Comments | peaceofpie: Is classic rock music?

peaceofpie

Is classic rock music?

Jun 22, 2011 10:59

Apparently some people have differing opinions on this matter (*cough*twistor84*cough*)

Poll Is classic rock music?

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krint01 June 22 2011, 15:13:42 UTC

In the words of Mal, "why are we even having this discussion?"

peaceofpie June 22 2011, 15:15:10 UTC

I can't answer that without revealing my bias and invalidating the poll results.

Classic rock music anonymous June 22 2011, 15:20:58 UTC

Is classic rock music what?
Peg

I see your classic rock music anonymous June 22 2011, 17:35:52 UTC

and raise you a purple elephant gun.

short answer yes ext_678587 June 22 2011, 20:21:23 UTC

long answer YYYYEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Smooth Jazz on the other hand is not music, it is an abomination that should be shunned and ridiculed for its shame.

Re: short answer yes jarrellwoods June 22 2011, 20:40:20 UTC

I am not a fan of smooth jazz, but I have to say that there are even bright spots in that genre, in a handful of artists who were playing it back in the mid 90's. Otherwise, jazz fan here - different animal altogether, "DIFFERENT ANIMAL!" okay, knock it off. And Yes, Classic Rock is most definitely music.

david_feuer June 22 2011, 23:20:30 UTC

What about strings of notes automatically generated by a computer program to generate things that sound much like the products of human composers? Yes, such a computer program does exist. My own answer to that one is "no". What about an animated visual display whose movements are structured like music, perhaps created by a deaf or synesthetic artist? I have no good answer.

peaceofpie June 23 2011, 01:57:21 UTC

What is it about the strings of notes generated by that program which makes it different from music generated by a human composer?

l33tminion June 23 2011, 20:11:48 UTC

What is it about an atom-for-atom replica of a painting that makes it different from the original painting? Same answer, "historical facts". If "composed with conscious intent" is part of what makes music "music", than you could have two identical sets of sound where one is music and the other is not. If that sounds absurd, perhaps that's evidence that such historical facts shouldn't be part of the definition of music. (On the other hand, the absurdity could just be from my implausible scenario, you're not likely to get Beethoven's 5th out of a random number generator.)

Not saying I support one or the other. There are probably coherent definitions of "music" that only refer to the content of the sound.

peaceofpie June 23 2011, 22:51:41 UTC

I think they are different because a replica of a painting is a copy of something that someone else created, whereas a computer-generated string of notes is fairly likely to be entirely original content. Plus, that notwithstanding, is a recording of a piece of live music (which is an exact copy of the piece of music) not really music? Is a cover song not really music?

Personally, I think it's all music. If someone thinks it's music, it's music enough for me.

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