On a larger scale these are rough economic times. Consciously or not, pop has been reverting to precedents from past downturns. Depression-era swing and 1970s disco responded to listeners’ yearning for a danceable beat and an uncomplicated, upbeat message to propel them through hard times. Yet we’re not getting a 21st-century Duke Ellington out of this recessionary phase; instead we’re getting warmed-over Giorgio Moroder electronics and voice processing, although it’s now more digital than analog. It’s an austerity program, demonstrating how to get by while scrimping.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/arts/music/02simplicity.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

velmi dlho som si nieco tak dobre napisane o muzike neprecital.