Folkwrongica

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I got absorbed enough in this Guardian piece to miss my tube stop:

http://music.guardian.co.uk/folk/story/0,,2071468,00.html

A lot of its anecdotal material is good and I can't much disagree with the central argument (tho as they admit Tosches summarises it more neatly) but I didn't like the conclusion - even as a staunch poptimist "the inherent democracy of pop junk" is a MASSIVE handwave.

Comments

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

they seem to be saying quest for authenticity is forlorn, and yet the quest is the quest (sorry, Tom) and that informs the development of popular music all the same.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

That seems quite sensible! I thought the book looked interesting, even if it will be guaranteed to irritate me for some reason, but that's just because I'm irritable!

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Also they will not analyse the problem in Hegelian terms.

(If they want to sell any books!)

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Also I don't know if the story can make any sense if it JUST looks at music -- this problem is as old as ? well that would be the question. Hence we need a DDR not just some music geeks!

[koganbot]

The Dance Dance Revolution is not just for music geeks!