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Poor Sarah! What has she gotten herself into? The CBC's National Playlist is not much more than an excuse for intellectual vanity and dim-witted criticism.
Although, Sarah herself, seems one of the more humble critics, some of her fellow panalists reek of insincere analysis which seems mostly as a sort of "intellectual self-promotion" than objective or critical reviews of the music.
Today, on Wednesday's show, it was apparant that Sarah had encountered some "intellectual bullying" on behalf of some of the other panalists- without naming any names- by one man in particular, whom I find the most insincere, and yet, whom due to his
"sophisticated tongue", is able to persuade and belittle any simple minded soul with his complex jargon-sounding musical description and terminology.
This is not meant as merely a criticism of him, nor is it a blind celebration of Sarah- both, as people, I am sure, have their strengths and weaknesses. The point I am trying to make here is this: Why, on earth, is Sarah even invloved with this show? She seems like such a sensitive soul, and some of her comments on the show indicate a frustration with the show's superficial tendency. For instance, one critic, she mentioned, was intellectually justifying the Beach Boys, but had perhaps missed her point. Her point was this: That the beach boys had perhaps sounded a bit fraudulant when singing about the profoundity of God in such a "pop-py" context- Did they really mean or understand the depth of their words? This, a profound statement, was simply overlooked by some of the other panalists who were quick to jump to a new topic. Conclusion: This show is not really interested in the promotion of profound contemplation- how could it be- it is a mere 30 minutes for 2 song analysis. Some people spend years meditating on the same song lyrics- only to learn more and more of them...hmmmm...
It is so clear to me that this show- although perhaps an interesting premise- is doomed from the very onset. None of the panalists have time to speak with any reflection- for they are forced to spit out quick pitched criticisms that, although perhaps " intellectually dazzling", reek of insincerity and vanity. In otherwords, the panalists seem more concerned with portraying their own SELF than the actual music they are discussing. If you listen carefully....the discussion is really mostly saying " I am smarter than you...No! I am smarter than you!...
It is all about the "I"- the EGO...but What about the MUSIC?
For instance, the aforementioned panalist I mentioned earlier in this text, undermined sarah's choice for RadioHead, and I quote, because " he could never understand why everyone was so into them"...
I think what this panalist was really saying was that he could not bear liking a band that was so popular...Simply, it is to uncool for him to do so. I bet, that if RadioHead had never been celebrated by the masses as popular music, and Sarah had introduced this song to the list, the man would have a different stance.
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I love that song.
