"Tasteful" music

See also: lite, smooth, muzak

This doesn't mean that their music has to be "highbrow" or difficult, btw - I think pop music and "tastefulness" are miles apart. It's all relative. You could argue that John Coltrane is more "tasteful" than Justin Timberlake, or vice versa.

Tasteful=dinner party music

Blech.

But Kenan what is "tasteful" meaning here? Why not just say "stylish and restrained" (which can = great music I totally agree!). It's the extra work that the t-word is doing that's interesting - why use it?

And also what I'm kind of addressing the idea that music has to be balls-out to be any good. Bullocks.

I'm now trying to remember exactly what I meant by that phrase, and I'm not really sure. Maybe I meant "overly mediated," or something along those lines. To me, "tasteful" = cautious, even in a wreckless way. Something that's "tasteful" is considered, pondered, etc.

i'd pretty much go along with this as a good definition of tasteful. i set up a thread recently about polished production / over production which may have some cross-over with this. like i said then, i'd take it on an artist-by-artist basis. some bands you want to be slick and, ahem, tasteful (say, craig david and lemon jelly), others benefit from being sloppy/over-ambitious etc.

See also: good, bad, ugly. Again, these kinds of words only make sense if you're familiar with the writer's "tastes".

max eider of the jazz butcher was the epitome of tasteful guitar solos: partytime, girlfriend, falling in love, etc.

i much prefer the tasteful side of le tigre to the raw side. i can hardly believe it, but i think i even prefer it to bikini kill - probably just the doppler effect [le tigre hasn't had red shift yet].

belle and sebastian's vocal line melodies are so tasteful - more complex than nick drake, less predictable than the kinks, as catchy as the divine comedy but never insipid as hannon's sometimes are.

same goes for prince's vocal lines. huge vocal hooks are woven tastefully into the fabric.

steely dan's chord substitutions are another good touchstone of tastefulness. rich, and reminiscent of things without calling them directly to mind. then they are draped in gaudy, overdone backing vocals and saxaphones, and support those oblique lyrics. the same thing happens with bonzo dog - neil innes is tasteful, and viv stanshall takes it over the top.

a few things you'll always find in the cupboards and under the countertops of the tasteful kitchen:
dry humor
references to a favorite song, instead of covering it
perfect vocal control at lower intensities e.g. q tip

i don't think it really has much overlap with the idea of personal tastes, and only somewhat with style and restraint. mark knopfler's solos on money for nothing and sultans of swing are both totally his style, only the latter is tasteful; it's not really restrained either, it's exuberant.

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