marek@iuvax.UUCP (07/06/85)
rjv's response to nessus's note "net.music.fans?" is highly significant:
N E V E R F O R E V E R
E X P E R I E N C E
T H E D R E A M I N G
... I F Y O U A R E N O T
L I O N H E A R T E D
... A N D I F Y O U H A V E N ' T R E C E I V E D
A K I C K I N S I D E .
Otherwise you risk flipping out in a violent way involving visions of rape
and PBS's "Meeting of the Minds"... As far as I know, there is no treatment.
-- Marek Lugowski
P.S. Both Mr. Bach and Ms. Bush would likely have thought each other
fascinating and admirable. I am sure that both would have a lot
of good things to say for each other, not to mention Mr. Bach's
likely rapture with Ms. Bush's "wunderpianoforte". Mr. Bach had
always been something of a hardware hacker when it came to new
sorts of claviers. I think that Ms. Bush would find it compelling
to make him a gift of her Fairlight, upon which we could have
expected a brand new set of mesmerizing Bach toccatas, variations,
concerti and cantatas--likely with quite a bit of percusssion...
As for Ms. Bush? Who knows... Her star hasn't risen to its zenith
yet. I will indeed be happy to discuss her genius ten years from now. Even
if she were to not have a chance to compose and perform anymore, her to-date
musical offerings are of highest caliber and her poetry at least on a par
with that of the better contemporary poets (Ginzburg, Brautigan).
M.
P.p.s. I think that Madonna is admirable as well, not only for her
indominable music but also for her indominable spirit as indicated by the
recent cover stories in popular weeklies. As for great jazz musicians, Mr.
Jan Garbarek and Ms. Urszula Dudziak are every bit as special as Ms. Bush and
I for one have no difficulty finding room for all these people (Madonna
included) in my musical parthenon. Amen.
-- Marek