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| From | Christobal <plattc@optonline.net> |
| Subject | Re: Favorite All-Time Videos |
| Date | Mon, 12 May 2003 16:44:51 -0400 |
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Apropos of the paraphrased quote, to whit, "Writing [/Talking] about
music is like dancing about architecture," I've most often heard it
attributed to jazz-composer extraordinaire Charles Mingus, but have also
heard it attributed to a bunch of others.
So given this google-age we live in, I did a quick search, and came up
with this:
http://home.pacifier.com/~ascott/they/tamildaa.htm
which posits that the earliest firm, verifiable attribution for the
quote, according to that particular website owner, is Elvis Costello.
Also found a website that attributes the quote to Robyn Hitchcock. And
a few others avidly supporting John Cage.
Oddly, the quote isn't in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. At least not
that I can find in the online version.
Now, back to our music.
Christopher
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audities-owner@smoe.org
> [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of josh chasin
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 3:46 PM
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Favorite All-Time Videos
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > > What are the fave videos of other Auditeers?
>
> Todd Rundgren, "Time Heals."
>
> I can't think of any other videos I like. To paraphrase
> Frank Zappa, Making a video of a song is like painting about
> architecture.
>
> Favorite videos 2 through a thousand would be the videos that
> play in my head when I close my eyes and hear certain songs.
>
> Oh-- I also like "Cruel to Be Kind" because it has Nick Lowe
> and Carlene Carter's wedding in it (I don't think she's
> shooting up) and "So Bad" by McCartney because Ringo is in it.
>
> Actually, I did just think of another music video I like.
> The movie "Josie and the Pussycats."
>
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