steve wrote:While this is a made-up word and can probably mean whatever you want it to mean, I still think this is nonsense, that I am somehow "rockist." This term seems to have been made up to create a fictional enemy of broad taste, someone who only likes rock music and only because it is rock music. To rail against this non-existent class, it needed a name, and the name chosen was "rockist."
Anyone who thinks I belong in this class, even "somewhat," ought to be able to explain both what the term means, and why it applies to me.
Please have at it.
"Rockism" is the attitude that rock is the most recent incarnation of the ancient, venerable folk tradition, ie. the "music of the people," as sort of the de-facto standard state of music. It often tends to imply that other forms are either watered-down perversions of this tradition or pretentious academic constructions based upon it. The general upshot is that this musical tradition has survived because of its sincerity, expressive strength and public appeal. Thus, rockism celebrates not only rock music, but blues, folk, country, jazz and other forms that fit into the same format of small ensembles paying popular, secular music for the entertainment of the general public.
Steve, I didn't openly accuse you of espousing this view and I don't know enough about your personal taste in music to be sure, but your dismissive attitude towards recent electronically generated/composed music might understandably be perceived by some as "rockist."
