On 28 Mar 2008 at 17:03, dhbailey wrote: > Who's to say that it was the worst in American pop -- if a lot of people > like something in the arts who is to say it's a bad thing?
I think you're mixing apples and oranges. Sturgeon's law doesn't say anything about popularity, only about (presumed) actual merit. And one reading of it would be to explicitly say that 90% of what is popular is crap. I think competence is underrated these days, and there's an awful lot of music that is dreck that is actually rather well put together. True, it's often in the service of music (and lyrics) that is substandard, but competent execution is something that I think is often insufficiently recognized. Nobody would call the Village People brilliant, but if you listen closely, there's an awful lot of really good stuff going on there (even if the bass lines and chord progressions are awkward and sometimes outright *wrong*). Nobody eats bubble gum for nutrition, but it's quite fun for entertainment. I guess I'm saying that even crap has its place. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
