ACOUSTIC MUSIC
by Anton Antonio
July 13, 2015
Let’s segue from the usual environmental stuff that I
cough-out daily. Too much of it gets
pretty much boring I suppose. Besides,
it would not be fun for people to begin to think that I am a hopeless herd who
has nothing better to write about than his environmental passion. This time, please allow me to write about
something I’ve dearly loved since the day I picked up a guitar at the age of 8…
music.
Last night, I came across this beautiful acoustic version of
the Matchbox Twenty song “If You’re Gone”.
(Please feel free to click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRuk1W-6qQU.) Depending on your personal preference,
acoustic music is, in my mind: (a) clean (because it is devoid of the other
instrumentation that often times create too much clutter); (b) challenging (because
the artists --- singer and instrumentalist --- will have to be super good since
they cannot hide their flaws by introducing other forms of sound); and,
expressive (because the artists will only have to depend on a guitar and vocals
to put their message across).
Wanting to compare this acoustic version with a full-band rendition
of the same song, I did a research for the original-pop version. I finally found it and I should say it sounds
fairly different… it did have some degree of clutter although it sounded
exactly like the acoustic version. (To
view the music video, please click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clKAdQnwJ7A.)
What distinguishes modern acoustic music is the distinctive
guitar-playing style that is now known as the “acoustic beat”. The beginnings of acoustic music cannot be
identified for certain but it has existed since the common guitar was
invented. However, acoustic music became
part of mainstream musical consciousness or mainstream popular music in 1991 when
the song “More Than Words” became No. 1 in the US. I remember vacationing in Los Angeles,
California when this song, performed by the heavy metal rock band Extreme, was playing
on MTV while most news channels were showing footages of Mount Pinatubo
erupting. (To view the music video,
please click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIiLvg58SY.) In spite of the worries I was under because
Mount Pinatubo was wreaking havoc back home, this song impressed me as the
trailblazer song of what will later be known as acoustic music.
Just my
little thoughts…
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REFERENCES:
Matchbox Twenty. “If You’re Gone (Original Version)”.
Retrieved on July 13, 2015 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clKAdQnwJ7A
Matchbox Twenty. “If You’re Gone (Acoustic Version)”. Retrieved on July 13, 2015 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRuk1W-6qQU
Extreme. “More Than Words (Original Version)”. Retrieved on July 13, 2015 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIiLvg58SY
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