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  1. Jun 2018
    1. But it does mean we should stop taking it for grantedthat music isn't as good as it used to be, and it means we should stop being shocked that the rock rules of the1970's are no longer the law of the land.

      At least here i agree with this author

    2. Rockism makes it hard to hear the glorious, incoherent, corporate-financed, audience-tested mess that passesfor popular music these days

      At this point I am confused: Is the author of this article a Rockist or a supporter of popular music?

    3. Good critics are good listeners, andthe problem with rockism is that it gets in the way of listening.

      Really?

    4. Rock 'n' roll doesn't rule the world anymore

      Is this a fact or an opinion?

    5. Rockism is imperial: it claims the entire musical world as its own. Rock 'n' roll is the unmarked section in therecord store, a vague pop-music category that swallows all the others

      Such allegations requires to be substantiated

    6. agroup with loud guitars and louder drums knocking the whimpering Mariah Carey off the top of the charts

      Although this definition sounds funny, it can send a signal of who the Nirvana group really is

    7. congeale

      I will need a dictionary to know the meaning of this vocabulary. Woow! I have checked, the author want congeal to mean "turned out into." That is a new term.

    8. Rockism means idolizing the authentic old legend(or underground hero) while mocking the latest pop sta

      In my opinion, this is wrong because every musician, irrespective of his or her generation, have something to offer. History is as important as the present.

    9. rockism is a word meantto start fights.

      I am hoping the author of this piece will explain what this means

    1. Nirvana skyrock- eted to fame in 1991 with the major-label release of Nevermind, an al- bum that shook up the music industry with its rare ability to cross over into several media formats

      Success does not come in a day, but Nirvana became famous within a very short time. Nevermind was the group's second studio album, yet it was able to propel them to unbelievable fame.

    1. nstead they relied on simplifications, sometimes obviously because of technical inadequacies.

      It is said that "necessity is the mother of invention." Technical inadequacies contributed to the emergence of a new style of music?

    2. One might argue that The Beatles' work contains a more mature and in­telligent appreciation of the other person, · and that it has more reparative intent behind it.

      In my view, this is what differentitates the Beatle's work from the Stone's work. While the former advocates for lovers being together using songs like "We Can Work It Out," the latter is against such a union. No wonder the group composes songs such as "Backstreet Girl" and "I'm going to make it with someone else."

    3. The Stones' greatest early achievements occurred when they moved close to soul music, where the singer's role is a more dynamic one of improvising so as to increase and decrease the level of excitement by means of dynamic variation, frag­menting and rebuilding the vocal line, and other means.

      Can I really tell the difference between Soul Music and Rythm-and-Blues? I Doubt.

    1. penalties for plagiarism may include a failing grade on the essay in question, automatic failure in the course, or even suspension from school.

      Why should someone risk suspension from the university, yet it is so easy to cite information got from other sources?