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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
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Subject: Re: Rhino / rock's limits / jazz snobs / creativity
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Date: Wed, 21-Sep-83 13:19:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 21 13:19:47 1983
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        "Mostly, Rounder deals in Bluegrass and Blues, but any modern music
         scholar knows that the end result etc. etc."

   "Modern music scholar"! My, aren't the pop culture freaks getting
pretentious these days!

    All this talk about lack of creativity in rock, jazz snobs, etc. cracks
me up. All you have to do is listen to some late Beethoven quartets, maybe
Mahler's 6th symphony, maybe Schoenberg's Ode to Napoleon, to realize what's
more limited and what's less limited. Of course, you may have to listen
to these pieces 7 or 8 times before you begin to get the hang of them, but
that's a small price to pay for never getting tired of them afterwards.

    Now, mind you, I'm not saying rock, punk, jazz, etc. are horrible
and shouldn't be listened to. But when it comes to subtlety and range
of expression, just remember what kind of music is at the top of the
heap.
 
                                           Quick, Watson, the asbestos...

                                                 Jeff Winslow