This is right and more than right. A lot of regurgitated crap on a stick
with the arrognace to parade under the banner "creative music" is just as
bad. Maybe even worse, because it purports to be experimental.
There's as high a perecentage of crappy "progressive" music as there is of
crappy pop music. On the other hand, there's as high a percentage of
worthwhile pop as worthwhile jazz (or whatever you call it). And there are
more chicks at a pop gig.
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What's best or worst? A young rock player trying
to resurrect The Velvet or the Beatles or a young improviser that plays in
late 60's non-idiomatic improv style without adding anything significantly
new? Is there really a big difference? Aren't they just both exhibiting the
same kind of morbid fascination for the founding fathers (Beatles/Stones on
one side, Taylor/Bailey/Brotzmann/etc on the other)? At least the rocker
might have more chances with girls :-).
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