[78-L] Darwin was wrong

[David Lennick]

Aba Daba Honeymoon (1914) was high art?

dl

fnarf at comcast.net wrote:
> May I just point out that between Cole Porter and Kelly Clarkson we had such lyrically complex masterpieces as "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window?" (1952), "Sh-boom" (1954), "Louie Louie" (1955), "Da Doo Ron Ron" (1963), and "Yummy Yummy Yummy (I've Got Love In My Tummy" (1968). Those songs are all closer in vintage to  "Night and Day" (1932) than they are to today. I'm having trouble seeing a trend line here.
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> From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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> Great God Almighty...I'm pretty optimistic as a rule,  but if such a song is 
> actually a hit then we may indeed be near the "End Times" at least as far as 
> our popular culture goes (and clearly it's gone too far).
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> Do you suppose any of the singers who show up on the "Idol" show know any of 
> the words to "Moonlight in Vermont"?
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> Taylor
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>> From the sophisticated lyrics of Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Lorenz 
>> Hart, we have "progressed" to the point where, today, the hottest song on 
>> the charts is actually called - and I kid you not - "My Life Would Suck 
>> Without You" by American Idol queen Kelly Clarkson.
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>> It's true. All the great songs have already been written and we are going 
>> downhill.
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>> Fast...
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>> Cary (feeling more and more like an old fogie) Ginell
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