Episode 16. Has Music Declined with Right Ruminations

Today the Mindcrime liberty show is joined by guest Right Ruminations, who has composed some music compositions which are linked below, on whether music has declined.  We discuss two pieces by Roger Scruton as a quintessential example of what conservatives in general say about the decline of music.  Is popular music in particular "pop" or "rock" as bad as conservatives like a Roger  Scruton say it is. Is popular or modern music in general tyrannical or polluting. Do we really want that being played in shopping malls or would silence be preferable? Is there any instrumental music today such as movie scores which compares against the past. Did the past that Scruton and many conservatives imagine ever really exist as gloriously as they claim.   

 

Our guest today Right Ruminations has a youtube channel and here is his musical compositions.  

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7uTbD5YUXfEOEW4shVNsBoXa3SpyXdKD

 

Two pieces by Scruton

 

Cultural Significance of Pop.  

https://www.roger-scruton.com/about/music/understanding-music/175-the-cultural-significance-of-pop

 

Tyranny of Pop Music 

https://youtu.be/eYua80VEcBk?t=4