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Topic: Noise or music? |
Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 6 Nov 2006 5:49 pm |
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My wife and I went to a show in Vancouver this past week end that was billed as an uptown country show. Without a word of a lie, the laser lights, fireworks, clouds of smoke and background noise, pretty much shut down all the vocalists.
What in hell is it with all this? There was so much visual and noise distraction along with all the other crap, that I am positive that no one had any idea what words are being vocalized, or what melody is being played. Or, for that matter, who or what was supposed to be the headliner.
The only instruments that I could recognize above the noise and other stuff were the drummer’s symbols and the screaming guitar. In fact, I am not even sure if it was the guitar or the keyboard that was producing those screeching guitar sounds.
Can this even be called music? Would there even be a place for a steel guitar in any of this?
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Andy Jones
From:
Mississippi
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Posted 6 Nov 2006 6:03 pm
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| I know what you mean,Les.Several years back,my wife and I went to a big name star's concert that turned out to be a fireworks and light show,with deafening so-called music,with the artist jumping and screaming like some demon possessed mad man.Five tractor trailer loads of lights,sound equipment,30 or 40 groupies and roadies,and tons of other junk to justify the ticket price.I guess that's why I always loved Conway Twitty,Just him and a band,Great music from beginning to end,dressed like a professional,no stupid jokes and no freak show crap to interfere with the performance. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 6 Nov 2006 7:02 pm
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All that "schtick" (lasers, lights, smoke, and fireworks) is designed to make the performance "dynamic", "astounding", and generally more memorable for the young people...their minds are truly entranced by such drivel. To me, it's a cross between a video game, a pinball machine, and a fireworks display.
No doubt the recent emphasis on "utility players" is because they've spent so much on the "visual spectacle", they can't afford a couple more musicians.  |
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erik
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Posted 6 Nov 2006 7:57 pm
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Last edited by erik on 27 Aug 2007 10:43 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Smiley Roberts
From:
Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 6 Nov 2006 9:06 pm
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They need all of that "flash" & stuff. It makes up for lack of talent & showmanship!!
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 7 Nov 2006 5:13 am
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| Old story, You can put a fur lined cover on a platinum Garbage can but it's still a place for Garbage. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 7 Nov 2006 7:26 am
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| They wouldn't be creating that sound if it didn't sell well as music for lots of young people. They buy that sound on recordings, even without the visual stuff. So for them it is music. And we don't get to define what is music for them. One man's noise is another man's music. It's all music to somebody. There's music you like, and music you don't like. But ones own preferences don't set the definition of "music" for anyone else. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2006 10:45 am
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| Noise not music? [MAYBE THE CMA AWARDS ?] |
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George Rout
From:
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 12 Nov 2006 9:04 pm
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Jazes man, don't get me going on that type of stuff. I think it's all going to hell in a handbasket really fast. Crap, constipated crap is what it is!!!!
Geo |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 12 Nov 2006 9:25 pm
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That's why IPods are so popular now. You can just listen to what you want, and tune out all the rest. Forget commercial radio - you'll never find anything of artistic value or integrity there anymore. Sometimes the cream on the top can be sour, so to speak. So why not just turn it off?
"Good music these days is like old Jazz - You have to drive down the back roads to find it." Tom Petty |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2006 12:15 pm
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| There are kinds of music that use noise and I participate in some of them. For the rest of the time, if it doesn't belong there, I can't stand it when it's in there. |
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George Redmon
From:
Muskegon & Detroit Michigan.
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Posted 13 Nov 2006 12:59 pm
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| Les...did anyone take off their clothes like janet jackson did? i was once at a heavy metal rock bar once, my first trip there. I was sitting at a table towards the back. It was still loud. But someone..i think, it was a guitar player..hit a high note, i lost my equilibrium, or something to do with my inner ear..i went down, beer, cigarette, table, chair and all....my last trip to a heavy metal bar...... |
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