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From: lkk@teddy.UUCP (Larry K. Kolodney)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Good and bad music
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Date: Wed, 5-Jun-85 10:21:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun  5 10:21:55 1985
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Reply-To: lkk@teddy.UUCP (Larry K. Kolodney)
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From Seth Jackson:
>
>The Laverne and Shirley/MacBeth analogy is a good one. MacBeth is clearly
>a superior work if you base your judgment on the criterion of intellectual
>challenge. However, if you choose the criterion of 1/2 hour of light-hearted
>entertainment, then Laverne and Shirley is the superior work. Therefore,
>even though I personally find that show to be an insult to my intelligence,
>I am wrong when I make statements that the show is bad (usually stronger 
>words are used!). The show has something to offer that many people find
>to be of value, and, therefore, by certain measures, not only is it a 
>good show, it's better than MacBeth.
>

Okay, here's another analogy.  Think of the attitudes of various people
toward the concept of "love".  Little children think of it as
'icky mushiness', teenagers as 'sex', and many adults as 'a mutually
supportive relationship' (or somesuch).  Most people who've experienced the
last kind of "mature" love would say that it is superior to two previous
views.  But holders of the two previous ones would look at "mature" love
as perhaps silly and tiresome.  But what you will probably find is that 
most anyone who has been in the third stage has probably been in the previous
two as well, but NOT THE VICE VERSA.
	You might use this criterion for musical quality as well.  How many
people do you know who have gone from being dead-heads to top-40 fans.
I know plenty who've gone the vice versa route.

-larry kolodney

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