[lbo-talk] Re: Say BYE BYE to VINYL!

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>Quite true.  The ubiquity of recorded music has diminished the communal 
>>aspect of music making and produced such debased listening experiences as 
>>Muzak.
>
>Yes, and back in the old days, when families hung around the piano making 
>music, everyone had beautiful voices and the accompanist could fling 
>arpeggios like a pro. I keep forgetting that everything sucks & is getting 
>worse.

As my earlier comments reflect, I see music as one exception to the Iron Law 
of Universal Decay.  Freedom from the tyranny of traditional music is no 
trivial achievement.  E.g., I am still haunted by memories of Ken Burns' 
Civil War documentary -- not by Burns' tedious depiction of the war itself 
but by that awful, incessant fiddle playing.  If mournful fiddles were as 
inescapable in mid-19th century America as Burns suggests, there is no 
reason to bewail the technological advances that have brought us a more 
varied and entertaining musical mix.

Carl