“I’d Croon Them.”

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20331, 14 June 1934, Page 8

“I’d Croon Them.”

Dear Sir, —Learning to croon! Ye gods, does one have to learn to make noises like that? And then to call it music! What is the world coming to? Time was on a moonlight night that my dog sat on his tail and howled, but he soon was quietened with a boot. Nowadays he may expect a pleased audience cf shoulderwagging lunatics. No need to tell us these hideous sounds originated in America, the land where the one who yells hardest gets the highest salary. After hearing these moaners and groaners one wonders if there is any music in America, and why we should be inflicted with these noises on the wireless beats me when there is so much beautiful music in the world. I know I would like to get into the recordroom at the YA studios with a hammer. I’d croon them. I doubt if there are a dozen sensible people in Christchurch who like to listen to those noises, and I for one would gladly give an extra 30s a year to keep those sounds off the air. and quietly eliminate *the makers of this sc called ** MUSIC."