The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #143985 Message #3327055
Posted By: Ebbie
22-Mar-12 - 10:42 AM
Thread Name: Garbage music
Subject: RE: Garbage music
An aside here: I realized the other day why I never learned to like Sinatra- it's because no song of his ever betrayed a discernible emotion. imo
I grew up with country (first called 'hillbilly') and I still like a lot of the old stuff because of it. (Today's country is misnamed; it is country pop.)
But truth be told, much of the themes and lyrics of the old days was simplistic, shallow and just plain dumb.
I like a good deal of classical and semi-classical music but I think I came to it too late. After awhile I turn it off.
I like a lot of folk music because most of it deals with the human condition. Even the funny pieces at their core tend to be more rueful than simplistic.