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| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato **** expecting to find "good" lyrics (or music for that matter) in the stuff most popular these days is akin to him expecting to find good food at a fast food restaurant **** That was Beato’s point. ….as concerns the stuff most popular these day... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato I think some of you miss the point of what Beato is saying; which I mostly agree with. He is not saying that there are no good lyrics being written today. He acknowledges that there are. He is saying that today there are few songs with good lyrics... | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" ** From everything I have ever learned Christ did not give a fig for earthly power ** Not so. Well, not “power” in the usual earthly sense. As with most things and certainly as concerns the teachings of Christian religion context is key. In th... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? ☺️ | |
| Jazz for aficionados @msbel , interesting comments. Not sure I understand your disagreement with “……some feel contributed to heralding in the early "new thing" among other musician extending at the time”. I’m not familiar with what Booker had to say about this notion.... | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis **** Comparison may be the thief of joy but it makes for edifying conversation.**** Exactly! Art forms as rich as Jazz evolve and are represented by different “schools” of style and sensibilities due to geographical (regional) and cultural diffe... | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis A little insight into Chet Baker from Bob Mover, one of the unsung heroes of the alto saxophone and Chet’s band mate for years: https://youtu.be/JFYq5D0ny9E?si=1godlFGu56z1HxB8 | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? **** Is more detail always better if not unnaturally bright or fatiguing? **** YES! The problem is that perceived “detail” is often precisely the result of “unusually bright or fatiguing” sound. In my book that is not more detail. That is a dis... | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis Two very different musicians, especially if one considers the totality of their respective contributions to Jazz. Both important Jazz players, but ultimately Miles is deserving of the title as one of the giants of Jazz. Baker was a beautifully int... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Well said. | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/pLCeMHU6HNQ A little less happy? : https://youtu.be/_iNApIXfG_A | |
| Jazz for aficionados Not a chance. If, by “resurgence” you mean the level of popularity that Jazz was enjoying when that pic was taken. Jazz had already started to wane in popularity by then. During the decades preceding the date of that pic, Jazz was THE Pop music of... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Re the interesting topic discussed by jaym759 and stuartk and not meaning to disappoint listeners’ expectations or put too fine a point on things, but while I agree with most of what I think jaym759 is trying to say this comment is not accurate: ... | |
| How does sound influence your appreciation? “I’m losing my discernment because the sound is so much a part of the equation” How can this possibly be a good thing? In my book, this is as much of a negative as not being able to appreciate a great performance because the sound is not up to a ... | |
| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode I can only speak to the Manley Labs 200/100 triode switchable amps that I have used for quite some time. I would imagine triode switchable amps do not all behave the same; in no small part due to the speaker they are driving and, importantly, wha... |