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Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea
I think most musicologists agree that the earliest music was singing. There probably was a melody, of some sort. Most music of primitive cultures involves some sort of melody, even if a simple and primitive one. The earliest music was likely not much different.
And even if you're right, all you're telling me is that rap and punk rock is a regression. No wonder so many people think it sounds "primitive."
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I've heard hip hop described as the first truly postmodern form of popular music—that's not something I'd describe as a regression. Minimalism isn't somehow more "primitive" than maximalism and deconstructing form isn't more "primitive" than embracing form.