estebanana -> RE: Polyfía (Jan. 23 2023 21:01:50)
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In the first few years I watched Beato regularly with great interest, it was fun, indulgent to have the ‘breakdown what the band is playing’ chat, it’s like talking shop over beers in a bar. His take on music is more sophisticated than a lot of others doing that breakdown thing. He’s made the connections between things like Penderecki’s music and rock, or brought Stravinsky and the 2nd Viennese school to people who would otherwise pass it by. His musical knowledge is solid and he’s done a lot of music education through his videos, plus he has access to super star rock figures and interviews them as a fan. He’s generally a good element and I wish him well. Does he know anything about flamenco, nah, but then who does if they’ve never put in a few mentored years listening? And the ironic thing about the newer bands that are out that have gender bending and pronoun awareness is that none of this is remotely new in rock. It’s always been there from Little Richard to David Bowie to whomsoever like the New York Dolls - you can go on and on talking about gender slippage in rock music. None of the pronoun observing bands now are much different than how it’s always been in rock. Gender slippage has always co-existed with jock rock, the German muscle boys who have ‘straight’ images. Most ironic is that the jock rock bands are often fronted by or manned by gay members and it’s not part of the bands look. And softer image bands that look more feminine are made up of real life jock type guys. To me all that stuff is just part of rock, and a lot of the new bands come off as feminine are really at the core if it not feminist, but actually male dominated making the same boys club music, but with a veneer of what passes today as socially accepted gender slippage, but it’s still very male dominant art. It espouses a sense of being enlightened and progressive, but is stuck in the place of not recognizing the power and complexity of gender, feminism or anything else. Cos play virtuousness or immersion in contemporary kawaii culture etc. doesn’t translate into awareness about anything that’s significantly feminist, because that culture is rife with sexism and body issue problems.
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