tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post114537023042196527..comments2023-08-10T05:24:20.775-04:00Comments on Razing the Bar: National Recording Registry Has Daydream, Falls Asleep at the PostAndy Whitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1145392699563428182006-04-18T16:38:00.000-04:002006-04-18T16:38:00.000-04:00No worries mate.No worries mate.danthresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519939413038295776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1145385474290465962006-04-18T14:37:00.000-04:002006-04-18T14:37:00.000-04:00Sorry, Dan, but I think you're nuts on this one.Sorry, Dan, but I think you're nuts on this one.Andy Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1145384933908072052006-04-18T14:28:00.000-04:002006-04-18T14:28:00.000-04:00Andy, no one is doing anything today in the wake o...Andy, no one is doing anything today in the wake of the cultural impact of Michael Jackson. I'm not sure my middle shoolers (born in 1993) even know who he is. The cultural impact of Sonic Youth, demonstrated in both noise and fashion, lives on in every high school in America.<BR/><BR/>MJ's "critically lauded albums?" Critics don't drive culture, musicians do. MJ was pure entertainment, nothing more.danthresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519939413038295776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1145381634486833882006-04-18T13:33:00.000-04:002006-04-18T13:33:00.000-04:00Sorry Dan, but you and your NYC musician friends a...Sorry Dan, but you and your NYC musician friends are not representative of "cultural impact." I have no doubt that Sonic Youth impacted you. But Michael Jackson is not on that list, and Sonic Youth is? Now it's my turn to say "Come on!" Aside from his personal issues (and they are many), from a purely musical standpoint how can you ignore a guy who issued great, critically lauded albums in the early '80s, sold eighteen gazillion copies in the process, and truly (as opposed to impacting a small niche group) changed the face of popular music? This list is goofy. Certainly it has some very worthwhile music on it, but it also has this:<BR/><BR/>"Okeh Laughing Record (1922) <BR/>-- This odd Okeh record label recording of a bad cornet solo interspersed by a laughing woman and man was one of the most popular discs of the 1920s. The laughing was infectious to listeners, so much so that the disc was re-recorded several times and imitated by other record companies." <BR/><BR/>It sounds like a bad night at the Toronto Airport Vineyard Church. And we're preserving this for posterity?Andy Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1145379743538186342006-04-18T13:02:00.000-04:002006-04-18T13:02:00.000-04:00"It's not like Sonic Youth were the first to do wh..."It's not like Sonic Youth were the first to do what they do (or anywhere close to the first), that they carved out a whole new musical genre, or that they had a massive impact on the culture."<BR/><BR/>Oh, the irony. Having been in NYC from 87-97, no band had more of a massive impact on culture than Sonic Youth. Second would be Public Enemy, third would have been WuTang Clan. <BR/><BR/>C'mon Andy, first X and Led Zepplin in the same post, now this? Ha!danthresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519939413038295776noreply@blogger.com