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Re: If academic approbation meant anything . . .

Posted by musetap (A) on March 5, 2007 at 15:46:46

In Reply to: If academic approbation meant anything . . . posted by markrohr on March 5, 2007 at 14:50:11:

"Academic approbation"? Like when you could take a humanities class at UC Santa Cruz and get credit for frisbee tossing? I just thought the article and timing were interesting in conjunction with the recent thread on the supposed decline of Hip-Hop sales and the insuing brouhaha that entailed. Really nothing more, nothing less. Recognition of Hip-Hop by the Academics probably means a lot more to some who would place a particular "value" on that than it means to me...

"Now, before you go and start slinging disparaging names around for folks whose tastes differ from yours again,"

Wherein did I do that?!?! I believe you have me confused with someone else...

" I ask you to consider: no matter what kind of music you adore, and no matter how legitimate or wise your reasons for adoring it are, there will be folks to can't bear it."

I have no problem with that, it's those that are so intolerent of different forms of music and art that they refuse to recognize it AS a legitimate an art/music form, mostly just through shear biligerance accompanied with sputtering bile. BTW, I by NO MEANS adore Hip-Hop, just have enough respect for the (relatively) small portion of it that has complete and justifiable artistic merit to RATE that recognition, whether from someone as insignificant as me or any person that can appreciate music from the past several decades.

"I urge you to learn to live with it. And I would urge those who would disparage the music you like to grant you your tastes as well. After all, it's only music."

I live VERY fine with it, thank you for your concern. "It's only music" seems a rather bland way to sum up what most people partake in these boards about/for. If it was "only" methinks we would all be pursueing some other hobby/passion. Crossword puzzles perhaps? Knitting? Music is art, art inspires passion. No two (or even five or 13) ways about that! The thread below, regarding possibly paying to listen to a $100,000 system? You think people will be listening to spoken word recordings on it? Doubt it...

"BTW, thanks for the funk reference; I'll be on the lookout for it, so long as it isn't written from an "academic" perspective. ;-)"

It's a very well written and researched book, not bogged-down by an "academic perspective", and captures the vibrancy of the music while putting it into a proper historical perpective. A historical. 20th century musical perspective that many (The Deniers) in these boards seem either unfamiliar with or are just plain unwilling to acknowledge.

You , of course are not included amongst them.

"I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
-Thomas Edison

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