Re: the day the music died

Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:39:43 -0700
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
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"D.G. Devin" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> Jennifer Weeks wrote in message ...
> >but
> >there was always shitty music out there, and most of the time, it always
> got
> >played more than the good stuff. The only difference is that every
> >generation loves the music that came out of its youth best. So every
> >generation will witness an astonishing decline in the quality of music,
> >because it's simply no longer the stuff that THEY like.
>
>
> While I agree that each generation is genetically programmed to hate the
> music of the previous generation and make music the next generation will
> equally despise, I have to ask if you see many current musical stars
making
> the kind of impact the rockers of the 60s made?
It's a good point, but I think that the question is whether there's any way
for anything to make that kind of impact anymore. There just isn't as much
to react against. My generation has had access to a much more liberal
discourse, mostly because of our parents, who grew up in the sixties. There
aren't any enormous taboos to break, and my father once asked if I thought
he was a square. That said, I think Nirvana, like 'em or not, had a big
impact, and brought back a lot of possibilities for music. Of course that
whole scene has had a hideous progeny as well, people like Nickelback,
Default, and others of that ilk. Eminem might be considered an important
artist if it weren't for the fact that he makes that god-damned rap music
that most people can't stand, he's controversial as hell, and he's probably
not a very nice guy. Wait a minute, that line of reasoning sounds
familiar...
>
> Interesting question, a lot of current musicians would probably admit to
> listening to Dylan and being influenced by him, but would Disturbed or
> Staind or whoever be someone Dylan would enjoy or even take musical ideas
> from? I'm thinking probably not....
>
But what about someone like Heather Nova, Rufus Wainwright or even the Chili
Peppers? The thing is that Dylan has seemed throughout his career prefer
sources to whatever might come of them. He's powerfully rooted in folk, in
blues, in early country music, and I think that's what makes him such an
enduring figure, but I think it might also cut him off from modern music.
Jennifer