Well, if you cannot appreciate lyrics and music at the same time, then how can you appreciate a Gesamtkunstwerk as the artist intended it to be both at the same time AND the theatrical spectacle on top of that?
authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So much for the Gesamtkunstwerk. Uh, no. What a weird comment. > authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > And just to show you how mundane my mind is compared to yous > > and Judy's spiritual analysis of Jimi's words at the end of > > his great video--I thought he was making a comment to those > > in the room based on the end part of the song-- "Gonna buy > > this whole town/put it in my shoe/maybe give a piece to > > you/that's what I'm gonna do/that's what I'm gonna do > > etc........" then the "Do you think I'd do that?" > > LOL!! You nailed it. Silly us (more me than Curtis). > > My excuse is that I have terrible trouble listening > to music and paying attention to the words at the > same time. I have to *ignore* the music in order to > grasp the words, and the more compelling the music, > the harder that is (which is odd because I'm so > verbal). In this case I was also fascinated by > watching his face and hands. I couldn't have told > you what the words to that song were to save my life. > > Thanks for the reality check. > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
