Does it have to be sophisticated to be good? I don't think so. Some "unsophisticated" music quickly wears thin, others don't. Some of the most beautiful music i

Does it have to be sophisticated to be good? I don't think so. Some "unsophisticated" music quickly wears thin, others don't. Some of the most beautiful music is the simplest (think Ode to Joy, Brahm's Lullaby, and anything by Irving Berlin). Case in point: Recording technology lets me, a child of the 80s, locate and listen to Ella Mae Morse, a somewhat unlikely white jazz/bluegrass/r&b singer from the 40s. Is her Cow Cow Boogie sophisticated? No. But it makes me very, very happy. Even on repeated listenings (and singings). My life is better for it :)