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Simon Frith (2004, p.17-9) argues that, "'bad music' is a necessary concept
for musical pleasure, for musical aesthetics." He distinguishes two common
kinds of bad music; the Worst Records Ever Made type, which include "Tracks
which are clearly incompetent musically; made by singers who can't sing,
players who can't play, producers who can't produce," and "Tracks involving
genre confusion. The most common examples are actors or TV stars recording
in the latest style." Another type of "bad music" is "rock critical lists,"
such as *"Tracks that feature sound gimmicks that have outlived their charm
or novelty" and "Tracks that depend on false sentiment (...), that feature
an excess of feeling molded into a radio-friendly pop song."
Frith gives three common qualities attributed to bad music: inauthentic,
[in] bad taste (see also: kitsch), and stupid. He argues that "The marking
off of some tracks and genres and artists as 'bad' is a necessary part of
popular music pleasure; it is a way we establish our place in various music
worlds. And 'bad' is a key word here because it suggests that aesthetic and
ethical judgements are tied together here: not to like a record is not just
a matter of taste; it is also a matter of argument, and argument that
matters." (p.28)
Frith's analysis of popular music is based in sociology.
Bad music
Simon Frith (2004, p.17-9) argues that, "'bad music' is a necessary concept
for musical pleasure, for musical aesthetics." He distinguishes two common
kinds of bad music; the Worst Records Ever Made type, which include "Tracks
which are clearly incompetent musically; made by singers who can't sing,
players who can't play, producers who can't produce," and "Tracks involving
genre confusion. The most common examples are actors or TV stars recording
in the latest style." Another type of "bad music" is "rock critical lists,"
such as *"Tracks that feature sound gimmicks that have outlived their charm
or novelty" and "Tracks that depend on false sentiment (...), that feature
an excess of feeling molded into a radio-friendly pop song."
Frith gives three common qualities attributed to bad music: inauthentic,
[in] bad taste (see also: kitsch), and stupid. He argues that "The marking
off of some tracks and genres and artists as 'bad' is a necessary part of
popular music pleasure; it is a way we establish our place in various music
worlds. And 'bad' is a key word here because it suggests that aesthetic and
ethical judgements are tied together here: not to like a record is not just
a matter of taste; it is also a matter of argument, and argument that
matters." (p.28)
Frith's analysis of popular music is based in sociology. |
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Something about the earnestness of their
demeanor coupled with the underlying pop-sensibilities of their
music has me
totally hooked. Even on their newest, ...
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23 Oct 2009 ... Friday | Today's
idea: More and more hotels, restaurants, and retailers are adopting
bad music as a
branding device, a travel editor says.
ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/.../must-we-have-bad-music-in-public-spaces/
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29 Jun 2009 ... Leighton Meester is
fierce fierce fierce the moment she steps into Cobra Starship's new
“Good Girls Go Bad”
music video… and
that's just ...
justjared.buzznet.com/.../leighton-meester-good-girls-go-bad-music-video/
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But in the film [Bad's
music video] I don't die of course. So it was a true story that
was...we had taken from Time or Newsweek magazine, and he's a black
...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_(Michael_Jackson_song)
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First and foremost, I don't believe there
is such a thing as "bad
music," only less than positive responses to music in various
forms. ...
www.spottedeagle.com/4-16-02.htm -
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We are going to try and nail down how to
tell the difference between good and
bad music,
especially if the words are O.K. How can I tell if something is ...
www.biblebelievers.com/Ives1.html -
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