Klarinet Archive - Posting 001291.txt from 1998/07

From: Craig Earl Countryman <cegc@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Classical Music and Young People
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:59:57 -0400

Mark Charette wrote:

> Yet many very famous (and considered very good) comedians use that work
> every other line in their comedy routines.

Does that make it right though? Does that make it something we should endorse?

> Why should rap "music" be held to a higher standard than popular comedy?

What does one have to do with another? Comedy is becoming an art form, but I
don't think we can compare it to music without stretching a bit.

> I tend to think of rap "music" more as street poetry - most very bad, some
> mediocre, and one or two real poets out there. But I don't put it in the
> same category as music.

I disagree that it is street poetry, but I do agree with your comments about its
quality. Still, I think that it is definitely music and we should accept it as
such. We may not like it; we may not agree with its content; it does, however,
express the feelings of quite a few people in my generation though and it is
their music. Just because we don't like it can we really make the statement
that it is not music at all? It seems to me we need a little more support
before we can come out with a statement such as that!

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