http://puddlegum.net/steve-jobs-ballad-of-a-thin-man/ indie rock music blog Tue, 22 May 2012 10:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://puddlegum.net/steve-jobs-ballad-of-a-thin-man/comment-page-1/#comment-12104 Flick Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:52:58 +0000 http://puddlegum.net/?p=2017#comment-12104 No, 'purest' is the right word. At the time, folk music was a rebellion against conformity. They were against the conformity of the 1950s, yet against popular music. They had a message and thought that an acoustic guitar and the voice was pure. 'Purist' conjures up a traditional and formal image, and though folk was passing on a traditional form of music, it was being used by the protest movement because it was (they believed at the time) pure. No, ‘purest’ is the right word. At the time, folk music was a rebellion against conformity. They were against the conformity of the 1950s, yet against popular music. They had a message and thought that an acoustic guitar and the voice was pure. ‘Purist’ conjures up a traditional and formal image, and though folk was passing on a traditional form of music, it was being used by the protest movement because it was (they believed at the time) pure.

]]> http://puddlegum.net/steve-jobs-ballad-of-a-thin-man/comment-page-1/#comment-12103 MJH Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:30:54 +0000 http://puddlegum.net/?p=2017#comment-12103 Did you really mean the "purist form of music" ? Did you really mean the “purist form of music” ?

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