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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Favorite All-Time Videos |
| Date | Mon, 12 May 2003 15:53:43 -0500 |
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I was always told that the quote came from Christopher Wren, and he said
"Dancing about architecture is like writing about music."
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: Christobal <plattc@optonline.net>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Favorite All-Time Videos
>Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 16:44:51 -0400
>
>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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