Musicians Duet Better

[ernstinen]

Quote:The history of a people is found in its songs.~ George JellinekGood quote!I guess we're defined, then, by the following: "Honey""Seasons In The Sun""My Ding-a-ling""(You're) Having My Baby""Song Sung Blue"Ern

[drew]

People whose sensibility is destroyed by music in trains, airports, lifts, cannot concentrate on a Beethoven Quartet.~ Witold Lutoslawski

[drew]

I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.~ Waylon Jennings (1937-2002)

[drew]

Music is the vernacular of the human soul.~ Geoffrey LathamI thought I was the one who said that.

[drew]

Remember, information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth; truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not music; music is the best.~ Frank Zappa

[drew]

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense~ Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist, poet, statesman

[drew]

Every man’s work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.~ Samuel Butler (1612-80) English poet, author Oh man, I've written some really ugly stuff.

[mani]

Quote:Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense~ Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist, poet, statesman Guess he never heard 'Trout Mask Replica' or 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' then!!!

[gongchime]

The quote;"Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense"~ Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist, poet, statesmanIs difficult to understand if analyzed grammatically because of all the negatives and its somewhat surprising that a man of letters would produce such a confusing babble.Let's look at it more closely by changing the words.Everything is capable of being set to music that is nonsense. In that case, he was precisely talking about Trout Mask Replica. You call yourselves lyricists but I'm the only one who noticed it.

[mani]

Quote:Is difficult to understand if analyzed grammatically because of all the negatives and its somewhat surprising that a man of letters would produce such a confusing babble.Hey Gongzo!Don't you mean "it's"? A clear cut case of "Musician heal thyself!!" methinks! Btw, when are you gonna post some links to more of those cool theory articles you have a knack of finding?Here's a link you might find interesting:http://www.furious.com/perfect/iloubot.htmlIt's not an article as such. Just a little creative writing. It helps if you're even slightly familiar with Lou Reed's 'Metal Machine Music' album.