[MD] Churning Point?

[Dan Glover]

Dear Platt

To each their own. But Barry Manilow? You're not serious. You can't be. Are 
you? Say it isn't so, Platt. Just say it isn't so.

Excuse me for a moment. I think I'm going to be ill...

Your friend,

Dan

PS Where's Kid Rock when you need him?


>From: "Platt Holden" <pholden at davtv.com>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>Subject: [MD] Turning Point?
>Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 07:39:56 -0500
>
>Hi All:
>
>During my regular morning routine of checking out the Drudge Report I 
>learned
>that for the first time in 29 years Barry Manilow  tops the Billboard 200 
>pop
>music chart with his new album, "The Greatest Songs of the 50's" Also, 
>Andrea
>Bocelli, the classical tenor, took the number 3 spot with "Amore."
>
>I find this news heartening because, say what you will about Manilow, he 
>can
>sing. So too can Bocelli. Furthermore, the songs they sing are melodic.
>
>After decades of so called music on the pop scene that lacked melody and
>featured voiceless performers,.could it be that quality is making a 
>comeback?
>
>Maybe February 2006 marks a turning point in the history of pop music when
>singable songs regain their popularity and performers stand alone on a bare
>stage lighted by a single spot and capture the audience with the sheer 
>beauty
>of voice and melody without needing the support of a jungle beat, laser 
>lights,
>dancing girls, and amplifiers cracking eardrums with decibels of a jet 
>engine.
>
>Biological forces are indeed powerful and may hold sway for a generations. 
>But,
>but in the end I have faith that the level above intellect--the level of 
>art --
>will triumph. Perhaps today we are witnessing a move towards that end. For 
>me
>it is an end devoutly to be wished. :-)
>
>Platt
>
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