Chuck Klosterman on getting things wrong
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- You might think there is certainty about concepts like gravity, freedom, and even the color of the sky. But what if we're wrong? Author Chuck Klosterman tests that theory in his new book, "But What If We're Wrong?" He joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to talk about how history may judge contemporary institutions like rock 'n' roll and pro football.
Good questions and preparation by the interviewers.
If you haven’t read the book, the piece about rock n’ roll is great mental chewing gum.
He talks about the Beatles and how a four-piece (2 guitars, bass, drums) became prototypical. He mentions AC/DC having the most songs with “rock” in their song titles. Of course he mentions The Rolling Stones, Bib Dylan, and Elvis. And I think he mentioned a politically-minded act but I can’t remember which.
But as he said, he decided Chuck Berry checks the most boxes. Can’t really argue with it.
It's hard to see the pencil inside the tree in the present, but eventually someone does.
Can't wait to read the book! This is also one of the main themes of another book, The Dance of Astrology on Amazon, which adds in more "New Agey" things such as astrology and consciousness to science and culture. What DO we "know"? Are we sure?
I read it... it was a big let down
Great interview and great topic. But I do think future musicologists and teachers will have progressed enough to describe Rock Music as an evolutionary process. In evolutionary terms it is the family tree of the super genre Rock. It itself evolved from mixing of other prior Super Genres like Jazz, Country and R&B. And then further evolved into many subbranches that diverged further and further away from the original trunk of Rock (like Radiohead for example).
If we actually manage to survive our racist, nationalist aggressive anxieties for another 300 years, we will have a much more nuanced and complex way to view culture and nature for sure.
Boo get off the stage
Wow, this sounds like it could be another Moneyball.
American football was not the most popular sport. Football/Soccer is.
American football is…in America.
I just read this guy's ranking of all 131 Van Halen songs! First of all, this guy is an AUTHOR and NOT a musician! I am a published musician so I think I know a little. The very worst songs he ranked are MY and other musicians i know are their favorites. So non musicians should stick to their craft and let other musicians and composers review music.
Then you wouldn't like his book "Fargo Rock City." It was his first, and it's about how hair metal mattered to teens in the '80s, especially him and his friends growing up in North Dakota.
And are you a Dave guy or a Sammy guy?
A musician telling people which songs are better than others is as pointless and useless as a professional music critic doing the same thing. It doesn’t matter one bit that a musician can give a more technical explanation; that tends to bore non-musicians, anyway.
In the end, it all comes down to personal preference. You don’t need to be a musician in order to have that.