response 55 of 122:

Dec 21 13:32 UTC 1998

Yah, her traditional music is good, and I rather like her version
of the "Highwayman". She does tend to get off into a Celtic fae mood
a bit often, but on the other hand, I happen to *like* Celtic fae stuff
when I'm in the mood for it, and her music is just right for those 
moods, being not too New Age-y and mushy.

response 57 of 122:

Dec 27 04:23 UTC 1998

  Sindi, great item.  I'm just coming to the music conference finally,
after not having been able to make the time for a while.

  The following are all things I've given to friends who are classical
music people who've frowned on other forms of music.  Not all liked
all the things I loaned out, but at least I've never received any
gagging motions from them upon getting the CD's back.

  For jazz, I'd say look at Jean Luc Ponty, from Canada.  He is still
making music today, and has been for about 20 years now, I think.  A
german group which has disbanded is Passport, headed by Klaus
Doldinger.  Very good stuff there.

  For rock, listen to the early music of Yes.  Their offerings from
the 70's such as "Going for the One", "Fragile" and "Tormato" are
wonderful.  They are my all time favorite 'rock' music, but that
doesn't do them justice.  Among Yes fanatics there is a strong
coorelation with a liking of classical, myself included.

  Also called Rock, but more like folk are three albumns by Jethro
Tull.  Called "Songs from the Wood", "Heavy horses" and the last
one whose title escapes me but talks of north sea oil.  I can only
think that Ian Anderson meant to do this, which was a trilogy of
songs about nature, man/nature, and man/technology.  The first two
even my mother loves--Ian writes beautifully, and I have used the
song "Velvet Green" to shut up more than one music snob who said
that no popular music could be 'good'.

response 59 of 122:

Dec 27 18:35 UTC 1998

   I think their later works (Talk, 90125, Big Generator coming to mind)
aren't as good as the odler ones.  If there was one specific CD to get...
Hmm...  I'd say either Going for the One or Fragile.  (thats hard to
think of, just one of them to get)

response 61 of 122:

Dec 27 21:09 UTC 1998

   Yes, it's frustrating, being told that you might like Albainin music
and then not get any more pointers.
   Another two rock groups which might bear some listening to are Emerson
Lake and Palmer (they did a version of Pictures at an Exibition), and the
far more obsure group Camel (I belive the title 'snowgoose' comes to mind).

response 63 of 122:

Dec 28 00:36 UTC 1998

   The Ponty and Passport (jazz) are non-vocal but all the rock is vocal.

response 65 of 122:

Dec 29 02:45 UTC 1998

   Sorry to have helped raise 'em.  You are right of course, but there
isn't much rock that is even 10% non-vocal, I don't think.

response 67 of 122:

Dec 29 16:44 UTC 1998

I'd count Ashley McIsaac as rock--at least his first album seems to be.

response 69 of 122:

Dec 29 17:58 UTC 1998

   Like any other genre of music, I think its far to say there are lots
of different kinds.  Rock evolved from blues and jazz it seems to me, 
based on listening to stuff from the early 50's.  Name a form of music
and you can probably point to some rock that has that as an influence.
It would seem to me that what some call acid rock is supposed to be 
played loud, but given that I'm not a fan of noise, but of music, I'm
not the right one to talk.  I do know that there is a type of Rock
(MArilyn Manson comes to mind) which seems like pure noise to me and
not at all worthwhile.  But thats me.
   Your question of how pop and rock differ is an interesting one.  Maybe
pop is often times 'immature' rock?  I don't really know.

response 71 of 122:

Dec 30 03:02 UTC 1998

Is there any rock music intended as background music in the sense that it does
not try to grab your attention with a strong beat?
I still have not figured out what 'rock' music includes.

response 73 of 122:

Dec 30 04:04 UTC 1998

I can listen to Mozart while working (Mozart is not muzak), I meant something
like that.  Lots of classical music was meant to be listened to while doing
something else (walking around the gardens or at a party).
        How would you categorize the stuff played on the Ypsi student station
(not counting their Indian and Turkish folk music)?

response 75 of 122:

Dec 30 13:53 UTC 1998

Re #73: Anything can be Muzak, even Mozart. Muzak, IMNSHO, is a "dumbing
down" of a preexisting piece of music, whereby the soul and originality of
the work is removed, leaving only a homogenized sound, usually featuring
strings . . . .

response 77 of 122:

Dec 31 05:37 UTC 1998

        particulary when the likes of Henry Mancini have become 
decomposing composers.

response 79 of 122:

Jan 5 02:28 UTC 1999

I don't recall, but I doubt that the library had more than one.
I found YES at the library, not bad but too much beat for my taste, but I will
give it more of a listen.  I like my rhythm a bit more varied.  But this is
certainly above the run of the mill rock music.  Track 2 is Cans and Brahms,
with electric piano and synthesizer.  I prefer the original arrangment but
this is interesting and certainly classical-based.  The album is Fragile Yes.
Jim also liked the Brahms and wondered 'how did they both get on the same CD'?
(I guess he does not like the third track).
        Maybe I had better stick to classical and folk (original and
imitation).  The rock is just too repetitive.  (Not that a lot of folk is not
awfully repetitive).  Boom (next track).  Sounds like a howling wind, and too
much percussion for my taste.  Does all rock music have a lot f beat?