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From: twiss@stolaf.UUCP (Thomas S. Twiss)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: The Glorious Return of Yes???
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Date: Sun, 22-Jan-84 14:59:26 EST
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	Agreed.  Pop music is not intrinsically bad.  But there are certain
characteristics of pop music which I find trivial.  This is not to say that
all pop music is bad, because if a good song becomes popular that doesn't
ruin it (example: The Police), but I do lose a great deal of respect for
"artists" who create music with certain inherent characteristics in mind
(i.e. the pop standards).  It seems very obvious to me that the members of
Yes have abandoned their old creative style by restricting it to pop standards
	I know that music that is pop is not necessarily bad by definition,
but anyone who writes SPECIFICALLY for that audience is restricting
creativity by subjecting it to already existing standards.  In my opinion,
this is not creative artistry.

					Tom Twiss
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