luka
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i've always known i don't have a very sophisticated ear, that other people hear a whole lot more in music than i do, reynolds recent comments on the beatles-
'it's weird listening to them and hearing them now, with trained fan/critic type ears now, as a band, with the bassist doing this'n'that, and the guitar solo coming in here, and the drum doing that, and so forth -- as a band playing rock'n'roll -- i t's slightly diminishing at first, but then the admiration gushes forth on a different, informed level, just at how good they were at it, how inventive
(when you're young i don't think you can actually discriminate between the layers of sound, i can distinctly remember hearing and recognising a bassline for the first time, rather than as this undifferentiated blare of sound)
yeah but i would agree with what the gentleperson said upthread to the effect that anyone who has ears and a sensibility attuned to melody and harmony who could fail to be floored by a lot of the Beatles stuff ....
it's not just the tunefulness though it's the whole package, the drumming is fantastic, ringo was one of the best drummers of the era, the bassplaying'
reminded me of this. i definietly don't have a sensibility attuned to melody and harmony, in fact, i don't even know what people mean by melody and harmony. i'd never be able to offer an opinion on who plays the bass or drums or whatever well, i can only pick out the different instruments if i concentrate really hard. to me music is just
this makes me feel aggresive, this makes me happy, this makes me melancholy, this makes me hype, this makes me sexy and i judge music on how well it acheives these affects, how powerful its ability to alter my moods is. obviously its a failing on my part, but at the same time i'd be interested to know if people like reynolds and other people with musical ears feel they're missing out a bit, like you get so discerning that all you hear is musical stuff and not just pure sensation.
um, i'm not sure what the actual question is
any thoughts on any of that stuff?
'it's weird listening to them and hearing them now, with trained fan/critic type ears now, as a band, with the bassist doing this'n'that, and the guitar solo coming in here, and the drum doing that, and so forth -- as a band playing rock'n'roll -- i t's slightly diminishing at first, but then the admiration gushes forth on a different, informed level, just at how good they were at it, how inventive
(when you're young i don't think you can actually discriminate between the layers of sound, i can distinctly remember hearing and recognising a bassline for the first time, rather than as this undifferentiated blare of sound)
yeah but i would agree with what the gentleperson said upthread to the effect that anyone who has ears and a sensibility attuned to melody and harmony who could fail to be floored by a lot of the Beatles stuff ....
it's not just the tunefulness though it's the whole package, the drumming is fantastic, ringo was one of the best drummers of the era, the bassplaying'
reminded me of this. i definietly don't have a sensibility attuned to melody and harmony, in fact, i don't even know what people mean by melody and harmony. i'd never be able to offer an opinion on who plays the bass or drums or whatever well, i can only pick out the different instruments if i concentrate really hard. to me music is just
this makes me feel aggresive, this makes me happy, this makes me melancholy, this makes me hype, this makes me sexy and i judge music on how well it acheives these affects, how powerful its ability to alter my moods is. obviously its a failing on my part, but at the same time i'd be interested to know if people like reynolds and other people with musical ears feel they're missing out a bit, like you get so discerning that all you hear is musical stuff and not just pure sensation.
um, i'm not sure what the actual question is
any thoughts on any of that stuff?