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--- In , DP <noetical1@y...> wrote:
> chris wrote: "I think they like it because of the energy
> surf music has...."
I always like to think that part of the appeal is the uncomplicated
happiness. There are totally happy vocal bands, like the pogues, manu
choa and what have you, but a large part of pop music, at least the
the part mostly appealing to the 15-20 age category, is either
aggresive (some punk, lots of metal) or totally depressing (gothic,
cure, new wave). When somebody's never heard surf, hears surf for the
first time unexpectedly, he'll start feeling joyful and will think
hey, this is cool. Imagine the same person unexpectedly for the first
time hearing NineInchNails.
I'm really not into the current state of pop music - but from a
personal perspective - at one point i did realize that i felt
attracted to heavy or depressing music, because that's how the
adolescent mind works (mine at least) - but what was happening was
that i paid lots of money to go out to a concert, and either got
totally depressed (I used to be totally into stuff like nick cave,
einsturtende neubauten, virgen prunes, early cure etc) - or to have
great night but feeling strangly out of place in the enviroment.
Going to a surf concert is about having fun, feeling great en
enjoying yourself - which is the sort of experience you want to have
when going out.
come to think of it, it's not only going to concerts, i stopped
playing punk-wave music for the same reason.
WR
