The most pretentious artist of all?
Chrissie Hynde
http://instantrimshot.com/Trying to keep an open mind listening to Mouse on Mars.
The songs are unpredictable. Great effects but no hint of a story.
Clay
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, fdoddy@... wrote:
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> Yeah, I think when talking about pretense, one has to consider the intention of the composer, as music, in itself, cannot really be pretentious. It can be academic, uninspired etc. If one uses that argument, LVB really wouldn't be considered pretentious and certainly not JSB in my mind. Now, U2 and REM, mentioned earlier, drip with pretense in comparison. As much as I do like the early Yes stuff, they are a bit pretentious, especially knowing some of the members. Here's another comparison, Phillip Glass is pretentious while Steve Reich is not.
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> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 6:53 am
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Yes - Close To The Edge
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> I thought we were talking about the music and not the people.
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> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@> wrote:
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> > On 29 March 2012 01:21, tron400 <tron400@> wrote:
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> > > I like Yes and the Moodies, too, but they're no more pretentious than
> > > Bach, Beethoven or Zappa. Pretension is irrelevant.
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> > Sorry? "no more pretentious than Bach, Beethoven"?
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> > How can you tell how 'pretentious' either of them were?
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