¿Clásico? ¿Por dónde?
¿Qué es un clásico? La R.A.E. dice, en su sexta acepción:
clásico, ca.
(Del lat. classÄcus).
6. adj. Dicho de la música y de otras artes relacionadas con ella: De tradición culta.
Bien. Entonces, ¿quién elige los discos clásicos?
¿No te da la impresión a veces que se eligen para evitar que otros les arruinen el momento? ¿Sino cómo demonios se explican los “clásicos instantáneos“?
Tal vez dicho calificativo haya sido uno de los más recurrentes cuando decidiste comenzar a escuchar música en serio, y recurrías a algún amigo de confianza, con mayo r conocimiento que el tuyo, al momento de seleccionar el disco indicado: “Éste es un clásico“. Y aquí también una acotación pertinente: mientras más tiempo haya pasado [y mayor edad tenga el consultado], un disco tendrá más posibilidades de adquirir tal calificativo.
The Guardian entrevistó a unos cuantos músicos y productores para preguntarles cuál fue el disco “clásico” que nunca les ha gustado, y manifestaron sus razones. Los resultados son elocuentes:
::tupac.shakur
::all.eyez.on.me
::no.le.gusta.a.mark.ronson.[productor]
Dr Dre produced it, and I didn’t rate his production, either. Problem was, Tupac was so prolific. He would write 50 songs in a weekend. Maybe he knew he was going to die, so he recorded relentlessly.
::nirvana
::nevermind
::no.le.gusta.a.wayne.coyne.[the.flaming.lips]
It’s better to be overrated than underrated. Besides, it’s not the musicians’ fault Nevermind is overrated - it’s the public’s, or the critics’.
::the.beach.boys
::pet.sounds
::no.le.gusta.a.luke.pritchard.[the.kooks]
Of all the albums that get written about as “classics”, this one least deserves it. Having said that, it contains one of the greatest songs ever written: God Only Knows, which is melancholic yet uplifting, pure yet fucked-up. But the rest of the record is a total let-down.
::the.stone.roses
::the.stone.roses
::no.le.gusta.a.eddie.argos.[art.brut]
The Stone Roses were an awful, awful band. They were uncharismatic, their lyrics are nonsensical and their music is dreary. Also, we have them to thank for Oasis, although at least Noel Gallagher is funny and Liam is a bit of a pop star.
::the.strokes
::is.this.it
::no.le.gusta.a.ian.williams.[battles]
The Strokes have, basically, been responsible for five or six years of a new form of hair metal, in the guise of something more tasteful. Their music is post-9/11 party music because it came out that week and everybody wanted to dance. They’re seen as the rebirth of rock in the UK - but it’s a very conservative, old-fashioned idea of rock for the 21st century.
::television
::marquee.moon
::no.le.gusta.a.alex.kapranos.[franz.ferdinand]
Once I took the needle off this record, I realised I hadn’t heard it at all. But what annoys me is the way people pontificate over the album; it’s one of those staples of student halls of residence. People wax lyrical about it, but the reason it’s so popular is because it’s a prog rock album its okay to like. Because the words “punk” and “New York” and “1977″ are associated with it, it’s deemed cool. Really, though, they’re a band who give guys who like 20-minute guitar solos an excuse.
::the.beatles
::sgt.pepper’s.lonely.hearts.club.band
::no.le.gusta.a.billy.childish,pionero.del.garage.rock.británico
I bought it the day it came out: it was ideal for a seven-year-old. These days, well, it’s my contention that it represents the death of the Beatles as a rock’n'roll band and the birth of them as music hall, which is hardly a victory. The main problem with Sgt Pepper is Sir Paul’s maudlin obsession with his own self-importance and Dickensian misery. (Paul McCartney is the dark one in the Beatles, not John Lennon, because he writes such depressing, scary music.)
::abba
::arrival
::no.le.gusta.a.siobhan.donaghy.[ex-sugababe]
Nick Hornby may well say they’re part of the canon now, but I still don’t have to listen to them. Yes, they wrote some of the catchiest melodies of all time. But then, The Birdie Song is catchy, too.
