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God, Richard, that was beautifully put!--On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:22 PM, richard sales <richard@glasswing.com> wrote:
Yea... music is like sex. It's totally psychological. There are no hard and fast rules other than maybe "Whatever gets you to heaven." But even that has some loopholes, some abusers, some tweakers and some razor wire.
With time, our pronouncements get quieter, humbled by the greased pig of truth.
respectfully,
Richard Sales
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On Jun 14, 2011, at 9:06 AM, Kevin Cheli-Colando <billowhead@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Bryan Helm <bryanhelm@openrange.net> wrote:
>> Because Todd used the "J" word-
>>
>> "Americans love jazz , as long as it comes free with brunch"
>> Lionel Hampton
>>
>> . As to U2 (or "the ute" as I heard the late John Cunningham of Relativity once refer to them) they could barely play their instruments 30 plus years ago and they haven't really gotten any more adept at >playing their instruments or composing music since then, perhaps especially "show tunes". But I don't have to buy their stuff or listen to them against my will, so I don't care, it's just sad that it qualifies >as industry standard at this point in history. Must be time to practice...rant off.
>
> I dunno, the esteemed Mr. Eno seems to think they're interesting and
> talented enough to warrant his having worked with them for at least a
> decade or so now. I think the U2 bashing is ill considered and
> actually a slight to the intended point of this thread I think.
> They're very inventive for a popular band I think and I'm willing to
> bet anyone on this list would have a very good time talking gear with
> the Edge if they ever had the chance.
>
> I just have a hard time with people slagging off popular musicians for
> what basically seems to be the fact that they're popular; I think its
> misplaced.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> --
> Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have a
> form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all trouble.
>
> - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)
>
> Sound and Vision: http://www.minds-eye.org
> Video http://www.vimeo.com/user877640/videos
>
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