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From: bruns@wanginst.UUCP (Glenn Bruns)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Yes, Bach, Bush, ...
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 15:10:18 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  8 15:10:18 1985
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Is it my imagination or has net.music been getting really weird lately?  The
last couple of months have been overwelming.  Here's some loose comments
regarding:

o  Yes

It's amusing reading all the Yes postings.  I had assumed that most netters
were too young for that.  I used to be a BIG Yes fan but their music seems 
irrelevent now.  A year ago I tried listening to "Tales from Topographic 
Oceans" followed by the Genesis album "The Lamb Lies ..." and it seemed 
that Yes's sound (at least on Tales) was obsolete but that Genesis still 
sounded fresh.  Maybe that's because Peter Gabriel sounded close to the 
edge (clever gag) like a lot of 80's music, while Yes was mushy.  Funny how
Roxy Music used to sound sharp in the 70's, and now sound glazed over.

o  Bach

I have to respond to Doug Alan's statement that Bach wrote music for musicians.
Sorry, but I don't think that can be backed up.  As I understand it, 
Bach primarily wrote for the church, and churchgoers were his audience.  
The technical aspects of his music do not have to be understood to enjoy 
his music, just as Doug does not have to understand synthesizers to enjoy KB's 
music.

o  Good vs. Bad music

Does this discussion increase anyone's enjoyment of music?  I don't
like the kind of argument that implies that those who enjoy commercial 
music are harming themselves.  The reasoning about good music promoting 
intelligence, warmth, etc. misses something about the variety of musical 
experience.  Sometimes music just makes me tap my feet; I don't feel 
particularly compelled to perform some humane or inspired act afterwards.  
This thought came to me when I heard a Madonna song ("Lucky Star"?) on my 
car radio.  I must admit it was rather catchy and the lyrics innocuous.
Seemed pretty harmless to me.  I certainly didn't feel like treating women as
objects afterwards (and I usually do! :^) ).

o  Temper Tantrums

Is a full moon the cause for the recent rash of intense flame sessions?
Do we really need this in net.music?  I mean, posting flames to the group 
that include obscenities is pretty bad.

o  Early Sparks 

Anyone familiar with early Sparks?  The lyrics were hilarious; the rhythyms 
frantic.  Last night as I was falling asleep the following lines from 
"In My Family" from the "Kimono my House" album came to me:

   That's how it's gonna be,
   cause it's my family,
   from the biggest branch to the smallest leaf,
   still your gonna see, similarity.

And from their song "Equator"

   Equator, Equator,
   she said she'd meet me there,
   she must be just around the bend.


- Glenn Bruns