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in short... he probably thinks he's in the right, fighting for a just cause (and sometimes he has a point...) but, as the review highlights, he often contradicts himself and says a load of nonsense, elevating himself to a leader on his own pedestal, even though he might be ready to say: me on a pedestal? no no, please! - but in reality, he climbs up there, indeed... a 'problematic' person; strongly convinced and unable to see his limitations? perhaps, like so many sanctimonious people who believe themselves superior...

let me know if you’ve ever listened to one of the rock bands I mentioned, at least...

I dissent...

I agree on o' zulu, it already smelled a bit when I listened to it years ago, then I came to the conviction that it's a jerk attitude.

Popular music (rock or whatever), in short, seems to have survived the 70s, and I think it still expresses a lot of interesting things...

Ah, Coltrane and Davis are also great favorites of mine... they were already shining in the 50s and 60s (like the other legendary figures you mentioned), but that hasn't affected your judgment and exploration of 60s and 70s rock, even though they were often more innovative than the rock artists of that era (and Miles viewed rock musicians with a certain disdain, as far as I know...)

Well, I disagree on this too... I'll give you two names: Bob Dylan, always more of a great songwriter and composer, not necessarily of the greatest originality; 'Time Out of Mind' (I don’t remember the year, but definitely after 2000) is, for me, a beautiful album... Scott Walker: a refined crooner in the late 60s, in the mid-90s he released 'Tilt', a very personal and original album for me, much more innovative than what he had done in the past... If you only mention famous artists and albums, it gives me the impression that you've overlooked a lot of 'important' stuff, in my opinion: for example, have you ever listened to Slint, My Bloody Valentine, the second period of Talk Talk (Laughing Stock), Tortoise, Sonic Youth? These are just some notable examples of originality, for me, in the rock realm, since if we shift to electronic music there are many other remarkable things, like Aphex Twin, Mouse on Mars, Photek, Tricky, etc.

Then one can be original in the lyrics, in the production, in the modulation of sound, in juxtaposing contrasting elements, etc.; there are various ways to be original and I don’t think many of the names I mentioned (and I only cited people who emerged in the 80s…) have not been original, so saying that everything has already been done in rock in the 60s and 70s seems very reductive to me… Above all, anyway, above originality, or rather as its consequence, is a strong expressiveness (I don’t doubt that some of the names you mentioned possess it, though). Regards.

What can I say... I understand that one can be attracted to original rhythmic experiments, but (I can't help but ask you why there's a lack of interest in electronics, which often experiments with rhythm or even the boundary between rhythm and melody) don't you find it limiting to investigate only that aspect of originality? It seems to me, having mostly cited musicians I've often heard mentioned by friends who are also musicians, that you are very attracted to instrumental technique, but behind those musicians (this has been my, albeit limited, personal experience with them) there is often the risk of self-indulgence and lack of expressiveness, the Barnum circus of virtuosity no longer serving strong ideas to communicate through music; I don't have an in-depth understanding of instrumental technique, but for me, music should be viewed as, e.g., painting: delving into the technical aspect can be helpful, but only in some specific cases, it must be the work itself that meta-communicates... mmm... maybe I'm being a bit cryptic, well...

Well, let me clarify first that I am the one 'in clear', or rather, in dark, that is authenticated; in short, the anonymous comments against the anonymous are not mine...