Always found this guy terribly OVER-RATED, a sort of New-York limo-leftie version of Chad Fair via Burt Bacharach, especially sonically.
But the 'popist' reaction I always found incredibly hilarious, mainly becuase it wasn't so much a reaction, as a nerdy/smart-arse self-validation of mediocrity. I mean really, you can intellectualise and validate ANYTHING in today's post-everything culture.
The fact that music has to be so intellectually analysed/validated along grounds of race/colour/class etc. is quite ridiculous, how would the oh-so clever Mr.Merrit define the gender/race/sexuality lines of house music along his Catholic indie lines?
Rock holds such ground coz it's so good.
But the 'popist' reaction I always found incredibly hilarious, mainly becuase it wasn't so much a reaction, as a nerdy/smart-arse self-validation of mediocrity. I mean really, you can intellectualise and validate ANYTHING in today's post-everything culture.
The fact that music has to be so intellectually analysed/validated along grounds of race/colour/class etc. is quite ridiculous, how would the oh-so clever Mr.Merrit define the gender/race/sexuality lines of house music along his Catholic indie lines?
Rock holds such ground coz it's so good.
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