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May. 25th, 2018 06:29 pm1. Okay, I've listened to both Coldplay and Nirvana now, about ten songs each, and I keep changing my mind.
Which you like depends a lot on mood and what you are looking for, similar to The Stones and The Beatles.
First, I listened to two Coldplay songs, got bored, because while the lyrics are wonderful in places, it didn't seem to take chances, isn't subversive, and the music sort of stays static. Then I flipped to Nirvana...which, wow, I was listening to Nirvana after twenty minutes..there's this weird song called "Rape Me, My Friend" -- that should be offensive, but isn't, it's just...provocative and really angry. Yes, the sound is somewhat similar, but not static, and the vocals haunting. Also Cobain has a haunting voice that reminds me of Jim Morrison from the Doors. Actually Nirvana reminds me a lot of The Doors. While Chris Martin's voice is like a clear bell...there's none of that sexy rasp or haunting overtone.
That said, Nirvana and Kurt Cobain were angry assholes. I don't like them on one level, but their music is definitely haunting and it more or less created the whole Alternative/Grunge movement in the 1990s.
Then, I went back to listen Coldplay's best songs, after listening to twenty songs by Nirvana...and...I have to say I changed my mind again. Their vocals and lyrics are lovely...and such clean crisp sound. Clear as bell, I can hear each word, and they bounce their vocals and the crowds vocals off each other. None of the electronic feedback from Nirvana. Also...there's a sense of joy in their vocals, and kindness, while Nirvana's vocals exude a raw rage, and despair that just makes you want to curl into a ball and never get out of bed. (One can see why Kurt Cobain killed himself.)
Nirvana is heavy into guitare solos, while Coldplay likes keyboard and piano solos, some bass guitare, with complex vocals, there's more emphasis on vocalization and a capella - see Viva la Vida then move on to The Scientist, which is a simple ballad, with a soft piano in the background. Nirvana seems more interested in the heavy electronic guitar solos...which if you are fan of that, I can see why you'd prefer Nirvana...but I found heavy electronic guitar repetitive after a bit.
So, it depends on what you are looking for -- if you are into guitar solos, Nirvana, if you are into cool blending vocals, Coldplay.
2. Parents Television Council Wants Netflix to Pull 13 Reasons Why
I attempted to watch the first season and it's...well...
Hannah basically was brutally raped and then bullied to the point that she felt that the only way she could get Justice was to commit suicide. It's basically revenge by suicide, pushing forth the perspective that if you kill yourself -- you will hurt everyone that didn't care about you or hurt you in your life.
This is NOT true. The only person you hurt is yourself and those who loved you. I found the series offensive and dangerous. If you have ever considered suicide or had depressive thoughts, run do not walk away from this series, and never watch it.
It should be pulled. And the writers who created should be ashamed of themselves. Sometimes we need to take responsibility for the art that we put out there and how it affects others. I'm wondering if in this age of information overload and media bombardment, if we've decided that anything goes and the responsibility should be on the viewer not the artist? Why? It's a question I'm continually asking myself now as an artist...and a viewer, what responsibility do we each bring to art? What responsibility do we bring as viewers? And our interaction with the art? If the art is harmful to others either in how it was made or to those it is targeted towards, do we not have a responsibility to remove or censor or stop it? Should Freedom of Speech be absolute? (It isn't by the way, under the Constitution and various court rulings there are restrictions, but they are arguable ones.) I think people abuse their freedoms, and I'm wondering to what degree those freedoms need to be managed or reigned in? And those who challenge the boundaries...yanked back. Where do we draw the lines, without falling down a dangerous slippery slope in doing so? I do not know.
3. After the success of Jesus Christ Superstar, NBC has decided to do Hair Live! next year for the spring
LOL! Uhm okay. Has NBC seen HAIR? It's an odd musical -- more a series of musical vignettes, than a straight musical. And, are they keeping the nudity in? Not to mention the sex.
First Fox decides to do Rent, and now NBE decides on Hair.
Hee.
I like both, but I find the choices interesting...and a definite political commentary on what's happening.
Which you like depends a lot on mood and what you are looking for, similar to The Stones and The Beatles.
First, I listened to two Coldplay songs, got bored, because while the lyrics are wonderful in places, it didn't seem to take chances, isn't subversive, and the music sort of stays static. Then I flipped to Nirvana...which, wow, I was listening to Nirvana after twenty minutes..there's this weird song called "Rape Me, My Friend" -- that should be offensive, but isn't, it's just...provocative and really angry. Yes, the sound is somewhat similar, but not static, and the vocals haunting. Also Cobain has a haunting voice that reminds me of Jim Morrison from the Doors. Actually Nirvana reminds me a lot of The Doors. While Chris Martin's voice is like a clear bell...there's none of that sexy rasp or haunting overtone.
