From: Erin (macavity11@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Mar 24 2005 - 19:42:19 GMT
HAM: Sending a sexually provocative message to
fans by drum-beating, yelling, amplified dissonance, lyrical obscenities, or
stage gyrations may be considered a "communicative artform" by some; but it
is not the art of music.
HAM: > Platt is bringing this back to the MOQ saying "rock is biological", and
should be condemned as such.
Frank Sinatra was "biological", I am "biological", music is not
"biological". I don't even know what that is supposed to mean.
I am not clear at how you reconcile these two statements. Looking for biological quality "in" rock music seems analagous to looking for quality "in" a painting-- just plain wrong. Clockwork Orange has a sadistic protagonist who seems to love Beethoven (?), violence, and promiscuity. The beat for him is associated with violence and promiscuity but you wouldn't say that "beat is biological" or as you say it in your first statement a "sexually provocative beat".
Erin
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