tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post7695065377269757548..comments2024-03-28T02:53:44.198-07:00Comments on RETROMANIA: futuromania versus retromania - a diagnosis SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-39514336634173571982021-07-20T11:46:14.313-07:002021-07-20T11:46:14.313-07:00depends on how you define "best"
best ...depends on how you define "best" <br /><br />best as in "enflamed" - then youth and bashed-out fast in the heat of the moment wins <br /><br />best as in "perceptive and connective / with a sense of perspective" then, yes, older, wiser revisiting can mount a stealth triumph over youthful energy<br /><br />writing as spurting of the lifeforce versus writing as clarity and scopeSIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-5168198062015659812021-07-20T01:24:57.293-07:002021-07-20T01:24:57.293-07:00IMO there are artists/musicians who have built com...IMO there are artists/musicians who have built compelling and varied bodies of work off an essentially fixed set of influences. I wonder if the same is possible for critics? In other words, is the best music writing always bashed out in the heat of the moment--or are there cases in which, in revisiting familiar subject matter decades later, the critic can actually dig deeper, get more to heart of things? Aloysiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15666632257998749300noreply@blogger.com