El neurocientífico Daniel Levitin, en su fantástico libro Tu cerebro y la música, cuenta la anécdota de que John R. Pierce -a la sazón tenía más de 80 años- le pidió seis canciones que transmitieran todo el rock. Pierce ya había escuchado a Elvis Presley, así que Levitin lo omitió en la lista de esas seis canciones. Pues bien, aquí están. ¿Comentarios?
1. Long Tall Sally, Little Richard
2. Roll Over Beethoven, Beatles
3. All Along the Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix
4. Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton
5. Little Red Corvette, Prince
6. Anarchy in the UK, Six Pistols
Al parecer John R. Pierce no sabía mucho del rock ‘n roll y le pidió a Daniel Levitin que pusiera seis canciones que transmitieran todo lo importante que había que saber sobre el rock. Lo interesante del caso es que Pierce era un experto en psicoacústica y cuando escuchó las canciones, dijo que lo que realmente le gustaba era el timbre. No estaba tan interesado en las canciones ni en los ritmos. Según Pierce, era el timbre lo que definía el rock.
Michael Thallium
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Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin in his fantastic book – which I recommend- This is your Brain on Music, tells the story of how John R. Pierce -in his 80s at that time- asked him to select six songs which would represent the whole rock. Pierce had already listened to Elvis Presley, so Levitin omitted Elvis on his list. Here you are those six songs. Any comments?
1. Long Tall Sally, Little Richard
2. Roll Over Beethoven, Beatles
3. All Along the Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix
4. Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton
5. Little Red Corvette, Prince
6. Anarchy in the UK, Six Pistols
Apparently John R. Pierce was not familiar with rock n’ roll and he asked Daniel Levitin to play six songs for him, six songs which would convey all what is “important” to know about rock. The interesting thing is that Pierce was an expert in psycoacoustics and when he listened to those songs, he said that what he really liked was the timbre of rock. He was not so interested in the songs and rythms. It was the timbre what defined rock… at least for Pierce.
Michael Thallium
Global & Greatness Coach
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