On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 23:17 +0100, Andras Simon wrote: > > Was that in The Real Frank Zappa Book? > > > > I have to find my copy of that, because he had a REALLY GOOD rant > > against people who think they like music.... as long as it sounds just > > like every other song that goes BOOM... CHUCK... BOOM... CHUCK. > > > > I have been wanting to quote that for years. > > Do you mean this? > > <quote> > So, if music is the best, what is music? Anything can be music, but it > doesn't become music until someone wills it to be music, and the > audience listening to it decides to perceive it as music. > > Most people can't deal with that abstraction -- or don't want to. They > say: "Gimme the tune. Do I like this tune? Does it sound like another > tune that I like? The more familiar it is, the better I like it. Hear > those three notes there? Those are the three notes I can sing along > with. I like those notes very, very much. Give me a beat. Not a fancy > one. Give me a GOOD BEAT -- something I can dance to. It has to go > boom-bap, boom-boom-BAP. If it doesn't, I will hate it very, very > much. Also, I want it right away -- and then, write me some more songs > like that -- over and over and over again, because I'm really into > music." > </quote> > > Andras That's the one. Thanks! You are the bomb-skiddly-shiznit. Rich... _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
