Musicological banter
Vas needs to read that. He is always talking about best this, worst that, etc in regards to music.
Reason Eight: It Encourages The False Idea That "Best", "Better Than?" And "Worse Than?" Apply to Art.
Question: What is Neil Young's On The Beach album like?
Answer: It's his best!
If you think this is a not a good answer to that question, you're right. The word "Best" is just a placeholder for a swirl of emotions, a specific historical narrative, a shaky web of criteria, as relayed by a person who is changing all the time as new experiences influence them. All of which is interesting. The "best" part is not. If "best" only begs the question, the same is also true for talk about "better than . . . " or "worse than . . . " that afflicts the scene when we explain why one record is on a list and another is left off. Each record proposes to you the terms by which it might be judged. Some people aim high and wipe out, some people aim low and nail it, but who decides what constitutes these alleged successes or failures? What is the vantage point from which you determine what is high or low as a goal in the first place? What does "easy" and "difficult" mean when making art? Is a record that sets a supposedly modest goal for itself "worse" than a record that takes huge risks, and attempts impossibly ambitious things? From a labour standpoint, an album of two-chord drone rock with muttered vocals about drugs is easier to make than a witty song-cycle about American imperialism set to calypso and Trinidadian steel band arrangements with orchestral strings. But so what? On some days, Spacemen 3's Sound Of Confusion is clearly "better" to me than Van Dyke Parks' Discover America. On other days, the reverse is just as clearly true. At no point are these shifting wins and losses anything other than a subjective report about my whims, pleasures and needs. List making perpetuates the illusion that those whims are facts worth reporting.
Reason for Malcolm checking out of AC/DC is a bummer.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/acdcs-malcolm-young-reportedly-in-care-for-dementia-in-sydney-20140925-10m1hs.html
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/acdcs-malcolm-young-reportedly-in-care-for-dementia-in-sydney-20140925-10m1hs.html
Rogue wrote:I feel like true music fans group albums into "tiers" but do not trifle to attempt to rank records individually.
Vas needs to read that. He is always talking about best this, worst that, etc in regards to music.Reason Eight: It Encourages The False Idea That "Best", "Better Than?" And "Worse Than?" Apply to Art.
Question: What is Neil Young's On The Beach album like?
Answer: It's his best!
If you think this is a not a good answer to that question, you're right. The word "Best" is just a placeholder for a swirl of emotions, a specific historical narrative, a shaky web of criteria, as relayed by a person who is changing all the time as new experiences influence them. All of which is interesting. The "best" part is not. If "best" only begs the question, the same is also true for talk about "better than . . . " or "worse than . . . " that afflicts the scene when we explain why one record is on a list and another is left off. Each record proposes to you the terms by which it might be judged. Some people aim high and wipe out, some people aim low and nail it, but who decides what constitutes these alleged successes or failures? What is the vantage point from which you determine what is high or low as a goal in the first place? What does "easy" and "difficult" mean when making art? Is a record that sets a supposedly modest goal for itself "worse" than a record that takes huge risks, and attempts impossibly ambitious things? From a labour standpoint, an album of two-chord drone rock with muttered vocals about drugs is easier to make than a witty song-cycle about American imperialism set to calypso and Trinidadian steel band arrangements with orchestral strings. But so what? On some days, Spacemen 3's Sound Of Confusion is clearly "better" to me than Van Dyke Parks' Discover America. On other days, the reverse is just as clearly true. At no point are these shifting wins and losses anything other than a subjective report about my whims, pleasures and needs. List making perpetuates the illusion that those whims are facts worth reporting.
What makes one a "true music fan"?
Rogue wrote:Its a joke. You (I think it was you) called me out about my proclivity to rank things in tiers a few years back.
What makes one a "true music fan"?
Anyway, new Thom Yorke record today, I guess.
I don't think that was me.
Loved the Descendents/ALL movie "Filmage". Highly recommend it.
azaghal1981 wrote:
This is pretty awesome/funny.
I do think the quote by Krugman is classic
"a young band that makes me want to drop acid and wear tie-died clothing, which is a great feeling when you?re 61."
Video: Ryan Adams Covers Bryan Adams, Internet Explodes
Finally. As Ryan Adams kicked off his U.S. tour in Santa Barbara, CA and surprised everyone when he closed the show with a take on "Run To You" by none other than Bryan Adams from 1984's Reckless whose album cover bares an eerie resemblance to Ryan's new album cover, as you can see above. The bromance has been brewing between these two, as they're both active on Twitter and even found themselves hanging out a the Invictus Games closing ceremony in London.
I think he's done summer of 69 too
Sidehatch wrote:Considering he famously lost his shit when some guy requested it like 10 years ago, he's really come around.
I think he's done summer of 69 too
Julian, wrote:Sidehatch wrote:Considering he famously lost his shit when some guy requested it like 10 years ago, he's really come around.
I think he's done summer of 69 too
Drugs are a helluva drug.
Yada wrote:Julian, wrote:Sidehatch wrote:Considering he famously lost his shit when some guy requested it like 10 years ago, he's really come around.
I think he's done summer of 69 too
Drugs are a helluva drug.
Roseland Theater, Portland, OR, USA on November 13, 2001
although his anger with the request I'm sure started way back in the 90's
musical equals
MDR-7506notBeats wrote:
Video: Ryan Adams Covers Bryan Adams, Internet Explodes
Finally. As Ryan Adams kicked off his U.S. tour in Santa Barbara, CA and surprised everyone when he closed the show with a take on "Run To You" by none other than Bryan Adams from 1984's Reckless whose album cover bares an eerie resemblance to Ryan's new album cover, as you can see above. The bromance has been brewing between these two, as they're both active on Twitter and even found themselves hanging out a the Invictus Games closing ceremony in London.
MDR-7506notBeats wrote:
Ha ha!
NFL's Deal with Bose Prohibits Players from Wearing 'Beats by Dre' Headphones
lol
you should change your screen name to "BoseNotBeats" ;D