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Re: music will be saved by people who love music

Posted by Cosmic Closet (A) on May 8, 2007 at 17:08:31

In Reply to: music will be saved by people who love music posted by dave c on May 7, 2007 at 23:05:34:

From a music perspective, the one thing that stuck with me from the original post, was the idea of silence being, evidently, such a terrible thing which only a braying Ipod can solve.

I have always liked the line that goes: Just because you CAN, doesn't mean you SHOULD. And as nanny-like as that sounds, I think it is very valid.

Because the poster talks about how "the kids" are oh so observant and are buying into the whole good music/good gear philosophy.

And yet what I see continually in the streets is teens shooting their ears to hell by having a cranked Ipod up enough that 3 seats away on a loud Metro, I can still hear it. And I don't mean a few. I mean a lot, every day. The notion of real appreciation of quality, both in sound and pictures, is being slaughtered on a daily basis at the altar of portability.

What happened to the idea that you can WAIT 'til you get home or to a friend's and listen? And actually have somewhat fresh ears (assuming they have survived the city noise) with which to listen? And then perhaps, just perhaps, enjoy it more?

To me, at least, the whole estethic about 'serious enjoyment' of music has always been linked as much to place and time as to the music itself. And it is something that one cannot convey in words; someone needs to try it themselves to understand.

I hate, hate to have to use the junk food metaphor, but it's the one that fits well. There was a standard of meals in the home. Heck, there was a standard of meals away from home. And then came fast food. And home cooking, or as importantly, the UNDERSTANDING of why homecooking was important, have become niche concepts.

And if the Bright Young Things our original poster seems to have met are indeed interested in upholding some of the things we discuss, that's all for the better, and I hope it is so.
Because the blitheringly dumb kids I come across in all walks of life these days definitely aren't.

CC.

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