06-01-2022, 02:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-01-2022, 02:30 PM by Eric the Green.)
(06-01-2022, 12:00 PM)David Horn Wrote: FWIW, Leonard Bernstein was a fan of rock, or at least some of it. His argument was simple enough: the combination of imagination and complexity makes music that endures. He directly cited several performers -- most notably the Beatles (big surprise!).
Music is emotion. The variety of emotion is broad and deep; likewise, music.
Yes indeed. In a TV program he cited the 1966 song written by Tandem Almer and Curt Boettcher and performed by The Association called "Along Comes Mary" (it's on my top 400 list) and the 1967 song "Society's Child" by the young boomer singer-songwriter Janis Ian, as well as songs like "Got to Get You Into My Life" from the Beatles' 1966 album Revolver (that and several other songs from that album are on my top 400 list too, including one at #5). It was a peak experience time in pop music for sure, a major aspect of The Awakening. I believe he cited the use of modes in rock, and especially the mixolidian mode is prominent.
Music is emotion, and mathematics too. At its best it touches the spirit and the soul and arouses the body to dance too.