Albums

I'll probably catch quite a bit of flack for this, but so be it. Perhaps the problem is that we have become overly arrogant and snooty towards music. While I don't deny the greatness of the countless classic bands we all mutually enjoy (Rush, Zepplin, Tull, etc., etc., etc., etc.,), maybe we have been so arrogantly enjoying them that we have missed some good modern stuff. I won't draw comparisons yet, as I don't think that there can be comparisons between the best of today's artists and, say, the head of the pack in 1974. But I was listening to a White Stripes album (Elephant) this morning and it's actually not that bad. Not great, but not bad. In fact, it's not bad enough that I may buy it. I would never put Jack White ahead of Townsend or Gilmour or Haynes (as Rolling Stone did in its top 50 guitarists column a year or so ago-nor would Bruce Springstein be ahead of them as he was...not sure if he'd even make my list), but alot of the stuff you don't hear on the radio (on this album at least...I'm by no means a White Stripes expert) has a blues-y ring to it. Further, I think this cd could be called an album as the songs seem to "fit" together pretty well. At any rate, I'm not saying that we should become "Justified" but perhaps we shouldn't "be so quick to walk away."