round the bend

[John Halle]

> 
> I think there is little question that the 67-73 period had an incredibly
> high quality of innovative music topping the charts.  Today, there is a
> higher level of pop dreck, but there are also great innovators, not just on
> the fringes, but mainstream acts like the Fugees/Lauren Hill/Wyclef stream,
> post-punks like Green Day, hipsters like Beck, political artists like
> Chumbawumba, and folk-inspired groups like the Cowboy Junkies.
> 
> &&&&&&&&&&&
> 
> CB: I like Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, The Spinners, The
> Temptations, Earth, Wind and Fire and The Jackson Five , Miles Davis
> et al.  Toni Braxton, Erika Badu and Mary J. Blige, et al.
> 
> 

Intriguing how those who claim to view market forces with such
skepticism uncritically reflect these in their tastes in music.

John