The Madness, The Music

So I just remembered another stupid thing that was once said to me.

"Music in the 60s and 70s was good because they knew they didn't need to play fast to sound good."

This is completely untrue. At the time, jazz guys would have been the only one playing fast and they would have sounded bitchin' doing it. It just wasn't until the first Van Halen record that people realized that playing fast can sound really cool. I explained this and got the response of 'Well, you know what I mean'.

Goddamn. Herp derp, I'd know what you meant if you expressed it properly.

For what it's worth, he meant "Music in the 60s and 70s was good because they understood phrasing because they didn't know how to play fast yet." I don't exactly agree, but I suppose there is an argument to be made there.