rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (12/31/84)
Hey, I wouldn't say any of this "slander" about John Williams too loudly, ladies and gentlemen. I mean, there's this woman at astrovax who reveres him as a demigod (or a demitasse, or something like that), and if you accuse Williams of being derivative, stealthful, or unoriginal, she'll tear your liver out and rip your nostrils open and nail your head to the floor. Honest. Even after you've shown explicit references to the passages he ripped off. I got to see a "Star Wars (A New Hope)"/"The Empire Strikes Back" double feature at a friend's house the other night. I have to break into sheer hysterics during the desert scene in which the two droids leave the pod. To think that excerpts from the Rite of Spring qualify as "original music" does make me laugh. But one DOES have to admit one thing about Williams. Though he is a musical thief, he does know what to steal and when to use it (and probably how to alter it just enough to avoid lawsuits...). -- "Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end." Rich Rosen pyuxd!rlr