[Ham] I'm convinced that the "value" of today's pop music is in the "message", and the "talent" of a particular performer is seen as "exhibitionist" skill -- the more outrageous, the better. The public at large is no longer moved by the beauty of music as an art form. It's not "cool", not relevant, therefore meaningless. The same can be said for Shakespeare and Monet. We are all about "having fun" and "doing our thing". And developing a taste for the finer things in life is neither of these.
[Ron] Ham, Good to have you back, I wanted to point out that Shakey and Claude were scandelous in their time Heck, Beethoven was a radical, in fact most of the "classic" figures were the rebels "having fun" And doing their thing... my criticism of the "idol" is it is stale and hackneyed, I wish something "cool" would emerge...Ironic how "extreme" has become boring. it's these points of bland repetition which breed the true talent. As I get older I see how media feeds the populace the same stuff Year after year. the packaging changes, the youth thinks it's new, but I see the same repackaged Tripe. Occasionally you will have true talent emerge only to be assimilated mimicked and saturated Into the media culture ...don't get me started on "deal or no deal"...Ham, it's all about money, Hitting your target audience. The media has the ability to tell the populace what is popular. They do not want fresh talent they want what sells... We live in "spam-a-lot" with a new flavor of spam every day. spam,spam,spam,..spam. Spammiddy, spam! That is what is frustrating when watching the tube, For me. When quality becomes a commodity it loses it's value. -Ron moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
