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ChaosDevin
Interesting that this band continued without Buddy Holly. I know they were the ones who originally wrote and recorded "I Fought the Law", after the death of Buddy Holly.
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MidasUgoSmith
R.I.P to all 4 founding artists from the band that is up there for possibly my favourite ever. such iconic music.
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MidasUgoSmith
So sad. So close to his 83rd birthday too which would have been next Wednesday!
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PlayWithMorFeel
Before rock became art. This is so artificial and middle class it makes me sick.
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possibleworldz
How does music even sound "middle class?" That's a category error if I've ever seen one.
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PlayWithMorFeel
Obviously some music is made to appeal to certain audiences. This music is made to ponder to baby boomer white middle class US America to a degree which is physically nauseating. That's why it sounds "middle class". Obviously certain styles of music has strong ties to certain socio-economic groups. You should trade in your shallow appeal to philosophical concepts with some actual thinking.
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possibleworldz
I don't see the world in such simple terms. How do you know that that was indeed their intended purpose? Secondly, even if it was, all career musicians ideally want to appeal to the masses/profit on some level. That's kinda my point. Do you know how many musicians you'd have to discount based on their intended audience? Music is music. Music is art. It stands on it's own. You don't have to like it, but to act like it's not art is silly. Not everything has to have tons of effects and be in odd time signatures to be creative or art. I also find this to be an odd claim coming from somebody that has a lot of prog bands on his charts. Stereotypically, it doesn't get much more white middle-upper class than that. Haha. As far as I'm aware Buddy Holly was considered a pioneer of rock music and many of these "art" bands wouldn't exist if it wasn't for his (and others) contributions and influence.
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PlayWithMorFeel
Haha its always good to call one of someones else's favorite artists boring, followed by excusing your own possible hostility. You got a little humor in ya apparently! No worries man, music stirs up emotions that's why its great. I don't find you hostile, just a little bit naive. And I do have a gripe over how whitewashed entertainment like this has passed the test of history to contemporary music journalists. Just because the Beatles liked them I guess. Guess what I think about early Beatles? Haha lets not go down that rabbithole, go listen to some Steven Wilson!
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b0ssh0ggn
He's right. Steven Wilson should stick to stereo and surround remixes of great albums that other people wrote. His music is very boring, but fits along the same pretentious lines as other so-called progressive music (you know, the type of music made for high society). It's pretentious like your rant.
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Diarrheadache
I enjoyed this conversation even though it was passing the ball filled with same stuff. I think that if we go back in time 30’s-50’s prewar, during war and postwar periods. Popular music tended to have indirect specific clang about socio-economics and racial subjects. Let’s say that Teddy Wilson was first black man to play with all-white band - it was phenomenal and shocking at the same time. Why? Well that was reality of those times. I just wanted to point out that there was definitely specific marketing in those times.
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deadlygoodmusic
https://deadlygoodmusic.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/the-crickets-the-chirping-crickets-1957/ My review of "The chirping crickets" Make sure to read it!
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