I stumbled across this piece from the new York Times the other day. Basically, the writers are arguing for slow & boring films, which I'm all for, especially when they contrast the slow & boring with the frantic but empty action and comedy films that Hollywood makes so easily these days. It got me thinking about the same thing in music. If we are praising slow & boring music what would be some examples? Usually the praise heaped on great music is for exciting, challenging, energizing music but slow, long, boring? What would be the examplars of this? I guess for popular examples I'd have to go with Kid A by Radiohead, maybe something like In A Silent Way by Miles Davis, and the ambient half of Brian Eno's catalogue.
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