From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!hou5f!ariel!vax135!floyd!trb
Newsgroups: net.music
Title: Re: net.music.frozen
Article-I.D.: floyd.1191
Posted: Wed Feb 16 11:19:56 1983
Received: Sun Feb 20 08:37:51 1983
References: nmtvax.175

Re: Greg Titus' assertion that no band's music ever changes much.

I beg to differ.  You talk about punk/new wave and the names of Joe
Jackson and Elvis Costello come to mind.  If you are an avant garde
snob then you might think of these guys as middle-of-the-road, but they
are who many people think of when you say new wave.  They have both
proven themselves as versatile artists, no question about it.

Greg, maybe you're young, but the Stones, the Who, and Led Zeppelin
HAVE changed their styles over the years.  Their earlier work tended
toward punky energetic, they mellowed with age.

Saying that "the music must change" is also kind of misleading.  If a
band produces the same old crap just because the kids will buy it, then
that's pitiful.  On the other hand, there are artists in all fields who
produce a great deal of high quality, satisfying work in one area.

I think we should resist generalizations like "these big money bands
crank out the same old crap just because people will eat it up."  I
don't believe that that's true, but it's easy enough to say.  Look at
folks like Peter Frampton, who by this argument would have been able
to clean up after his "Frampton Comes Alive" album.


I like Gilbert and Sullivan, although they always stuck to those dumb
love affairs, with the goofy music and cutesy lyrics.

I watch television too, I guess I just have bad taste all around.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Bell Labs  Whippany, NJ   (201) 386-6491