Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
I think it's beautiful that a 22 year-old doesn't know who "The Who" are.
I don't think you have to pay your "respects" to older artists.
i think that it's rather important to be aware. i like having conversations about music with people that know something about music - more than the last 4 years of history of mainstream pop... and that, in my books, includes knowing how we got to today's version of r'n'r.
"easy" - note how it was an out-of-left-field track for FNM? if you didn't know that lionel ritchie wrote that track, you might think that FNM had great melodic chops and decent pop/R&B skills. there is a HUGE artistic difference between covering a song and writing your own stuff, IMO.
if someone truly believes that "the black parade" is the best album of all time bar none, good for them... but personally, i doubt we'd have much to say to each other. [/b]
S Dot Cell, you are a great man. :cool:
But to echo what my man S Dot was saying, I think an appreciation of music is essential. I stay on top of all music genres, cause I've found some of my favorite tracks in all sorts of genres. But society in general just happens to be real comfortable inside their little "box" so to speak, so it is what it is.
But it's great to have a sense of music history, so you know where shit came from or the lineage of a particular band/song. The Faith No More thing is one example. Or knowing Dr. Dre lifted the opening drum loop from "When The Levee Breaks" for "Lyrical Gangbang" on
The Chronic. For instance, as I type this post I'm pumpin' some classic Tool. Just finished fuckin' with some classic Aretha Franklin, & I'm about to finish listening to the new 8Ball & M.J.G. album. Damn, I love music . . . .
On a side note:
7 Days - Craig David
Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
