Things Out of the Past You Would Like to See Revived

[beechnut79]

(08-20-2019, 08:47 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:

(08-19-2019, 07:57 PM)Hintergrund Wrote: People are free to consume as much culture as they want in their spare time. In fact, this has become way easier with the internet and esp. youtube.

True, but knowing what to look for is the trick, and one available solely through formal education. Example:





The music might grab you if you hear it... the generic title 

Franz Schubert: Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956

won't, especially if you typically fall for "Baby, baby -- I need your love" or something similarly blatant.

I grew out of pop music about as I reached college age, which is when disco (Yuck!) hit the scene.  

I grew to love country music about that same time, around when psychedelia hit the air waves, mostly because you can understand the lyrics which usually tell a great story. And when "country wasn't cool" (that didn't happen until the Urban Cowboy craze, which was even briefer than disco, hit ca. 1980), established country stations such as WJJD here in Chicago played a much wider variety of songs than did the pop stations of the time. But about ten years later they too went with much tighter playlists and repetition of songs. That's why I am thankful for the likes of YouTube and also recorded CDs where I can control what I listen to. As one who writes lyrics myself I am always interested in where the inspiration for songs comes from.