...For the next few months, that night shaped almost every night that followed. The music playing in any place became a story in itself—or a chapter in a greater story. From place to place, city to city, whatever was playing in the background became the foreground....(Feb 2001)
Great piece- a gloss on a Dylan line ?-"everything passes, everything changes ,just do what you think you should do "-like walk out of the place when the trio starts blaring "Ipanema "...
but the deeper ,more powerful critique -"as if only hustlers and con artists were following the trail blazed by virtuous pioneers and lone wolf explorers"- so rock & roll, like everything else ,was born to die ?...Well Greil Marcus' masterful ,poetic/philosophical ruminations have kept its Vitality alive long after its prime. I like to think G M is saying that, on occasion, there is a time machine and you can step into the same river twice for a quick dip-all the while knowing it won't last & it's not real, but still is well worth doing.
Thanks for this writing prompt. "Congratulations" on 12x5 plays a role in my survival of tenth grade in that new school. It may be my foundation as a Stones-person. And "Exile" is corrupt. It was sketched that way; they had no idea how corrupt it was until The Needle hit the groove, of the record spinning on a turntable, or an arm spinning in the night.
Great piece- a gloss on a Dylan line ?-"everything passes, everything changes ,just do what you think you should do "-like walk out of the place when the trio starts blaring "Ipanema "...
but the deeper ,more powerful critique -"as if only hustlers and con artists were following the trail blazed by virtuous pioneers and lone wolf explorers"- so rock & roll, like everything else ,was born to die ?...Well Greil Marcus' masterful ,poetic/philosophical ruminations have kept its Vitality alive long after its prime. I like to think G M is saying that, on occasion, there is a time machine and you can step into the same river twice for a quick dip-all the while knowing it won't last & it's not real, but still is well worth doing.
Thanks for this writing prompt. "Congratulations" on 12x5 plays a role in my survival of tenth grade in that new school. It may be my foundation as a Stones-person. And "Exile" is corrupt. It was sketched that way; they had no idea how corrupt it was until The Needle hit the groove, of the record spinning on a turntable, or an arm spinning in the night.