Bruce Baugh, "Prolegomena to Any Aesthetics of Rock Music"
Bruce Baugh, "Prolegomena to Any Aesthetics of Rock Music"
Bruce Baugh, "Prolegomena to Any Aesthetics of Rock Music"
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<strong>Baugh</strong> <strong>Prolegomena</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Any</strong> <strong>Aesthetics</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rock</strong> Music29the song, but are there simply because "A Day in the Life"received critical praise. <strong>Rock</strong> music does not get any worsethan this.10. On Cream, Wheels <strong>of</strong> Fire, Polydor/Atco, 1968.11. On Jimi Hendrix, Band <strong>of</strong> Gypsies, Reprise/Capi<strong>to</strong>l,1970.12. "Spoonful" is based on a descending progressionfrom G <strong>to</strong> E; all the rest is variation, the point being that theimprovised variations are what count here.13. On Woods<strong>to</strong>ck, Warner-Cotillion, 1970.14. The clearest illustration <strong>of</strong> stupid and derivative rockis the movie, Spinal Tap. Unfortunately, the heavy-metalmusic portrayed there is actually far more laughable than theparody.15. To my mind, the best essay on this subject remainsRobert Christegau's "<strong>Rock</strong> Lyrics Are Poetry (Maybe)" inThe Age <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rock</strong>: Sounds <strong>of</strong> the American Cultural Revolution,ed. Jonathan Eisen (New York: Random House, 1969),pp. 230-243.16. I would like <strong>to</strong> thank a number <strong>of</strong> people whosethoughts and comments are incorporated in this essay:Adrian Shepherd,. James 0. Young, an anonymous refereefor the JAAC, and Jamie <strong>Baugh</strong>. None <strong>of</strong> them are <strong>to</strong> blamefor what appears here.
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