Listen to any TV or radio program long enough and people will make incredibly insulting remarks about musicians.

Kenny G, Barry Manilow, The Eagles, Andre Rieu, numerous country musicians, pop stars, people on talent shows ...

Why is that ok? Most of these musicians are extremely talented. Guys like Kenny G or Barry Manilow are pretty much geniuses in terms of their technical skill or ability to write and perform music. Why is it alright to hang **** on them?

It's fair enough to not like a musician's work and not buy their product. Why is it alright to denigrate their skills and themselves as people.

I am an amateur musician and I know how much effort it takes to get good at this stuff. Anybody who can take it to the level of a profession and earning a living at gets my respect. My personal heroes are the session musicians and working players who labour at it every night.

It's a touch ironinc that people like Rolf Harris can be judged as embarassing one day then be superstars the next. Similarly, various pop sub-genre's pride themselves on their lack of musical skill but they still have heaps of credibility in the media and with their fans.

because music snobery is a genre in it's own right.

This is hardly limited to music, people love to try to bash tall poppies in anything. Unfortunately there are a lot of negative people around who either through jealousy, frustration or whatever else feel it's ok to verbally bash someone when there is no chance of the person in question being able to reply. I think a lot of people are just unhappy in their own lives these days and feel the need to be negative towards others to make themselves feel better in the immediate short term.

getfunky said...

Myeh Gorgo... I liked your old posts better than your new ones.

Yeah but I'm off the drugs and the booze, I'm looking after my health and I'm posting better than I ever have before. Look forward to the re-union posting tour in a stadium near you in the southern summer. Platinum class tickets will only be 5% of GDP and your first born daughter (... or the last. Whichever one is the hottest.)

For those who watch the music/singing/dancing "talent competitions" you should read Ben Elton's book "Chart Throb".....a work of fiction.

You may view TV talent shows with a completely different belief pattern.

Fossil

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Guys like Kenny G or Barry Manilow are pretty much geniuses in terms of their technical skill or ability to write and perform music. Why is it alright to hang **** on them?

Is it because they are a bit sooky looking and there music is seen to be most popular to the Nanna set??