ALDSTF10@OUACCVMB.BITNET (04/09/91)
Date: 8 April 1991, 12:34:36 EST From: ALDSTF10 at OUACCVMB To: LOVE-HOUNDS@EDDIE.MIT.EDU at EDU A few concerns: 1) Bruce Dickinson, not Dickenson ("The Air-raid siren" to you and me) 2) In response to my contention that Kate's music is sometimes cluttered and un focused, Steve VanDevender replies: >Simple Music may have its virtues, but I'd rather listen to a Bach Fugue >than a Phillip Glass piece. So would I, Steve old chum, but for the same reasons I mentioned earlier. I thi nk Bach's music is masterful because it obeys beautiful and structured forms wi th almost mathematical precision, but without sounding soulless. I happen to th ink Phillip Glass is a vapid twit. His music isn't necessarily simple; I would call it random, a resort to varied noises and unfocused musical ideas simply fo r the avante-gardedness (??!) of it all. Some Kate songs strike me as resortin g to that type of thing, almost as if just to fill up space, and a person with her talent doesn't have to resort to that.
Duane.Day@ebay.sun.COM (Duane Day - duane@thismoment.EBay.Sun.COM) (04/10/91)
ALDSTF10@OUACCVMB.BITNET writes: >So would I, Steve old chum, but for the same reasons I mentioned earlier. I thi>nk Bach's music is masterful because it obeys beautiful and structured forms wi >th almost mathematical precision, but without sounding soulless. I happen to th >ink Phillip Glass is a vapid twit. His music isn't necessarily simple; I would >call it random, a resort to varied noises and unfocused musical ideas simply fo >r the avante-gardedness (??!) of it all. Some Kate songs strike me as resortin >g to that type of thing, almost as if just to fill up space, and a person with >her talent doesn't have to resort to that. (1) Your text would be much easier to read if you kept the line length down to 80 characters and/or started new lines at the beginning of a word. (2) You don't have a clue as to what's going on with Philip Glass. Yes, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, but be aware that it's an almost completely uninformed one. Even though you don't perceive the structure in something, please don't assume there isn't any. "Random" is one of the least appropriate adjectives I can think of to apply to Glass' music. If you want to give Glass another chance from a fresh perspective, a good place to start is _Songs from Liquid Days_, as the compositions use more traditional song forms. (3) Here's hoping that your musical boundaries are enjoyably expanded. There's a wonderful world of music out there beyond all those rules and judgments.