Tony Reid (t-bird@salata.com)
09 Mar 99 04:14:44 -0800
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> i don't know about the soul of the music getting sapped out, but i know
that
> sometimes it gets irritating when a song you like gets played every hour
on
> the hour and you can't get away from it. i don't run into that problem
> nearly as much as i used to now that i only listen to music that sells
less
> than 5 copies...
tu> But then you miss out on good popular music. e.g. Lauryn hill's album
tu> is pretty good, or Beaties boys album, and they most have ech sold at
tu> least 3 million in the month or 2 that theyve been out. But hey, you
tu> can do what you want to its a free country/world? whatever
jeez... i wasn't really trying to start that
under/over/sideways/down-ground
argument--i was stating a fact, and wrapping w/a *joke*.
but to respond:
yes, i do sometimes miss out on good popular music. i was at least a year
behind everyone else on d'angelo & maxwell when they broke. i only checked
them out because of people whose musical tastes i respect said they were
dope
--some on this very list! that's one of the values of this list for me--us
wanna-be snobs get kicked in the butt about some people that are really
popular, yet *good*!!
i'll eventually listen to the lauryn hill when either:
a. i can do it leisurely
b. the hype dies down
c. someone plays it for me
knowing myself, it will more likely be *b* or *c*.
on the beasties tip, i really haven't liked what i've heard--but then again
i liked very little of what they did until "check your head". i think that
what they've done is get back to more of their original sound (i.e. raucous
party music) which is probably great if you liked them when they first came
out--but i never did...
in conclusion, it's ironic the way i deal w/listening to pop music--i.e.,
waiting for someone else to tell me it's dope--as that mentality is what i'm
always bitching about in regards to the mainstream listeners checking out
non-mainstream stuff. my excuse is probably the same as theirs--there's so
much crap out there that i use other people as my filter.
-t
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