Or maybe it should be retermed AUTISM, much as the popperati would label ROCKISM is FASCISM or some sorta twaddle...
But nowhere did any of these smarty-pantsies every confront the issue of AGEISM that is inherent in the pop-paradigm. The pop-tarts love to deny that simple truth that we all age and die. Rather they like to fame themselves in some sort of Dorian Grey type nether world where you are always 15, you have crushes, emotional flights of fancy and have people in their 40s acting like they're 15, actually point taken, look at rock dinosaurs!
But still that adherence to childhood 'innocence' and tweness is a completely useless philosophy. At least rockers never stop, and play out until they die (actually a blues type thing)... How will Kathleen Hanna's 'teen riot' rah-rah or Saint Etienne's 'Doris Day cuteness' still remain relevant as they near 40, will they become disco-divas? Actually I'm starting to sound like Camille Paglia, but since she's one of the best and most astute rockist writers going, Madonna comes to mind as a paradigm-buster, kinda sorta...(the word TRANSCENDENT may come to mind, but it's too powerful and dogmatic)
With rock, their relevance and intensity can still remain as they age, which when you think about it, gives the 'artisitic' merit of rock higher credence, when it works. (I mean, I can still listen to new Dylan or Lou Reed albums, but can YOU still listen to Paul McCartney or Elton John's latest endeavours? I'd bet good money, no). Kim Gordon is an innaresting case, though, ultimately she IS a ROCK-CHICK, whether she like it or not, since Sonic Youth never stop touring, part of the rock paradigm.
But nowhere did any of these smarty-pantsies every confront the issue of AGEISM that is inherent in the pop-paradigm. The pop-tarts love to deny that simple truth that we all age and die. Rather they like to fame themselves in some sort of Dorian Grey type nether world where you are always 15, you have crushes, emotional flights of fancy and have people in their 40s acting like they're 15, actually point taken, look at rock dinosaurs!
But still that adherence to childhood 'innocence' and tweness is a completely useless philosophy. At least rockers never stop, and play out until they die (actually a blues type thing)... How will Kathleen Hanna's 'teen riot' rah-rah or Saint Etienne's 'Doris Day cuteness' still remain relevant as they near 40, will they become disco-divas? Actually I'm starting to sound like Camille Paglia, but since she's one of the best and most astute rockist writers going, Madonna comes to mind as a paradigm-buster, kinda sorta...(the word TRANSCENDENT may come to mind, but it's too powerful and dogmatic)
With rock, their relevance and intensity can still remain as they age, which when you think about it, gives the 'artisitic' merit of rock higher credence, when it works. (I mean, I can still listen to new Dylan or Lou Reed albums, but can YOU still listen to Paul McCartney or Elton John's latest endeavours? I'd bet good money, no). Kim Gordon is an innaresting case, though, ultimately she IS a ROCK-CHICK, whether she like it or not, since Sonic Youth never stop touring, part of the rock paradigm.
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