A Musical Poll

[Brahmsian]

I am taking a poll. Please respond as many of you as possible. I want you to answer with one of the following:<P>A) I believe that music is in the process of degrading and needs to be changed.<P>B) I think things should continue as they already are.<P>C) I believe that everything about culture, music, art, literature is going downhill and needs to change. <P>Please respond with one letter and I will get the results for my personal use and for you to see as well

[Peter]

Er.....aren`t A & C pretty much the same thing? In which case, that`s half a vote for each, from me! I`ll bet now, that no one will vote for B!

[hornplayer]

I think letter a reffers to only music, while letter c reffers to all of society. Anyway, I vote ten times over for c, as many of you probably have already guessed.

[John]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Brahmsian:<BR><B>I am taking a poll....</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Brahmsian:<P>Relatively speaking, I really don't think society is in a decline. If you look back at history, there was always something "bad" happening, but there was certainly "good" stuff too. So, I can't see voting for "C." However, I do feel that the arts are in a decline. My vote goes for "A."<P>John<P><BR>

[hornplayer]

I think I changed the question slightly, and Im sorry... "c" doesnt reffer to society, just all of the arts...I still feel thats the right choice.

[John]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by hornplayer:<BR><B>I think I changed the question slightly, and Im sorry... "c" doesnt reffer to society, just all of the arts...I still feel thats the right choice.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Hornplayer:<P>Yes, after I re-read the original posting, I tend to agree. Please change my vote to "C."<P>John<P>

[keokime]

maybe im nuts. i dont know. i have noticed more and more kids getting into music. ive noticed more people going to the museum across the street. i mean, as the numbers grow, so do the amount of people interested in certain things. <P>so all this hub bub about the arts going down the tubes, well, you are looking at the wrong picture. you are simply looking at the mainstream picture. the fine arts are still here, and are growing. great musicians and artists are abound and plentiful. music schools are full. just because it is in the minority is because we think it is declining. block out the mtv, better yet, block out the tv, and you will start yearning for something, and when u taste mtv, you will notice how flat it is. <P>wait, im rambling. sorry. i dont think anything is really in decline, its just all about numbers. garbage is increasing, pop is getting dumber by the second, but the genius out there, the universities cant hold em all. <P>my opinions. thanks for reading

[Carolina Classics Fan]

C and again I say C.

[Clare]

B (sorry ) These things go in cycles. Claasical music will be popular again one day because even kids get bored with pap! I look forward to that day. You can never go back though; it would be like trying to disinvent the atom bomb

[JasonK]

<P><BR>vote : B Too much art out there to be considered....read Mailer, Salinger...look at some unique art, the most intriguing is the often times the hidden treasures<p>[This message has been edited by JasonK (edited 03-08-2001).]

[Brahmsian]

To JasonK: Your flippant attitude towards things is very dangerous. It is that view that contributes to high arts demise.<P>(everyone else keep voting!)

[hornplayer]

Ill try to be less retarted from now on.<p>[This message has been edited by hornplayer (edited 03-07-2001).]

[provistbrahms]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Brahmsian:<BR><B>I am taking a poll. Please respond as many of you as possible. I want you to answer with one of the following:<P>A) I believe that music is in the process of degrading and needs to be changed.<P>B) I think things should continue as they already are.<P>C) I believe that everything about culture, music, art, literature is going downhill and needs to change. <P>Please respond with one letter and I will get the results for my personal use and for you to see as well</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>

[provistbrahms]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Brahmsian:<BR><B>I am taking a poll. Please respond as many of you as possible. I want you to answer with one of the following:<P>A) I believe that music is in the process of degrading and needs to be changed.<P>B) I think things should continue as they already are.<P>C) I believe that everything about culture, music, art, literature is going downhill and needs to change. <P>Please respond with one letter and I will get the results for my personal use and for you to see as well</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I will have to agree with A and C I am personally tired of hearing the profanity in music and in my hall ways at school it is a disgrace. I have faced many who say that music is shall we say "moving forward" I think that somthing should be done about this if not society will never be able to know where to draw the line when it comes to what type of music is the best and what is bad. <BR>

[serge urtizberea]

My vote is a little from column A, a little from column B.<P>Yes, fine music (as in fine arts) is on decline, but regrettably, its been on decline for generations. It isn't at the pint (yet) where no new talent gets into the game or where we care no longer able to hear or buy our favorite music anywhere. Every city has a symphony o., every major label has a classical division, and there are dozens of independent labels that will provide what the big boys won't. As long as it doesn't get worse, I'll be fairly satisfied.

[provistbrahms]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by serge urtizberea:<BR><B>My vote is a little from column A, a little from column B.<P>Yes, fine music (as in fine arts) is on decline, but regrettably, its been on decline for generations. It isn't at the pint (yet) where no new talent gets into the game or where we care no longer able to hear or buy our favorite music anywhere. Every city has a symphony o., every major label has a classical division, and there are dozens of independent labels that will provide what the big boys won't. As long as it doesn't get worse, I'll be fairly satisfied.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>So why not preserve what you can? If we the people don't step up and do something about it society will except what is bad. the line must be drawn at some point. I agree with you about the talent point of view but, the people with these talents are using them inadequetly. Thus they are capable of much more than the music that they preform.

[~Leslie]

This is a highly complex topic that we have touched upon but not fully embraced in any real depth yet, as alot of it has to do with cultures, geological location, sociology, and psychology issues,<BR>and so to a degree, more or less, how people's preferences and tastes are developed. <P>We live in a highly technological age where there are many distractions pulling us in many directions. The lure of affluence drives ppl to work harder instead of developing their creative expression. Conversely, I can't tell you how many times I've sat down to play or record only to have the phone ring or someone knocking on the door. <P>It is alot easier to spin a CD on the stereo, or watch the tube then sit in a room blowing or strumming a few bars repetitively for perfection's sake. <P>Same as it is alot easier to let video, the internet, and the TV babysit the kids, then it is to enforce strict studying and practicing habits upon them . <P>Still, I am not the person who will go along with this assumption that the arts are going to hell in a handbasket, because I have changed along with music and I have found my niche, so to speak, or where everything sort of fits into the grand scheme of things. <P>If you look at the top 40 or top 100 best selling songs, you will not get the feel of what is really happening on an intellectual level with music, because most ppl, (and especially record gobbling teens) do not comprehend music or HEAR music the way we do. <P>So I don't even bother with all that nonsense, I tend to look in more obscure areas for culture, virtuosity, and innovative expression. <P><BR>Does that answer the question? Nah, but it was a good try. <BR>

[treebeau]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by hornplayer:<BR><B>Yeah, really JasonK. I equate saying that with, "Well, were all gonna die someday, so since the planet is low on resources lets all committ suicide." And right now, that seems like a good idea to me.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Hornplayer,<BR> You have GOT to open up about what is bugging you. Based on what I've read in other posts you've got some issues. Please GET SOME HELP !!!<P>Regards,<BR>Tim B.

[JasonK]

we are all entitled to individual likes and dislikes.<p>[This message has been edited by JasonK (edited 03-08-2001).]

[audiogirl]

Thanks, Jason. Haven't you other guys learned by now that what JasonK posts must almost always be taken with few grains of salt? Jason, sometimes I do get annoyed that your posts make people diverge from the topic at hand, but then I get over it. They make me laugh.<P>Audiogirl