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RE: How much do you really enjoy cante flamenco?
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RE: How much do you really enjoy can... (in reply to Guest)
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ORIGINAL: romerito quote:
if you think that guitar adds anything of artistic value to flamenco, then you have to accept the fact that people may like guitar while disliking cante (i dont). "People" is a broad category to make a judgement about an art that comes from a relatively small space in the world and from Gypsies and non-gypsies in Andalucia. Also you are making a value judgement as a cultural outsider. Im not making a judgement! Im just logically deducing from the "if" sentence. Assuming from your post that the guitar adds something to flamenco. That means we can have two people liking the exact thing, maybe with exact identity in tastes (same guitarrist, style, tracks), but only the judgement of the cultural insider is relevant? What if the cultural insider doesnt like cante either? What if the outsider has developed greater abilities regarding any discipline of flamenco music (guitar, rhythm, accompaniment)? I have no doubt that you can choose to see flamenco as a solely cultural thing, but that would mean, that flamencos are not special people because they can DO something special (ability, tastes, knowledge), but because they ARE something special (ie cultural identity).
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Date Oct. 30 2010 7:28:51
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fevictor
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RE: How much do you really enjoy can... (in reply to JasonMcGuire)
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I think that this is a great topic, and probably hits home for a lot people. Most people that I haver talked to about this share in the thought that they love the guitar, but cant stand the singing. I personally really enjoy the cante, although I have to admit that I still don't really understand the structure. I couldn't point out a mistake if my life depended on it. There are a few palos that drive me nuts and I just don't have the nerves to take much of them. Martinete, Seguiriya, sometime Malaguena and Granaina, depending on the singer of course. All of the other palos I really enjoy, especially if its a favorite singer. I love Camaron, but sometimes he gets on my nerves and I need a change. Same thing with Poveda - I love his voice, but I tire of him quickly. I love hearing the difference in the older recordings. I always like Fosforito, and strangely enough, I found that old Jose Merce is very similar to Fosforito - that angry type of singing, very snappish and direct. Thats how I hear it anyway. But the old stuff is great. I have a hard time listening to Arcangel, find him to whiny and light. So I think all in all, who you've listened to will greatly influence whether or not you like flamenco cante. My two pesos! Vic
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Date Oct. 30 2010 17:07:15
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