ebs@mcnc.UUCP (09/23/83)
I said (in an earlier article):
***********************************************************************
While they don't deal much in early Rock&Roll, Rounder records
(of George Thorogood fame) also has great old rereleases with excellent
liner notes (like the description of Rhino). Mostly, Rounder deals in
Bluegrass and Blues, but any modern music scholar knows that the end
result of "The Louvin Brothers meet Sonny Boy Williamson" is the
Brittish Invasion craze. I'll post their address (Rounder) later.
Eddie Stokes (uncc)
***********************************************************************
.....to which Jeff Winslow replied:
***********************************************************************
"Mostly, Rounder deals in Bluegrass and Blues, but any modern music
scholar knows that the end result etc. etc."
"Modern music scholar"! My, aren't the pop culture freaks getting
pretentious these days!
All this talk about lack of creativity in rock, jazz snobs, etc. cracks
me up. All you have to do is listen to some late Beethoven quartets, maybe
Mahler's 6th symphony, maybe Schoenberg's Ode to Napoleon, to realize what's
more limited and what's less limited. Of course, you may have to listen
to these pieces 7 or 8 times before you begin to get the hang of them, but
that's a small price to pay for never getting tired of them afterwards.
Now, mind you, I'm not saying rock, punk, jazz, etc. are horrible
and shouldn't be listened to. But when it comes to subtlety and range
of expression, just remember what kind of music is at the top of the
heap.
Quick, Watson, the asbestos...
Jeff Winslow
**********************************************************************
Well, Jeff, not only did you manage to insult me (pop music freak
indeed!), but you also managed to prove to everyone in net.musicland
that you are a name dropper without paralell (Beethoven, Mahler, and
Sherlock Holmes all in one article! Imagine that!).
I move that next time anyone out there has a comment to make about
music of any sort, we clear its validity with the on-line expert,
Jeff Winslow, BEFORE we submit it to the net. This could save
all of you nice folks the embarassment of being reprimanded by
this "all-knowing personal friend of Beethoven".
Already flameproofed by net.religion,
Eddie Stokes (uncc)