The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #149377 Message #3475259
Posted By: Ron Davies
03-Feb-13 - 10:47 AM
Thread Name: [Formerly BS:] Musical snobbery
Subject: RE: BS: Musical snobbery
Reggae is great stuff.
It might be interesting to have somebody tell us about the contribution of hip-hop to culture. It seems to reflect the dregs. Doesn't seem to be worth the time to try to get to know it. I suppose you might say something similar about a lot of recent classical music (which sometimes seems to revel in dissonance for its own sake.) Sure it reflects the hopelessness and chaos of modern civilization, but I think we already get enough of that in the news--don't need it reflected in music.
YMMV