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From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan)
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Subject: Re: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Live
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 08:29:13 EDT
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> From Jeff Winslow

[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.

Yes, "The Rite of Spring" is one of the most magnificant works in
Western music (take that, KB fans!  Oops, sorry....  Did you know that
both Stravinsky and Kate Bush change time signatures very often,
sometimes every measure?).

The Birdsongs of the Mesozoic version (1 electric piano, 2 keyboard
synths, 1 electric guitar, 1 drum machine) is just as good as the
original, and is a different and complementary experience.

> (Could he? Oh, hi Doug, uh, er...) Maybe he even *likes* the "old,
> big, and pompous" original (horrors!).

No one ever accused me of not liking something just because it's big and
pompous.  I wouldn't like Pink Floyd if that were the case.  There is
room in the world for both the big and pompous and the small and
unpompous.

			"You can't chop down a symmetry"

			 Doug Alan
			  nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)