::arcade.fire
::the.neon.bible
::no.le.gusta.a.green.gartside.[scritti.politti]
Win Butler’s voice uses certain stylistic devices - it goes wobbly and shouty, then whispery - and I guess people like wobbly and shouty going to whispery, they think it signifies real feeling. It’s some people’s idea of unmediated emotion. I can imagine Jeremy Clarkson liking it; it’s for people in cars. It’s rather flat and unlovely.
::pink.floyd
::dark.side.of.the.moon
::no.le.gusta.a.tjinder.singh.[cornershop]
I appreciated the early stuff Pink Floyd did with Joe Boyd, but this is a bloated concept album that made punk necessary. It says, “What a crazy world it is!” and “Everyone’s demented!” It’s meant to be imbued with the spirit of Syd Barrett, God rest his soul. I’m amazed that it’s up there in the pantheon, because I can’t see any virtue in it whatsoever.
::the.doors
::la.woman
::no.le.gusta.a.caig.finn.[the.hold.steady]
The worst of the worst is the last song, Riders on the Storm: “There’s a killer on the road/ His brain is squirming like a toad” - that’s surely the worst line in rock’n'roll history. He gave the green light to generations of pseuds. A lot of people told him he was a genius, so he started to believe it. The Velvets did nihilism and darkness so much better - they were so much more understated; what they did had subtlety, whereas the Doors had little or none: they were a caricature of “the dark side”.
::the.smiths
::meat.is.murder
::no.le.gusta.a.jackie.mckeown.[1990s]
Barbarism Begins at Home is where the Smiths betray their jazz-funk session-guy roots; it’s absolutely treacherous to listen to, even if it was brilliant fun to record. You can just see the rolled-up jacket sleeves. It’s everything Morrissey hated. Meat Is Murder is Red Wedge music for sexless students. It’s like being stuck in a lift with a Manchester University Socialist Workers’ Party convention.
::captain.beefheart.and.the.magic.band
::trout.mask.replica
::no.le.gusta.a.peter.hook.[ex-new.order/joy.division]
Ian Curtis found it easier to convert us to the Doors, put it that way. Trout Mask wasn’t a work of untutored genius, it was untutored crap. When you’re beginning as a musician, people try to educate you with music like this, but I never understood the allure of Captain Beefheart. I certainly didn’t last all four sides. There are very few records I gave up on, apart from Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music and Trout Mask Replica. It sounded like somebody taking the piss.
::velvet.underground.y.nico
::ian.rankin.[novelista]
This is a sacred cow but that doesn’t mean it can’t be turned into hamburger. You can start before you even listen to the music. The front of the album bears the name Andy Warhol and a yellow banana - there’s no mention of the band whatsoever. The back of the album says it was produced by Andy Warhol alongside the Velvets, so straight away I’m annoyed. It’s one of the worst-produced albums of all time - put it on a modern hi-fi and you’ll think: this sounds like shit. It’s muddy, the volume comes and goes, the guitars are all out of tune, as is the viola.
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¿Qué tal? ¿Cuánto te demoraste en decir “¿¿¿y éste a quién le han ganado???”.
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emepitri, June 25, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
Creo que comprato la opinion de casi todos, sobre todo la del buen Wayne, pero Ian Rankin esta hablando por el culo.
Y la verdad no se que hace Arcade Fire ahi. Y en vez del Sg Pepé, pondria al White Album, que si fuera un disco simple en lugar de uno doble, serÃa aun peor.
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fabricio, June 26, 2007 @ 4:31 pm
Pese a que no comparto varias opiniones (en especial la de Alex Kapranos) debo confesar que fue un artÃculo bastante entretenido el de The Guardian. Para mà se lleva las palmas el comentario de Craig Finn de The Hold Steady… preciso como para que el “rey lagarto” se revuelque en su tumba.
Saludos!
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El Manza, June 26, 2007 @ 5:02 pm
SÃ, en realidad, como alguno dijo por ahà “seguro que varios dirán ‘es que no lo entiendes’”, que es lo que el que menos piensa para sà cuando alguien defenestra un disco que nos gusta. Pero yo también podrÃa estar de acuerdo con la gran mayorÃa. El clásico es tal porque alguien le puso ese mote. Y bueno, no tengo por qué estar de acuerdo.
Saludos.
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