Call me an old fart but when I hear people lauding Raphael Saadiq’s musicianship, I feel sorry for their ignorance. Haven’t they heard of Marvin Gaye?
Good Man, Saadiq’s latest single which invaded most hype-ish radio stations in France would have been good if there weren’t some awful, AWFUL, female voices that are way too RnB (read fake soul) and if Saadiq’s voice was something to write home about.
I had a wonderful chance as I’ve been exposed to great Music at an early age (my elder brother deserves some heartfelt thanks here). The ear is like a muscle. Expose it to Music and train it. It will start picking up patterns and as time goes by, those patterns will make sense and ring with your inner core.
The more I listen to Music (yes, I even listen to stuff like Jennifer Lopez to see what’s hot with the kids right now), the more I believe that mass consumerization took over Art sometimes during the eighties. And since then things have gone from wrong to terribly, terribly wrong.
At an age where access to Music has never been so easy, finding (and sticking with) good Music on the market today is almost an impossible task. It takes a lot of efforts very few are willing to put up with. Most of us continue zapping from one dog’s earfood to the next. New is hot. Old is, well, old.
Just look at what we do to the elders in our so-called civilized societies and you’ll get the point. Hopefully.
Peace!
