--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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?
I didn't say it was impossible, I said it was *difficult*. It's easier for me to attend to the words once I've become familiar with the music. Same with the "theatrical spectacle." It just requires more effort on my part to integrate the various components than it might others. As you may recall my saying, I've been listening to Wagner since before I was 4 years old. > authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander > <mailander111@> wrote: > > > > So much for the Gesamtkunstwerk. > > Uh, no. What a weird comment. > > > authfriend <jstein@> 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 >
