In Reply to: Right on. And as good a definition of "easy listening" as any - posted by rbolaw on May 10, 2016 at 15:35:59:
I suppose one might include an element of superficiality in the definition (dentist office music, on-hold music), but superficiality itself is not the main factor (at least not in the way I'm trying to use the term). I certainly don't mean muzak when I refer to "easy listening", and I've already provided examples of musical works which I DID have in mind in connection with the term.
"The main flaw in Chris's argument is that you can't put music into little pigeonholes and expect it to stay there forever."
Sure - except for the fact that I'm not trying to put music into pigeonholes and expecting it to stay there forever. After all, I'm the one arguing that serialism is losing its hold on the musical public, so obviously I'm not expecting it to stay at its current (already reduced) level of importance.
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Follow Ups
- Yeah - well, that's not what I mean by "easy listening" - See above - Chris from Lafayette 00:33:01 05/11/16 (10)
- Now, that's just nuts. - rbolaw 12:50:56 05/11/16 (9)
- I think you're grasping - Chris from Lafayette 22:22:06 05/11/16 (8)
- I'm not grasping -- you're wringing. ;-) - rbolaw 07:51:52 05/12/16 (7)
- That's a heartfelt response, and I do respect your personal musical journey - Chris from Lafayette 09:46:10 05/12/16 (6)
- RE: That's a heartfelt response, and I do respect your personal musical journey - learsfool 18:12:12 05/12/16 (0)
- "A temporary dip" - rbolaw 10:56:58 05/12/16 (3)
- What got cut out of my attempted edit - Chris from Lafayette 16:52:39 05/12/16 (2)
- Oh man, I am so done with this thread. That's just nasty. nt - rbolaw 18:24:02 05/12/16 (1)
- But I've got more! - Chris from Lafayette 23:16:46 05/12/16 (0)
- Our server chokes again with diacritical marks - click on the date of my post just above {nt] - Chris from Lafayette 10:06:35 05/12/16 (0)