Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Live Message-ID: <1456@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Aug-85 00:15:20 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxd.1456 Posted: Sat Aug 10 00:15:20 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Aug-85 21:41:27 EDT References: <4802@mit-eddie.UUCP> <5554@tekecs.UUCP> <1374@pyuxd.UUCP> <5582@tekecs.UUCP> <4916@mit-eddie.UUCP> Distribution: net.music Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 19 Keywords: Le Sacre du Printemps > [Regarding Birdsongs of the Mesozoic's "(Excerpts from) The Rite of > Spring":] > > It's probably very interesting. In fact, if I get a chance, I'd like > to hear it. Although I don't see how it can possibly be more > interesting, or satisfying, than the original, which in my opinion is > one of the most magnificent works in Western music (take that, JSB > fans!). Just as the two-piano version, while fascinating, can't match > the richness of the orchestral work. [WINSLOW] Why must different things be judged on the same scale? Can't the orchestral, piano, and Birdsong versions (complete with electric guitar and cheap Farfisa organ) be simply classifed as different listening experiences evoking different listening reactions? Why the obsession with direct comparison? Can't both Bach and Bush be equally good in different ways? Isn't that just possibly possible? (NAAH!) -- "iY AHORA, INFORMACION INTERESANTE ACERCA DE... LA LLAMA!" Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr