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A Hundred Years of Music Is Amazing...
Posted on 9/10/25 at 5:02 am
Posted on 9/10/25 at 5:02 am
Does it blow anyone else's mind that we have over a century's worth of recorded music? We can actually hear how the song or piece was originally played and sung? We can talk about the beauty and mastery of Handel, Beethoven, Bach and Mozart, but we've heard nothing but cover bands. We have heard an interpretation of what the original artist performed live.
But I know what Robert Johnson sounded like. I know what those people put on wax and tried to convey.
Damn, that's a gift and something no other people ever got to experience.
And in 20 years or so...people will be able to say they can watch the original artists perform the music live.
Doesn't that just twist the mind a little bit?
We don't hear about things passed down through oral tradition. We can actually hear and see how it actually was. No other people in the history of the Earth had that ability.
70ish years ago...why not?
But I know what Robert Johnson sounded like. I know what those people put on wax and tried to convey.
Damn, that's a gift and something no other people ever got to experience.
And in 20 years or so...people will be able to say they can watch the original artists perform the music live.
Doesn't that just twist the mind a little bit?
We don't hear about things passed down through oral tradition. We can actually hear and see how it actually was. No other people in the history of the Earth had that ability.
70ish years ago...why not?
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Posted on 9/10/25 at 5:09 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Hell yea
Posted on 9/10/25 at 5:25 am to PurpleandGold Motown
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Does it blow anyone else's mind that we have over a century's worth of recorded music?
And that's just Tool.
In all seriousness, great topic. Culture, for good or bad, is about the only thing a civilization can hand down to the next generation (next to technology and infrastructure, I suppose, but the only thing with substance and identity). Prior generations had to learn the music from those before and perform it live. Eventually, music became codified into a formal art with sheet music, but that still had to be performed.
In this recorded music "century", the fact is that we can listen to long dead masters perform definitive renditions all we want. Truly remarkable.
This post was edited on 9/10/25 at 10:28 am
Posted on 9/10/25 at 5:49 am to Ace Midnight
Good point.
I mean we have lyricis for songs, and even some that have been preserved through repetition, but recordings allowed men to capture sound and travel with it across centuries.
Speaking through the cosmos.
I mean we have lyricis for songs, and even some that have been preserved through repetition, but recordings allowed men to capture sound and travel with it across centuries.
Speaking through the cosmos.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 6:19 am to PurpleandGold Motown
And we have recordings from Keith Richards in each of those 100 years.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 6:41 am to PurpleandGold Motown
quote:We are “Water Music”, a 1740s Handel Cover Band
We can talk about the beauty and mastery of Handel
Posted on 9/10/25 at 7:12 am to soccerfüt
"Willie and the Hand jive"
Posted on 9/10/25 at 8:46 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Muddy, another mule is kicking in your stall
Posted on 9/10/25 at 8:51 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I think it's crazy that the "current" generation of modern music, which started with the Beatles, is still alive and touring (mostly).
You can still go see the Stones, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, etc. Even the Beach Boys with original members Mike Love and Bruce Johnston are touring.
You can still go see the Stones, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, etc. Even the Beach Boys with original members Mike Love and Bruce Johnston are touring.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:48 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Music has gradually gotten worse since the classical era. We went from Mozart, Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, etc. to the electronic autotuned garbage that floods the internet and airwaves today.
Honestly, music is predictive of where we're headed as a society. The rock and roll of the 50s lpreceeded the rebellion and drug culture of the 60s. The protest songs of the 60s preceded the frustration with authority with the 70s. The upbeat dance tunes of the 70s led to the optimism of the 80s. The wild experimentation of 80s music preceeded the internet revolution of the 90s.
Honestly, music is predictive of where we're headed as a society. The rock and roll of the 50s lpreceeded the rebellion and drug culture of the 60s. The protest songs of the 60s preceded the frustration with authority with the 70s. The upbeat dance tunes of the 70s led to the optimism of the 80s. The wild experimentation of 80s music preceeded the internet revolution of the 90s.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:00 am to soccerfüt
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a 1740s Handel Cover Band
everyone got into music for the women, then these guys came along and all of a sudden there was no pussy left for the rest of us
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:29 am to PurpleandGold Motown
even further back, piano rolls were capable of recreating actual performances far more accurately than early recording technology
here is one from 1916 that featured Scott Joplin:
here is one from 1916 that featured Scott Joplin:
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