[quote name='bilbo230763' post='207079' date='May 27 2008, 09:44 AM']Have you heard 'No Quarter'?
Seriously, tho'. I have written elsewhere of why I think people get into more sophisticated genres. You just get bored with the predictability of simpler music forms. I still have a soft spot for HM but it is based on nostalgia and the genre holds few surprises for me, especially bass-wise. So I have, over a long time, looked for other things to get excited about and jazz forms a substantial part of that - although even I am bored of the head-solos-head formats that are a central theme of several of its sub-genres (hard-bop etc).
Jazz is best when someone is taking chances! Same with most music, I guess.[/quote]
I totally agree, music needs to be pushed and listening to the same ol' stuff can get on my nerves. Blues Rock 'n' Roll gets right up my nostrils, especially the likes of Mick Jagger and co.
However, I have to disagree on some point. Overused chord prgressions still sound sweet to me, nothings better than that resolution chord that you've been waiting for and I think that humans do generally like the lyrical melodies and chord progressions that are overused, thats why they are overused i spose!!!
Sometimes less means more I think is what I'm trying to say sometimes