a_arnold -> RE: bulerias the "new rumba"? (May 10 2007 20:49:07)
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I don't agree with that at all. I would say, bulerias was always important. Well, I kind of got the response I expected, including automatic disagreement with something I didn't even say. I'm not trying to say bulerias wasn't "important" 30 years ago. Take note that the word "important" didn't appear anywhere in my post. And please note that I also didn't say the compas isn't old, and I'm also not saying it isn't fundamental, Ricardo. I'm not making any value judgments about importance, priority, or fundamentalness. I'm just wondering why it seems to be played so much more now. Or if I am even correct in that observation. I'm ONLY saying that it seemed to me (again, 30 years ago) that the attention it received was about the same as soleares, farruca, tientos, etc. The recording and performing time dedicated to bulerias (then) seemed about the same as that given to other forms, and even the juergas I attended in Almeria were more balanced (the internet wasn't even a twinkle in Al Gore's eye then, so I can't compare that.) So, Ricardo, when you say. . . quote:
Pure flamenco happens most often in the juergas, and the main rhythm of the juerga is bulerias. Are you saying that bulerias was always played as much as it is now in juergas, and that the purity of juerga flamenco is onlt now seeping out into the more public repertoire, and that is the reason bulerias is played more? Does that mean flamenco is more pure now than it was then, because it is more reflective of the juerga setting? And James, when you refer to ... quote:
. . . The Holy Grail Of Bulerias... you seem to be agreeing that bulerias has special status. Was it always the Holy Grail, or is this a recent development? And Ricardo, are you saying that bulerias has always had a special status, and I just never noticed? I will be the first to admit I have been out of touch for a long time. My teacher was a stickler for tradition, and I've been playing in that tradition virtually unaffected by outside influence since 1970. I'm an out-of-date time capsule. One of the things I have noticed is that the landscape of flamenco seems to have changed somewhat in that time. Bulerias seems to be everywhere now. Am I wrong? Erik (wiseguy493) seems to suggest that it is the innate appeal and rhythmic excitement that accounts for bulerias' growth in popularity. But it has always had that excitement, and something is different now. I suspect that if soleares were suddenly everywhere today, someone would attribute its popularity to its depth and soulfulness. duende seems to agree with my perception of bulerias' disproportionate popularity, but offers no explanation. And I agree -- 2 bulerias is more than enough on any CD. But that's my personal taste for variety speaking, and yet, judging from what gets recorded, there seems to be enough audience out there to support an All Bulerias, All the Time radio station. And no Ricardo, I'm not saying you are that audience. Just wondering what, if anything, changed? Tony Arnold
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