I think the reason Greg misconstrued Stewart's point, which was not addressed to Josh, is because there was no transition sentence. (Such as, "Josh, you are correct, people should create their own imagery, however, the major complaint many people have about videos is that they take away that very ability.") Stewart was addressing the more common anti-video complaint, that the video takes away the ability to form one's own impression of the song, and his take on that is pretty much mine. However, in making that point, it came sequentially after the portion from Josh's post, it appears to be a direct response. In other words, it was misread. There's some stuff in Greg's post that I don't quite agree with, but I don't have the time to respond now (you lucky people....) Mike Bennett Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com >From: Stewart Mason >Reply-To: audities@smoe.org >To: audities@smoe.org, audities@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Favorite All-Time Videos >Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 12:07:02 -0400 > >At 10:49 AM 5/13/2003 -0500, Sager, Greg wrote: > > Lastly, I've been reading Josh Chasin's Audities posts for several > >years now, and I've seen zero evidence that he suffers from "absolutely >no > >imagination and a dearth of original thought." > >If you'd be so kind to go back and actually read what I wrote, you'll note >that I never accused Josh of any such thing. His statement was that he >prefers to come up with his own imagery for a song. I said that I thought >THE INABILITY TO come up with your own imagery for a song is "absolutely no >imagination and a dearth of original thought." Kindly get back to me with >your explanation of how that's a slam against Josh. > >S > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail