Well, Adorno started thinking out this over 65 years ago. And this is when popular taste was probably far more discerning than it is today, pace Adorno's notions about jazz. The steady debasement of pop music since the late '70s is not much of a mystery, and with generational turnover and the revolution in media technology, it's easy to condition children practically from birth to consume the shit that gets churned out with ever having to hear any real music, popular or otherwise. The results are easily discernable. Oddly, one feels older even than what one really is in confronting the young and ignorant. What was once mega-popular becomes completely unknown to the clueless teenager of today. The memory hole has swallowed up all knowledge of the past, even the most common knowledge. I think of a gaggle of teenage black girls I encountered in the subway a year or two ago. They inquired what I was listening to on my headphones, and subsequent conversation revealed they never heard of P-Funk, George Clinton, or Bootsy. What's this world coming to?
^^^^^^^^^ CB: I bet George Clinton and Bootsey recognize Michael Jackson as one of the baddest motherfuckers of all times. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
