Posted by manualblock [ 69.112.43.172 ] on November 02, 2005 at 07:53:11:
In Reply to: Re: Dyson posted by lon on November 01, 2005 at 23:53:28:
Lon; my friend. How does all the points we make about music and art reduce to the Beatles?? Were there no other musical styles or artists available back then. What about Jazz?
GSH; I'm a fan and as such know of many songs he actually sung; here's one thats gorgeous;
"Rivers Of My Fathers."
Another
"Lady Day And John Coltrane."
I am sorry if I overstepped with the underclass question; I can't figure if you are being rhetorical.
Television shows prior to the Regean repeal of the Broadcast Standards Act were better because they were limited by law to no more than a small amount of commercial airtime per hour. Thats why in re-runs or on DVD the older shows last longer and have a more complete story line than everything that came after Regean. Now it's all commercials and they can't get a narrative flow going; thats why all the new major network shows suck.
We both make attempts to find the new and good in art so where the heck is it?
I can write a very long essay about what was better or different about the years from 1965-1980. I'll spare that but I do believe there was a more coherent culture that assesed value and worth that we don't see today.
A friend who graduated from City College back when it was considered a great school says this:
"When I sat in the graduation commencement ceremony back then there were five Summa Cum Laude awards. I attended a ceremony there recently; same number of students, 30 or more Summa's. What the hell are these people doing, it can't be that everyone got much smarter."
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