tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post3313678974681679733..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Oh, That's Right - David Bowie Kicked the Bucket!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-85315846145722088742016-01-28T00:43:57.837-05:002016-01-28T00:43:57.837-05:00Yes, but too much suppression (like in the Muslim ...Yes, but too much suppression (like in the Muslim world) will also kill every creative impulse. Though that could be mostly genetic.Peter Driebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-49998587416339208342016-01-26T17:52:52.921-05:002016-01-26T17:52:52.921-05:00"He was clearly some androgynous pervosex wei..."<i>He was clearly some androgynous pervosex weirdo...</i>"<br /><br />Modernity's "liberation" of perversity has been spectacularly cruddy for art. When the old mores prevailed, weirdos like Alfred Hitchcock and Cole Porter sublimated their kinks and perversions, so that they only appear indirectly or by vague allusion in their art. Now that weirdos can "let it all hang out", they rarely produce anything that isn't boring and repellent.<br /><br />Look what happened to Broadway- there were always a lot of homosexual men in Broadway, but before "Gay Liberation", most were deep enough in the closet that none of the audience really noticed or cared. In Rodgers & Hammerstein's day and before, musicals were an absolutely central element of American culture- most hit pop songs came from Broadway shows, and some of the biggest films were adaptations of stage productions. Now that homosexuality is no longer taboo, modern musical theatre (with a few exceptions) has collapsed into a mincing, rainbow-bedecked, sequin-spangled gay ghetto- and audiences stay away in droves. <i>The IT Crowd</i>'s satire was all to close to reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOSb-5lsARA#t=0m45s .<br /><br />"<i>I still think the music from the late 50's and 60's and early 70's is far superior to most of the music of today.</i>"<br /><br />Popular musicians seem to have largely stopped writing catchy melodies sometime in the mid-Eighties, if not earlier. When was the last time you found yourself whistling the tune of a new pop hit written for adults?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-76850827243584330332016-01-25T18:44:58.519-05:002016-01-25T18:44:58.519-05:00Bob - I don't know if Brian Wilson was "m...Bob - I don't know if Brian Wilson was "mentally ill." I knew he did a shit load of drugs, that probably affected his mind and behaviour. Did the drugs make him do crazy things? Probably. Is that mental illness? Methinks not. A point of note, someone I knew who ran a treatment center stated you need about 2 years off drugs and alcohol before you can accurately diagnose someone for what passes as "mental illness." BTW - You might enjoy the Dewey Cox Story, a fun satire of a lot of musicians including Dylan, Cash, B. Wilson and Glen Campbell.Shaun Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17425084501514329529noreply@blogger.com