tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10506214.post7673665982598449600..comments2024-01-23T13:41:41.463-05:00Comments on The Forager Blog: Why All Summer Long is better rock music than Rubber SoulJon Hastingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01030406521787423155noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10506214.post-4141615229685752922010-07-08T09:58:41.206-04:002010-07-08T09:58:41.206-04:00Get your kicks on Route 66 indeed:) I feel the sam...Get your kicks on Route 66 indeed:) I feel the same way about the zombie feel - in a way, it's a fundamentally American idiom. The Brits can make a good one, but something is missing - a pub under siege isn't quite the same thing as a mall under siege.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05500183382693034426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10506214.post-70764935074466501992010-07-03T04:13:52.901-04:002010-07-03T04:13:52.901-04:00i think it's completely possible for other cul...i think it's completely possible for other cultures to come up with some reasonable facsimile, but it's true that there is something unique about the "true/original" version of any music form.<br /><br />american rock music came out of the music that came before it, and more importantly the reactions of the younger generation to the older generation's music- carving out their own generational identity out of the larger cultural identity.<br /><br />british rock music however did not come out of that same musical context- instead it came out of mimicing the sounds of the american rock bands. so naturally, the sound will be different since the original source of influence is largely lost.<br /><br />nowadays, with the advent of fast information transfer systems like the internet, and before that tv, and before that, radio, there are far less cultural/geographical differences in new art forms. what is neat though is that some musicians/artists are starting to look back and clue in to the slight differences in different styles and treat them as legitimately unique separate genres, and are reintegrating them. for example, the european free improvisation scene was (and mostly still is) completely different from the american free improvisation scene, probably largely because they did not have loads of live bebop playing to hear and to react to, but instead had loads of classical music to react to. however, nowadays, some american free improv guys are integrating the european sound into their repertoire as well, and vice-versa as well.<br /><br />anyway all i'm saying is that american rock music came out of the blues, gospel, jazz, etc, whereas non-american rock music came from imitating american rock music. and because most folks don't go back to the roots, the continuing line of imitation becomes more and more dilute. of course, you can come up with some truly unique great new things this way. you can also come up with such horrid aberrations as the white blues.zibalatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003765701553033282noreply@blogger.com