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Hi, I know that music dates back to 1800 as you say.Two observations:
1. The majority of American music even dating back to the 1800's, was a derivative of black music.
2. Very much of the music between the late 1800's though the 1960's was written by white Jews: From Tin Pan Alley to Motown,even much of the music performed by black musicians and artists was penned by white Jews. Of course any SJW will provide examples stating otherwise, but I'm talking about an overwhelming preponderance. The truth is, white liberals have been ripping off black folks ever since the mid-1800's
I'm am in no way anti-Semetic, this is just an observation.
Two observations:
1. The majority of American music even dating back to the 1800's, was a derivative of black music.
2. Very much of the music between the late 1800's though the 1960's was written by white Jews: From Tin Pan Alley to Motown,even much of the music performed by black musicians and artists was penned by white Jews. Of course any SJW will provide examples stating otherwise, but I'm talking about an overwhelming preponderance. The truth is, white liberals have been ripping off black folks ever since the mid-1800's
I'm am in no way anti-Semetic, this is just an observation.
I like connecting origins. Good idea Dalia.
Here's one -- a WW One song from 1918:
--- that shows up in 1977:
Aside from the similar lyrics, one glaring difference musically over this 60 year span is syncopation --- the use of polyrhythms. Music of 1918 was still stiff in the European tradition until the syncopation especially of ragtime ("ragged time") and blues and later jazz, made inroads from the African tradition.
In Arthur Fields' recording everything is pinned onto the beat, every lyric, every accent, every horn. By the time Waits records his adaptation, the bass is doing its thing while the vocal only follows vaguely sometimes hitting the beat, sometimes meandering completely off. It's markedly "looser".
That began around the time of the older recording here and made its way into Jazz, the American classical music.
The invention of the Phonograph likely had the biggest influence on popular music! Thank you Mr Edison ---- and a few others...
The invention of the Phonograph likely had the biggest influence on popular music! Thank you Mr Edison ---- and a few others...
Yes but it's also responsible for the "three minute" standard. There's no intrinsic reason any song should have to conform to and be hammered into a three-minute format; that was simply the technological limit of the 78rpm disc. Unfortunately it became a traditional limitation.
"Was a beautiful song but it ran too long
If you wanna have a 'hit' you gotta make it fit
So they cut it down to three-oh-five"
(Billy Joel, "The Entertainer")