Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Response to Ivey and Tepper's "Cultural Renaissance or Cultural Divide?"
I thought that this essay on popular culture was interesting because it showed how popular culture has changed since the late 19th century till present. I knew that technology has changed the way that people looked at objects and people, but I did not know that it has changed them completely. I thought the second paragraph in was the most interesting because it asks us to imagine that we live in a town in the late 1800's. Then it says that our opinion of immigrants is formed by buying things from that market and not from anything else. Ivey and Tepper also wrote that back in the day when people listened to music it had to be live music, and it was most likely local performers who were putting on the show. It a person wanted to hear the same song again, they couldn't just hit the play button on their computer again, but rather they would have to bring the whole entire band back up on stage.
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Your reponse to the Ivey and Tepper essay was opposite of mine, but I think they way you saw it was a better interpertation. It was also good that you gave examples of the reading to show that you had absorbed what you had read and didnt just post anything.
I agree with you in his blog posting. One of my friends from work didn’t have an iPod until just recently and her main source of music was listening and watching music videos on youtube.com. In my opinion, YouTube and music videos take away from the excitement of live music. There is no feeling like going to a concert and being close enough to touch the person performing. It’s the artist performing their art right in front of you, in its raw form. Music wasn’t always as easy to find and listen to. I think it was more appreciated then than it is now.
i agree, it's ridiculous how much technology has advanced in the 20th century even in just our lifetimes. i remember owning tapes. in order to hear a song again, i had to rewind the tape and it was really annoying. if you really try to imagine what it was like before all of the technology that we have, you almost don't believe it. i guess it was easier not knowing what you would be missing
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