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Yeah but the "classic rock" phase came at a particularly unique time in history when hegemonic record labels and focused their efforts to popularize a very smal
by DubiousPusher 4y ago
Yeah but the "classic rock" phase came at a particularly unique time in history when hegemonic record labels and focused their efforts to popularize a very small cohort of artists. And cheap broadcast technology and syndicates made uniform radio the cheapest form of entertainment in human history. I can't say it enough. Mid 20th century America and Western Europe are one of the mlst unique media landscapes in human history.
Monopolistic mass media which reaches hundreds of millions of people is weird. Like most of the mid 20th century we should be cautious about using it as typical of anything.
- ghaff 4y agoI could make the same statement about classical music, opera, ballet, film, "oldies," folk for at least some subcategory, etc. and I think it would still be generally true.
- DubiousPusher 4y agoOur perception and knowledge of most of these things has been filtered through a fairly narrow, ubiquitous and recent cultural criticism. What's more, the canonization of these thinga has caused our modern media to refrence and reflect them. Meaning we likely have a predisposition towards them as their structure and tropes are familiar to us. Your popular measure of quality is terribly tainted. How much time have you personally spent digging into obscure classical music or have you mostly listened to the cannon? I can say I certainly have stuck to the big names. But the big names of today weren't universally heralded in their time. In fact the reputation of art changes with the time.