this article has sparked a curiosity that was eliminated when I read through several dozen of christgau's reviews. I always found his writing to be impetuous and cynical; not only those typical negative reviews which lacked real criticism of the art (opting instead for ad hominems and unelaborated sneers), but especially the positive rev…
this article has sparked a curiosity that was eliminated when I read through several dozen of christgau's reviews. I always found his writing to be impetuous and cynical; not only those typical negative reviews which lacked real criticism of the art (opting instead for ad hominems and unelaborated sneers), but especially the positive reviews, which seems wholly unfocused on the joy and greater purpose of music beyond his apparent preoccupation with the "hip"
I was younger then, and figured if this attitude represented "counter-culture" tastes and values, I would go looking my own separate way against the grain. thank you Ted, for reigniting my historical curiosity about the broader picture of the village voice and what it represented!
"real criticism of the art". Yes, this is badly needed today by musicians and mostly by their art.
Does anyone know a music critic currently active where the negative elements of his judgment are rooted on profound criteria ?
(Obviously excluding ad hominems. A good example of a high philosophical level of jugment criteria are Aquinas’s integritas, consonantia, claritas. Are there any music critics using these criteria today ?)
this article has sparked a curiosity that was eliminated when I read through several dozen of christgau's reviews. I always found his writing to be impetuous and cynical; not only those typical negative reviews which lacked real criticism of the art (opting instead for ad hominems and unelaborated sneers), but especially the positive reviews, which seems wholly unfocused on the joy and greater purpose of music beyond his apparent preoccupation with the "hip"
I was younger then, and figured if this attitude represented "counter-culture" tastes and values, I would go looking my own separate way against the grain. thank you Ted, for reigniting my historical curiosity about the broader picture of the village voice and what it represented!
"real criticism of the art". Yes, this is badly needed today by musicians and mostly by their art.
Does anyone know a music critic currently active where the negative elements of his judgment are rooted on profound criteria ?
(Obviously excluding ad hominems. A good example of a high philosophical level of jugment criteria are Aquinas’s integritas, consonantia, claritas. Are there any music critics using these criteria today ?)
You might be asking a bit much of us to hold us up against Aquinas!
True ! But simply trying one's best at applying his criteria is feasible I believe.