Sinister: Why are we wise in our heads?
Two questions: a) Can you make music so intelligent that it just turns against you? I mean, isn't Momus suffering from the fact that he's trying to be so Wittgenstein that some people find his stuff a bit too philosophical? I like him, though. b) Why is it that popmusic differs so much from real life in one thing? If you play simple, semiacoustic music with beauty, its considered fairly (here's the word again) intelligent and touching. The less notes you use, the more you "tell things without using unnecessary words and/or actions." But try to act that way in real life, and people think you're a bit slow in your head. It's a funny world. Did that make any sense? @--->--- Jake, serious for a while ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Two questions:
a) Can you make music so intelligent that it just turns against you? I mean, isn't Momus suffering from the fact that he's trying to be so Wittgenstein that some people find his stuff a bit too philosophical? I like him, though.
b) Why is it that popmusic differs so much from real life in one thing? If you play simple, semiacoustic music with beauty, its considered fairly (here's the word again) intelligent and touching. The less notes you use, the more you "tell things without using unnecessary words and/or actions." But try to act that way in real life, and people think you're a bit slow in your
He's definitely suffering from that in Britain, where there's an oppressive air of anti-intellectualism coming from the music press, which ignores and / or despises him. I think it's definitely possible to seem arch or aloof, and generally removed from actual life, but I don't think Momus or B&S seem like that (and I've had people tell me they're all those things, and worse). And anyway, I think there's too much emphasis put on the classically, stereotypically dumb "rock'n'roll" values in this country. Too many people are trying to narrow down the scope of pop. head.
It's a funny world. Did that make any sense?
As someone with considerable experience of the dregs of British small-town life and some pretty bad schools, I can tell you it does. love you all robin robin@elidor.freeserve.co.uk ---------------------------------------- "Upon the hill, playing still..." +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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