--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: <snip> > > I really think a lot of it is the mix. I find the > > Beatles' recordings difficult to listen to these > > days, for that very reason. They sound artificial > > and "tinny" compared even to other music of the > > period, much less today's "mixology." > > > Possibly-- didn't really think about that, but it makes sense.
I'm not sure recording mix has a whole lot to do with the quality of the music as evaluated over the long term, though. With > regard to my daughter though, she listens to a wide range of stuff > from the 40's on, so its not purely the mix. When the son of a friend of mine (she's my age) was a teenager, he wasn't a big fan of the Beatles, but he adored Dylan, loved Elvis, and went completely bonkers over Rudy Vallee. As far as performance is concerned, we still listen to Caruso on tinny old recordings, and it doesn't seem to get in the way of an appreciation of his musical talents. For us boomers though, > it [the beatles] was ground breaking music at the time, associated > with challenging the status quo, and the world has changed so much > since. It was also just *good music*. Same with Elvis, same with Rudy Vallee. Musical *quality* is independent of fashion, cultural or political. Sometimes a particular style of high-quality music can get lost for long stretches of time (Bach as musical genius is a fairly recent realization), but it usually gets rediscovered at some point. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
