Pynchon & Jazz

[prozak at anus.com]

> <<Among other things, this is true. Metal is an
> attempt to restate classical Romantic values in modern
> music, a form which is not rock-based except in
> instrumentation and shares more with ambient
> electronica (Kraftwerk) in structure than
> rock/blues/jazz.>>
> 
> What, in your opinion, does Bach have to do with
> "classical Romantic values," seeing as he predates the
> Romantics by some one hundred and fifty years?

Romanticism, outside of the names and times given it by critics, is a 
philosophy which permeates European culture. While Bach may not have 
been a "musical Romantic," he had Romantic values among others in his 
heart/mind while composing.

-- 
Backup Rider of the Apocalypse
www.anus.com/metal/
DEATH AND BLACK METAL