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a preference for songs
i see it as more the
other way, a preference for albums
over individual songs - ie the 'a great artist makes more
than one song' type ethos
― gareth, Tuesday, 18 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
i am much too old to forget that i know in my bones what "rockism" means => i try and use other words but decades of habit kick in and wreck my good intentions
tom delete me now
― mark s, Tuesday, 18 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
i see it as more the other way, a preference for albums over
individual songs
I forgot that part. But isn't it also a matter of preferring the
song form over pieces of music structured in other ways? Or am I
just wrong about that. I'm definitely not rockist in the sense of
thinking that albums should be the unit of recorded music, rather
than songs. Of course, for reasons of economics and for convenience
(so I don't have to keep putting on new songs, or make my own mixes,
etc.) I appreciate good albums.
commonswings, I'm sure you aren't alone in feeling this.
Realistically, it would be difficult for old timers (and I'm not one,
by the way) to stop and explain every inside joke, strange spelling,
etc. An ILM FAQ is also an unrealistic thought, I guess. (The
search engine is helpful. Are you aware of it? It's on the ILM top
level under Searching ILM.) Another thing: there are groups of
people who post here who know each other in real life, or who have at
least met in person. (Again, I am not in that loop, and in some ways
I prefer remaining anonymous.)
― DeRayMi, Tuesday, 18 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
well i haven't the slightest idea who is "in charge" of it, for example (and i'm not volunteering either) (even if i do know what rockism is!!)
― mark s, Tuesday, 18 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
seventeen years pass...
Does this term really date back to Paul Morley and Ian Oenman era of NME, as referenced by Marcus Grey in “The Last Gang in Town” (1995). He cites “rockist” as “ a common term of abuse” (p. 377)
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 22 March 2020 01:02 (four years ago) link