That said, Nirvana and Kurt Cobain were angry assholes. I don't like them on one level, but their music is definitely haunting and it more or less created the whole Alternative/Grunge movement in the 1990s.
Then, I went back to listen Coldplay's best songs, after listening to twenty songs by Nirvana...and...I have to say I changed my mind again. Their vocals and lyrics are lovely...and such clean crisp sound. Clear as bell, I can hear each word, and they bounce their vocals and the crowds vocals off each other. None of the electronic feedback from Nirvana. Also...there's a sense of joy in their vocals, and kindness, while Nirvana's vocals exude a raw rage, and despair that just makes you want to curl into a ball and never get out of bed. (One can see why Kurt Cobain killed himself.)
Nirvana is heavy into guitare solos, while Coldplay likes keyboard and piano solos, some bass guitare, with complex vocals, there's more emphasis on vocalization and a capella - see Viva la Vida then move on to The Scientist, which is a simple ballad, with a soft piano in the background. Nirvana seems more interested in the heavy electronic guitar solos...which if you are fan of that, I can see why you'd prefer Nirvana...but I found heavy electronic guitar repetitive after a bit.
So, it depends on what you are looking for -- if you are into guitar solos, Nirvana, if you are into cool blending vocals, Coldplay.
2. Parents Television Council Wants Netflix to Pull 13 Reasons Why
The Parents Television Council asked this week for Netflix to pull the popular series 13 Reasons Why, now in its second season on the streaming platform. 13 Reasons Why is based on a book by Jay Asher that details the death by suicide of a fictional teen, Hannah Baker, and the impact it has on her high school classmates.
“Netflix has delivered a ticking time bomb to teens and children who watch 13 Reasons Why,'” said group president Tim Winter in a statement, calling the second season “even worse” than expected due to certain graphic elements. The PTC calls itself a “non-partisan education organization advocating responsible entertainment.”
“We would have liked to have 13 reasons for hope and redemption following the graphic suicide of the lead character, but rather than providing a path forward, the season only provides cause for despondency,” Winter continued.
I attempted to watch the first season and it's...well...
Teenager Clay Jensen returns home from school one day to find a mysterious box lying on his porch. Inside, he discovers seven double-sided cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and unrequited love, who tragically took her own life two weeks earlier. On the tapes, Hannah unfolds an emotional audio diary, detailing the thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Her instructions are clear: each person who receives the package is one of the reasons why she killed herself. After each person finishes listening to the tapes, they must pass the package on to the next person. If anyone breaks the chain, a separate set of tapes will be released to the public. Each tape is addressed to a select person in her school, and details their involvement in her eventual suicide.
Hannah basically was brutally raped and then bullied to the point that she felt that the only way she could get Justice was to commit suicide. It's basically revenge by suicide, pushing forth the perspective that if you kill yourself -- you will hurt everyone that didn't care about you or hurt you in your life.
This is NOT true. The only person you hurt is yourself and those who loved you. I found the series offensive and dangerous. If you have ever considered suicide or had depressive thoughts, run do not walk away from this series, and never watch it.
It should be pulled. And the writers who created should be ashamed of themselves. Sometimes we need to take responsibility for the art that we put out there and how it affects others. I'm wondering if in this age of information overload and media bombardment, if we've decided that anything goes and the responsibility should be on the viewer not the artist? Why? It's a question I'm continually asking myself now as an artist...and a viewer, what responsibility do we each bring to art? What responsibility do we bring as viewers? And our interaction with the art? If the art is harmful to others either in how it was made or to those it is targeted towards, do we not have a responsibility to remove or censor or stop it? Should Freedom of Speech be absolute? (It isn't by the way, under the Constitution and various court rulings there are restrictions, but they are arguable ones.) I think people abuse their freedoms, and I'm wondering to what degree those freedoms need to be managed or reigned in? And those who challenge the boundaries...yanked back. Where do we draw the lines, without falling down a dangerous slippery slope in doing so? I do not know.
3. After the success of Jesus Christ Superstar, NBC has decided to do Hair Live! next year for the spring
LOL! Uhm okay. Has NBC seen HAIR? It's an odd musical -- more a series of musical vignettes, than a straight musical. And, are they keeping the nudity in? Not to mention the sex.
First Fox decides to do Rent, and now NBE decides on Hair.
Hee.
I like both, but I find the choices interesting...and a definite political commentary on what's happening.