Post by bambooflute on Oct 27, 2015 14:16:04 GMT
I've often wondered... Tull's music has been so unique; Ian's lyrics and tunes, at their best, have really been unlike anything before or since. Less visionary musicians and groups have had greater influence over the direction of popular music that followed, yet IA's influence has caused barely a ripple in the wider pond of music. We could spend endless days debating why this has been the case, but I have another question...
Going forward, where are the successors to Ian's "crown" (for lack of a better term). Obviously, I have not heard every new musician and band out there, but whenever I check out a new group that I'm told is really good, I am inevitably disappointed. With rare exceptions, I feel most of the new stuff I hear from other bands is derivative of stuff I've heard in the past. I love the Welsh group The Reasoning, but they disbanded earlier this year without really making a mark on the world's stage. While I would not put them in Tull's league of creativity, they had some tunes and lyrics that were original and forward-looking. They could have evolved into something really special... Maybe one of the group's members will move on to do something ground-breaking. Who knows?
So, where are the innovators of tomorrow in popular music? There can never be "another Tull" - being unique means just that. However, I would love to see a new, bright, and original (there's that word again) talent emerge.
Is it possible? Or has everything been done with popular music that can be done, meaning that future practitioners can only reinterpret and regurgitate old ideas and forms?
- David
Going forward, where are the successors to Ian's "crown" (for lack of a better term). Obviously, I have not heard every new musician and band out there, but whenever I check out a new group that I'm told is really good, I am inevitably disappointed. With rare exceptions, I feel most of the new stuff I hear from other bands is derivative of stuff I've heard in the past. I love the Welsh group The Reasoning, but they disbanded earlier this year without really making a mark on the world's stage. While I would not put them in Tull's league of creativity, they had some tunes and lyrics that were original and forward-looking. They could have evolved into something really special... Maybe one of the group's members will move on to do something ground-breaking. Who knows?
So, where are the innovators of tomorrow in popular music? There can never be "another Tull" - being unique means just that. However, I would love to see a new, bright, and original (there's that word again) talent emerge.
Is it possible? Or has everything been done with popular music that can be done, meaning that future practitioners can only reinterpret and regurgitate old ideas and forms?
- David