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Tealeaf · 26-05-2004, 13:26

CJ,
I did say I would'nt continue with this thread any more; however, you do do seem a reasonably intelligent lad/ladette (you don't specify on your profile), so I'll try to answer you in a way that hopefully will make sense to you.

1) I don't use inflamatory remarks; I simply record my observations. While it may be the case that you Kow-Tow to the Great God of Political Correctness, I don't give a damn. If someone is a fool, then I'll say so. If that offends them or anyone else, then tough. I don't care.

2) You obviously pander to whatever may well be the latest fashionable craze(s) in modern music. Fair enough - it's your value judgement. There is, however, a concept both in Arts & Science known as creative or lateral thinking. There is not one modern musical group or artist - and by that I mean anyone post mid-1970's - who displays one iota of creative thinking. The last groups to display any originality were possibly the Pistols & the Stranglers. Everything that has been done since is no more than a cheap manufactured consumable - as in the kiddies boy/girl bands, or old ideas reworked & repackaged for a far less demanding market than that of the 50's-mid 70's. Afterall, in those days you's to produce quality to sell; these days, you produce any old rubbish to be downloaded free on the net.

3) There is in science a concept known as the Paradigm. I will assume you are famililar with the word - get a dictionary if not. To expropriate that word to modern music, one can argue of a paradigm shift with Jazz in the 1920's, Be-Bop the 1940's, the 4-man rock & roll band of the 60's; thrashing the lot in the 70's. There has been nothing - absolutely nothing - new or ground-breaking since. We still have the same old boring line up of Rythem/Bass/Lead/Drums playing the same old variations on the 3 chord theme. It's utter nonsense.

4) I do not, therefore, have to subject myself to 10 minutes of misery in order to confirm what I already know, that this lot - Mauma or whatever - are crap. The only saving grace is that they're not the only ones - there are hundreds, thousands of these groups throughout the land, all knocking out the same stale, peurile rubbish.

If you do wish to discuss this further, then get your **** down the Stag on Sunday....we're a friendly bunch, really. Even me.

26-05-2004, 13:26	#32
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: Maupa CJ, I did say I would'nt continue with this thread any more; however, you do do seem a reasonably intelligent lad/ladette (you don't specify on your profile), so I'll try to answer you in a way that hopefully will make sense to you. 1) I don't use inflamatory remarks; I simply record my observations. While it may be the case that you Kow-Tow to the Great God of Political Correctness, I don't give a damn. If someone is a fool, then I'll say so. If that offends them or anyone else, then tough. I don't care. 2) You obviously pander to whatever may well be the latest fashionable craze(s) in modern music. Fair enough - it's your value judgement. There is, however, a concept both in Arts & Science known as creative or lateral thinking. There is not one modern musical group or artist - and by that I mean anyone post mid-1970's - who displays one iota of creative thinking. The last groups to display any originality were possibly the Pistols & the Stranglers. Everything that has been done since is no more than a cheap manufactured consumable - as in the kiddies boy/girl bands, or old ideas reworked & repackaged for a far less demanding market than that of the 50's-mid 70's. Afterall, in those days you's to produce quality to sell; these days, you produce any old rubbish to be downloaded free on the net. 3) There is in science a concept known as the Paradigm. I will assume you are famililar with the word - get a dictionary if not. To expropriate that word to modern music, one can argue of a paradigm shift with Jazz in the 1920's, Be-Bop the 1940's, the 4-man rock & roll band of the 60's; thrashing the lot in the 70's. There has been nothing - absolutely nothing - new or ground-breaking since. We still have the same old boring line up of Rythem/Bass/Lead/Drums playing the same old variations on the 3 chord theme. It's utter nonsense. 4) I do not, therefore, have to subject myself to 10 minutes of misery in order to confirm what I already know, that this lot - Mauma or whatever - are crap. The only saving grace is that they're not the only ones - there are hundreds, thousands of these groups throughout the land, all knocking out the same stale, peurile rubbish. If you do wish to discuss this further, then get your **** down the Stag on Sunday....we're a friendly bunch, really. Even me.