Jazz for aficionados
Ghosthouse, Your post in regard to our slight (narrow range of disagreement) in regard to Chick Corea, is "right on". We began to form our taste in music when we were toddlers, shaking our little boody's to what ever turned us on. From that time till now has been an ongoing process; consequently, we can't be expected to agree 100% of the time, but we came close on Chick Corea. I think we're going to strike gold with the ECM comparisons. |
As everyone knows by now, I listen to music played on reel, or computer play list; consequently I don't know who the artist is a lot of the time. It's not the same as picking up a record or a CD. Today I did not recognize one of my favorite female vocalists; I'll post 3 cuts by her, and you tell me what you think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBw-w_jql4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBw-w_jql4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4pevIiq9As Enjoy the music. |
It’s not the Music itself that is the best, it’s the end use to which it is put and the level of that end . Bach said the purpose of music is to glorify God and wrote "To the Glory of God ". And he meant it . Much of Classical music is religious music and most of the greatest composers made efforts toward that goal, the praise of God...I see Jazz as a conversation between peers to bring music at its best to the human level, a love thy neighbor as thy self exercise at it’s best , which is a noble effort in and of itself . And at the end of the day a tribute to God, as we humans can’t think of God all the time any more than a student can study all the time...I see pop/rock as simple melodies for those who want to live life the easy way, melody without rhythm. I believe the cults that form around this band and that are a way to live your life without ever creating one for yourself. Much like those who make a sports team the center of their existence , hard to call it a life in either case..." This is a very narrow, prejudiced, selfrighteous view that borders nearly on hate speech it is the notion that the author is somehow nearer to God than thee by virtue of his listening to music that is nearer to God than thine. It overlooks such basic essential indisputable facts such as that there is good and bad classical music just as there is good and bad pop music and that there may be more bad music in pop than there is in classical does not disprove the point at all. To dismiss some as living life the easy way because they listen to pop is to overlook that it is also easy to live life by simply following the literal words contained in some Big Book that is itself in conflict with some other's Big Book and this sort of ignorant my belief is right mentality is exactly what is the cause of many of the troubles in our world today and this argument is made by this author simply by ascribing superiority to one kind of music because of nothing but style. I am sure Mr. Shubert sleeps comfortably at night in his conviction that he has found a special path to salvation that is paved with the music he has deemed is righteous and truthful and Godly. |
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