Mudcat Café message #2612504

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Thread #120222 Message #2612504
Posted By: Bill D
16-Apr-09 - 12:34 PM
Thread Name: Does any other music require a committee
Subject: RE: Does any other music require a committee

There are 'official' definitions of 'antique'... and 47 different opinions of its correctness.
There are sub_sub definitions of different forms of Rock music...and serious debates as to their value..etc.

Definitions ARE useful for some purposes, such as advertising a CD or concert, but not when like minded people just sit around & make music.

'Folk' & 'trad' used to mean a narrow range of material, now they are just handy short terms for those who are too lazy to make distinctions. As soon as I saw Dylan being called 'traditional', I knew we had lost.