Re: Blues & Jazz (and punk!)

[zodiac <zodiac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>There seems to be some thinking that music - art - goes bad when it's
>removed from the working class. I like a lot of the Harvard indie rock. Not
>everything the bourgeoisie does sucks, and rebellious-to-revolutionary
>bourgeois can be interesting.

I am pretty sure I can live without "Harvard indie rock" -- true, I haven't
heard it, but it hurts the fillings in my teeth just to type "Harvard indie
rock".

But I think Doug is right about "class composition." The people grinding
through the music industry system are from all classes. It's like sports,
it provides a way out of a dead end system for some youth. A real mixed
bag of influences.

Ken.


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