Yesterday over in OPOL's diary We had the music, they had the media and the guns, there was a nice little thread on music of past and present in the context of movement music. It starts with this comment by detroitmechworks:
There's a REASON modern music sucks. (57+ / 0-)
Not just because it means nothing, and is written to fulfill a specific earworm formula.
The reason I personally think it sucks is that REAL music has power. It can paint an image and truly make you see what is happening without a million dollar ad budget.
Embedded is a Youtube video,
Liam Clancy - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.
The discussion of course then went back and forth about old and new artists and the music industry. Naturally I had to throw in my $13.99 worth (the price of the new Playing for Change CD,
PFC3 Songs Around The World (all video +all audio tracks)
).
Some of the best music being made(24+ / 0-)
And never gets any air play. No auto tune either.
These are contemporary musicians.
Embedded were two videos from Playing For Change.
While I agree with detroitmechworks on the power of music past, there are really some good singer/songwriters out there plying their craft. Some even get airplay although most are paying their dues in small clubs and on YouTube or other online venues.
While most of the music I play is what I call "Old wave music", there is still room in my set list for new stuff that speaks to me. Be it rock, folk, country, Americana, reggae or some other genre, if its good [and doesn't have too many weird chord changes -;) ], it deserves a shot.
Throughout many of my diaries on music I have been turned on to a variety of new music and artists in the comments. And I thank all who have posted them.
Because OPOL's diary was about the continuing struggle past and present, divineorder threw in the Byrds version of "My back pages", a quintessential anthem of change. Thus the title of this diary.
There was a bit of dialogue about why Bob wrote it including a link to the Wiki entry. This tidbit stuck me as odd.
In an interview with the Sheffield University Paper in May 1965, Dylan explained the change that had occurred in his songwriting over the previous twelve months, noting "The big difference is that the songs I was writing last year ... they were what I call one-dimensional songs, but my new songs I'm trying to make more three-dimensional, you know, there's more symbolism, they're written on more than one level."
How much more three dimensional can you get than, "Gate of Eden", "Hard rain" or "Chime of freedom".
A three dimensional song to me paints a picture. It can even make you smell the subject. While there isn't too much symbolism in "The ballad of Hollis Brown" or "North country blues", you can feel the desperation, the despair and fear. Much more three dimensional than "Leopard skin pill box hat" IMHO.
Anywho, it was a great thread and no pies were thrown.