I THINK SO

music was about shouting things into people's ears

Bach lived before the 20th century and sang praises to his god's name, with his music

ART FORMS HAVE PHILOSOPHICAL _FRAMING_

NOT IN THE LYRICS

BUT IN HOW THEY COMPOSE

generally plebeian, tasteless

actually, it would've contunined that way

THE GUITAR RIFFS ARE BACKGROUND NOISE

if one very fortunate thing didn't occur recently

and that is that internet made music completely unprofitable

apart for stars for hire in USA

THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN

PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF IDEOLOGICAL LIFE

LIKE UNDER SOVIET UNION

and so this whole huge portion of music scene about people who inform us in opinions (peace, love, whatever) vanished

PROTEST MUSIC

I.E.

THE MESSAGE > THE MUSIC

TO USE A CLASSIC TROPE

BUT SOME GENRES

EXPRESS A SOUND

but

THAT IS NARROW

AND SO

THEY ARE EXPRESSING VARIANTS

the general FACT today

OF A BASIC IDEA

LIKE BLACK METAL

is that music has no valid or genuine reference points

like Bach

he had organs and church choirs

because that's what he REALLY, had, for OBJECTIVE reasons

If he wanted to make serious music HE HAD to do it within Church

his music was churchy

spiritual

for REAL reasons, not imagined

http://www.deathmetal.org/news/metalgate-the-metalsucks-manifesto/

pagan black metal bands IMAGINE their reference points

Bach used a variety if instruments, all of the ones at his disposal

their music is good, i agree, i listen to it