wow, thanks.

I'll admit that I think Robin Thicke is a talentless ass hat, but I listened to his completely shitty big single BEFORE deciding it.

+1 Hard to condemn music if you haven't actually heard it.

[sixesandsevens]

I do think it cheapens his point that he didn't judge it after hearing it. That's a shame, esp. since there's still an indie/punk underground thing somewhere that probably burns offerings at the foot of a Rollins statue.

In a sense, I think that sequencing is the evolution of composition. I suspect that the composers of yore viewed working with an orchestra to share their vision as a necessary evil. We've learned to see beauty in the choreography and the subtle shifts and changes in interpretation, but I don't doubt for a second that they would have arranged for whatever instruments were available in their time.

Similarly, I think pop performers of the past were so excellent because the tools of the day required that they be at that level. The record companies were likely always looking to save a few bucks and make a few more, so I don't doubt for a second that loops, backing tracks, and auto tune were inevitable once they came of age.

That said, I'm sure the cafeteria in every high school still has one or two tables of kids who prefer the "aliveness" of "real" music to the status quo's hyper polished, streamlined pop delivery. I know I feel good that they're still out there even if I dig a bunch of electronic music too.

[Steve Haynie]

This is good:

"That to me is like Rolling Stone music. It's the shit that's in your magazine."

That statement really does say it all.