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Even our Morrissey connects to The Beatles. Morrissey was photographed last year wearing a John Lennon badge. A Yoko Ono one as well. But I'd bet my legs that there are other connections there somewhere.
Just about to click 'Post Thread' when I thought of another connection between Morrissey and The Beatles. Morrissey's song, Neal Cassady Drops Dead, mentions Allen Ginsberg as well as Neal Cassady. There's a pretty big (and interesting) connection between The Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg, Howl and The Beatles. https://www.beatdom.com/the-beats-and-the-beatles-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/
Anyway, I've just read a review of Stephen Malkmus' new album, Traditional Techniques. And, like everything, it connects to The Beatles.
Here's the informative paragraph:
"The title of Traditional Techniques references German philosopher and cultural critic Theodor Adorno’s 1965 screed against the Beatles: “What can be urged against the Beatles is simply that what these people have to offer is something that is retarded in terms of its own objective content…the means of expression that are employed and preserved here are in reality no more than traditional techniques in a degraded form.” With this album, Malkmus opposes such elitism by once again showing how the language and history of popular music can serve as an effective channel for even his peculiar sentiments and worldview. That he’s done so for the first time in a largely slow, acoustic vein proves that he can change our understanding of just what this kind of music might accomplish beyond its “traditional” forms and functions."
Slant gave the album 4 stars.
Everything connects to The Beatles.
Just about to click 'Post Thread' when I thought of another connection between Morrissey and The Beatles. Morrissey's song, Neal Cassady Drops Dead, mentions Allen Ginsberg as well as Neal Cassady. There's a pretty big (and interesting) connection between The Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg, Howl and The Beatles. https://www.beatdom.com/the-beats-and-the-beatles-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/
Anyway, I've just read a review of Stephen Malkmus' new album, Traditional Techniques. And, like everything, it connects to The Beatles.
Here's the informative paragraph:
"The title of Traditional Techniques references German philosopher and cultural critic Theodor Adorno’s 1965 screed against the Beatles: “What can be urged against the Beatles is simply that what these people have to offer is something that is retarded in terms of its own objective content…the means of expression that are employed and preserved here are in reality no more than traditional techniques in a degraded form.” With this album, Malkmus opposes such elitism by once again showing how the language and history of popular music can serve as an effective channel for even his peculiar sentiments and worldview. That he’s done so for the first time in a largely slow, acoustic vein proves that he can change our understanding of just what this kind of music might accomplish beyond its “traditional” forms and functions."
Slant gave the album 4 stars.
Review: Stephen Malkmus’s Traditional Techniques Challenges Form and Function
The album is less a revealing personal statement than a change of palette.
www.slantmagazine.com
Everything connects to The Beatles.