Re: beauty, meaning, and other things out of fashion...

[David.Vinson@lambada.oit.unc.edu (david eugene vinson)]

In article <CLE4H5.CIF@ucdavis.edu>,  <wagreiner@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>In article <2jmm7n$1o4@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> rbm9295@acfcluster.nyu.edu writes:
>>
>
>Well, I guess we all have our opinions on "the good old days" of music.
>Personally, I think it all started to go downhill with the album that 
>has had the largest negative impact in popular music history:  Sgt. Pepper's
>Lonely Heart's Club Band.  After all, that was the album which, it seems
>to me started the trend towards substituting tape effects and cutting
>and pasting for the ability to perform musically.  I mean without
>Sgt. Peppers would we have had to deal with the likes of Yes, Pink Floyd,
>ELP, Genesis, and all that art rock stuff?
>
Uh, gee, I like most of that art rock stuff. If I still like Kate, am I
allowed to be here despite my ignorant adoration of complicated
arrangements and tricky time signatures? Uhhh, wait, did I just describe
Yes or Kate? I'm so confused.

>
>Well, me too, but I must confess I'm pining for the early sixties and
>not for the 70's...

Yeah, dig that crazy Pat Boone


dave
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