09-22-2008, 06:07 PM
It's not just Bing Crosby vs. Frank Sinatra. What about Bill Monroe, John Coltrane, Victor Herbert operettas, Jimmie Rodgers, Paul Robeson, or Richard Strauss? The same people did not listen to all these types of music!
What about the "Cafe Society" scene in NYC in the thirties? Those people surely felt they were quite different than "the masses" in both taste and intellect.
The only big difference I see from past 20th century "elitists" and current 21st century "elitists" is that today they are not all that interested in talking about the downtrodden and the Working Man, and that is probably mostly because "socialism" and "communism" are no longer considered Hip. Or Hep as the case may be.
What about the "Cafe Society" scene in NYC in the thirties? Those people surely felt they were quite different than "the masses" in both taste and intellect.
The only big difference I see from past 20th century "elitists" and current 21st century "elitists" is that today they are not all that interested in talking about the downtrodden and the Working Man, and that is probably mostly because "socialism" and "communism" are no longer considered Hip. Or Hep as the case may be.