The sad decline of music: Cole Porter vs. The Beatles

http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=767 ^ | William Briggs

[mattstat]

Paul McCartney has once again crept upon our shores. He was, of course, vanguard in the original “British Invasion”, which occurred in early 1964. Now, an invasion is something to be resisted, to be fought off, to be repelled. Sadly—quite, quite sadly—we had no Winston Churchill on our shores to boost our morale with stirring words like these:

'We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in New York, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Culture, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender";

and so the invasion was a success, our surrender quick, our cultural defeat total. All that is left is rebellion.

Here is the first of many examples of what appeasement and acquiescence has wrought. Try not to sit too close to your screen when reading the ride-hand column. There is a danger of, what they call on the professional eating circuit, a reversal...

[sushiman]

I’d rather listen to 2 minute song by The Ramones than a 20 minute self-indulgent by one of those early to mid 70’s artsy fartsy bands . Won’t mention any names . My flame suit it at the cleaners .

[IronJack]

Mick Jagger, screaming into the mike, isn’t my definition of talent.

He isn't mine either. He's only "talented" by comparison with the cotton-candy mind-fluff of the Beatles.

But you're right about The Who.

[ThomasThomas]

The decline of music started Jethro and Homer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Jp6o6D-UI&feature=related

[SJSAMPLE]

“YeeeeeeeAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”

[TexasRepublic]

"Music is a good bellweather for the condition of a culture."

As my dad used to say, "Music is a reflection of how people feel -- some of them must feel awful!"

[achilles2000]

He must have been listening to Country and Western ;-)

[achilles2000]

The Obamas have a lot to answer for, but I think that was Larry King...

[Revolting cat!]

The fluff of the previous generation is always better than the fluff of the current generation!

[TexasRepublic]

He must have been listening to Country and Western ;-)

He was actually commenting on soul music. That was long before rap lowered the standards.

[aflipflop]

I cannot agree with you more. Whether a lyric is good often depends on one’s perspective. Of course, there are narrow-minded people who generally just do not like what they don't understand.

[Renegade]

Curious ?? How OLD are you ??

[discostu]

40.

[dfwgator]

Don’t forget, murron, that Sinatra often drank to excess.

"I've got chunks of guys like you...IN MY STOOL!"

[Renegade]

Being born in 69? you have no way of relating to the 60’s and the lasting impression that era had on the country being it music or whatever . They were the best times of wife’s and my life ( except for present retirement which is a hoot to get paid for doing absolutely nothing )
You were a “disco” baby and that was a dark spot in the history of rock and roll .

[discostu]

What’s that have to do with anything? Let’s review you said “If any distractors to the Beatles haven’t seen the Beatles “ Love “ Cirque du Soleil in Vegas , they should STFU!” And I asked why anybody that doesn’t like the Beatles would bother to watch the Cirque Beatles show. And so far you’ve thrown a lot of insults and not even bothered to try to answer the question.

[Renegade]

My heart bleeds for you . I’m just that kinda guy . Live with it .

[discostu]

I can live with you being the kind of rude annoying person that says dumb things and thinks insults and non-sequitors are an answer to a simple question. Just means you’re a complete waste of time. Bye.

[Beowulf9]

Either or ni.