RE: New music, Old music
September 28, 2021 at 6:28 pm
(This post was last modified: September 28, 2021 at 6:32 pm by Brian37.)
(September 28, 2021 at 2:54 pm)tackattack Wrote:(September 28, 2021 at 1:44 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Don't look now, but ABBA has a new album coming out. But to be somewhat fair, also being a Pat Benatar fan, she got old, to me, after her "Wide Awake in Dreamland" album.
And to be fair to humanity, I think most of sane people can appreciate Beethoven's 5th, but would not today want him to run a record company today. There was a disco version of Beethoven's 5th put out in the 70s.
I think while it is right to innovate new music, I also think it is important to remember history, and the artists of old that make an impact always influence the new.
Being an Abba fan, I only look forward to the nostalgia no matter how brief. But in my life, my musical tastes, have always grown and moved. If someone can listen to ABBA one song, then Metallica the next, then Snoop Dog the next, that does not say to me someone is stuck in a rut.
Problem is that's all that music is nowadays, rehashing the old music in new , more interesting ways. To OLB's point, I feel it's a feature of the modern generation and their decreasing attention span to not take the time necessary for originality, in a lot of cases.
Back in college, and I have to admit, I do forget what it was called in taking theatre classes, not acting classes, but history of theatre, but there really is a limit on motifs in all art, be it acting, or tv or music. You can mix and create new things, but the underlying motifs, the core ideas don't really change.
But there is some list of 7 or so things, that all creation of conflict/controversy stem from.
Love, Money, Accomplishment, Greed, Jealousy, Survival. Things like that. I can't remember the full list, but while music songs and movie plots can be complex for sure, they still boil down to humans being humans.
Even when when I was a ardent Pat Benatar fan, I did not know that that her version of "Helter Skelter" was not an original. I also did not know that her cover of "I need a Lover" was originally done by John Cougar Mellencamp.
Just found this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Basic_Plots
