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Re: On transience, sad beauty, and The Western Tradition

ironically,some british rock bands have put out one of the most emotional 
and beautiful melancholic hit masterpieces in the history of rock

www.myspace.com/luisangulocom


--- On Tue, 1/6/09, mike@michaelplishka.com <mike@michaelplishka.com> 
wrote:

> From: mike@michaelplishka.com <mike@michaelplishka.com>
> Subject: Re: On transience, sad beauty, and The Western Tradition
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 3:58 PM
> Great stuff Rick.
> 
> In many other cultures, the music captures all that is
> human, and this includes the melancholic, the reflective
> upon the human nature and our transient/eternal nature. 
> There is an avoidance of this type of reflection in much of
> American/British music, often at the expense of uber-pop
> music that drowns out and attempts to grab the stage from
> Sad Beauty's soliloquy.
> 
> ~peace~
> 
> plish