Sleazy Listening

Steve Sando (coconutg@shell.wco.com)
Mon, 1 Apr 1996 16:32:10 +0000

I'm sorry I can't quote who said it but I loved the response about
listening to anything BUT rock. I was a teen in the 1970s and by that
point rock was anything but counter-culture. It seems now every few
years we are offered some new version of "rebel without a cause" by
the record companies but it all seems a rehash of the same old thing.
That's why AJ is the most appealing new music to me. It seems to give
a repectful nod to the past while exploring all types of afro-centric
music. And it ignores rock.

My other loves are Latin, lounge and straight ahead jazz. The new
easy listening thing threw me for a loop. I was sent Sound Gallery
which is 1968-74 Brit EZ listening. I kind of hate it and am
fascinated by it at the same time. It's similar to incedental or
segue music for TV shows like Love American Style or Banachek.
Bringing this all back to AJ, there's one track, Half Forgotten
Daydreams, that could easily by from Kyoto Jazz Massive or Towa Tei.

It's all very funny and off, and it beats the pants off anything
Mariah Carey is doing.

Sorry for the rambling....

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