The Pink Floyd Sound and the decline of music criticism

[mattham]

Been musing on this a while and seeing the BBC's vapid, gushing interview style from Glasto at the weekend reminded me.

Witness this little nugget from 1967:

Can you imagine music being discussed this objectively and intelligently today? Or am I just being hopelessly out of date and elitist? (I should add this was recorded long before I was born). The interviewer's first question, and the reaction, at 0:21 is a classic. His response might be even better. Some lovely little looks between Syd and Roger too.

As usual, the user comments are fantastically bellicose. What does everyone else think?

[*Bob*]

I didn't know Groucho Marx did interviews.

Nice archive footage but I'm struggling to see any relevance RE 'objective and intelligent discussion about music'.

[woofmarkthedog]

mattham Wrote:

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> Been musing on this a while and seeing the BBC's

> vapid, gushing interview style from Glasto at the

> weekend reminded me.

>

> Witness this little nugget from 1967:

>

> Pink Floyd interview

>

> Can you imagine music being discussed this

> objectively and intelligently today? Or am I just

> being hopelessly out of date and elitist? (I

> should add this was recorded long before I was

> born). The interviewer's first question, and the

> reaction, at 0:21 is a classic. His response might

> be even better. Some lovely little looks between

> Syd and Roger too.

>

> As usual, the user comments are fantastically

> bellicose. What does everyone else think?

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Mattham

Back to musing for you, let us know ! say next year-ish when you've had a while to...erm......musesomemore...

(On viewing they are awfully.....well posh..!)

W**F

* god is that the time.....*

[red devil]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> I didn't know Groucho Marx did interviews.

>

> Nice archive footage but I'm struggling to see any

> relevance RE 'objective and intelligent discussion

> about music'.

Have to agree, the interviewer was pissed off with them, maybe some post-LSD come down before the voices kick in...

[mattham]

What I was driving at was the fact the interviewer admits he doesn't like it, but goes on to discuss it at length and gives the band time to explain it all. Just seems the antithesis of the unwavering, gushing praise you get on pop tv today. I can't see Jonathan Ross conducting an interview like this. Maybe Newsnight Review or something, but never casual pop coverage.

He does seem magnificently curmudgeonly on the first viewing, but I get the impression he actually cares about the music even if he doesn't like or understand it. It's hard to hear on this clip but his last words are: "after all, why not?"

Top moustache too.

[bon3yard]

RE Glasto interviews, it was genuinely funny hearing Dizzee Rascal comparing being interviewed by Gabby Logan to chewing glass. A decidedly odd choice of interviewer anyway and her tired and patronising questions got the lack of respect they deserved. Layzeeee.