nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (08/09/85)
> From Jeff Winslow [Regarding Birdsongs of the Mesozoic's "(Excerpts from) The Rite of Spring":] > It's probably very interesting. In fact, if I get a chance, I'd like > to hear it. Although I don't see how it can possibly be more > interesting, or satisfying, than the original, which in my opinion is > one of the most magnificent works in Western music (take that, JSB > fans!). Just as the two-piano version, while fascinating, can't match > the richness of the orchestral work. Yes, "The Rite of Spring" is one of the most magnificant works in Western music (take that, KB fans! Oops, sorry.... Did you know that both Stravinsky and Kate Bush change time signatures very often, sometimes every measure?). The Birdsongs of the Mesozoic version (1 electric piano, 2 keyboard synths, 1 electric guitar, 1 drum machine) is just as good as the original, and is a different and complementary experience. > (Could he? Oh, hi Doug, uh, er...) Maybe he even *likes* the "old, > big, and pompous" original (horrors!). No one ever accused me of not liking something just because it's big and pompous. I wouldn't like Pink Floyd if that were the case. There is room in the world for both the big and pompous and the small and unpompous. "You can't chop down a symmetry" Doug Alan nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)
rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (08/10/85)
> [Regarding Birdsongs of the Mesozoic's "(Excerpts from) The Rite of > Spring":] > > It's probably very interesting. In fact, if I get a chance, I'd like > to hear it. Although I don't see how it can possibly be more > interesting, or satisfying, than the original, which in my opinion is > one of the most magnificent works in Western music (take that, JSB > fans!). Just as the two-piano version, while fascinating, can't match > the richness of the orchestral work. [WINSLOW] Why must different things be judged on the same scale? Can't the orchestral, piano, and Birdsong versions (complete with electric guitar and cheap Farfisa organ) be simply classifed as different listening experiences evoking different listening reactions? Why the obsession with direct comparison? Can't both Bach and Bush be equally good in different ways? Isn't that just possibly possible? (NAAH!) -- "iY AHORA, INFORMACION INTERESANTE ACERCA DE... LA LLAMA!" Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr
jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) (08/15/85)
> > [Regarding Birdsongs of the Mesozoic's "(Excerpts from) The Rite of > > Spring":] > > > > It's probably very interesting. In fact, if I get a chance, I'd like > > to hear it. Although I don't see how it can possibly be more > > interesting, or satisfying, than the original, which in my opinion is > > one of the most magnificent works in Western music (take that, JSB > > fans!). Just as the two-piano version, while fascinating, can't match > > the richness of the orchestral work. [WINSLOW] > > Why must different things be judged on the same scale? Can't the > orchestral, piano, and Birdsong versions (complete with electric guitar > and cheap Farfisa organ) be simply classifed as different listening > experiences evoking different listening reactions? [ROSEN] They can. No argument from me there. In the paragraph you quoted, however, I happened to be comparing them on the scale of my personal interest in them. Nothing more. Sorry if that wasn't clear. lover of imaginary music ??? Jeff Winslow