Interesting to here Simon weigh in against entertainment. I harbour a nagging suspicion that, when the chips are down, even the most austere and demanding music is there to entertain. This has always been backed up in my mind by a view that the societies around the world which find life the most difficult tend to make music as entertainment.
I've always had the suspicion that perpretators of serious music, those making money from it, are just better con-men than the entertainers- those people who let you know "upfront" that you're being entertained. I always remember hearing Mad Mike of Underground Resistance say he chose his particular path because he could envision his career in music lasting longer. I often think the greatest level of pathos I find in music is in superficial, entertaining music which cracks ever so slightly on the surface enabling you to see what's really happening, what the real feelings are. For instance what was 'ardkore but the silliest form of entertainment imaginable?
Posted by Woebot at April 6, 2003 08:19 PM