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From: twiss@stolaf.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: They don't write them....
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Date: Tue, 24-Jan-84 18:31:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 24 18:31:16 1984
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	Tim Wicinski recently told Bill Gulley that he made a fool of 
himself and that everything he knew was wrong.  Hmmmmm.....

	First of all, Bill was questioning why certain "good" bands did
not make it on the "Top Ten" and why other bands alter their sounds inorder
to make it.  He also asks if this implies anything about the overall
quality in pop music.

	To which Mr. Wicinski replies:  he knows of a band (oops I forgot
the name) that was great and that when they started to get popular, they
broke up.

	Well now, if we both put on our thinking caps, Tim, we can see that
your example merely underscores Bill's sentiments.  I'm not familliar
with the band in question so I'll take your word for it that it was indeed
good.  The fact that they got scared of conforming to certain pop
standards should indicate to us thinking cap wearers that "good" musicians
avoid pop music (implying, of course, that pop music is bad).  Now I 
don't think that either Bill or I hate all pop music; far from it.  But we
do question a lot of pop music's precepts.  Did you read Bill's article
or did you just skim it and fly off the handle.

	Bill at least was trying to raise some questions for us all to
think about, but Tim responds with insults and name-calling.  Is this
really necessary??  The philosophy of aesthetics is indeed a complex and
highly subjective topic, but (if we are still wearing our thinking caps)
we should at least be able to express ourselves rationally.

				Tom Twiss
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