Mike from Barcelona, I stand corrected in more ways than one:
"Hi John; my straight answer is that I didn't defend the remark at all, ever. " a) I realize that. I just phrased my question clumsily. I should have said something like: "What if the remark had been made by someone who is generally less known for 'usually being a thinker who was probably rambling for three seconds' (or being just ironic, for the effect). Would we, or rather I, be willing to give them as much 'benefit of the doubt', as I (like Mike) do in the case of Elvis Costello? BTW, Mike, I completely agree with what you say and I got that from the first reading already. What I wrote was just loud thinking - not in disagreement, but rather an elaboration. John then also namedropped: >>How insensitive (just saw Pat Metheny in Amsterdam doing a brilliant version of this Joao Gilberto classic):<< Written by Tom Jobim, Shirley ? ;-) b) Yes, it was Jobim. It's just that I played the Joao Gilberto version so often, so I have subconsiously come to associate the song with him. c) How did you know that my cross-dressing name is Shirley? d) Namedropping???? Moi??? Just spoke to Pat and he told me that he is perfectly fine with me dropping his name. Actually, he said that I could drop it wherever I wanted, me being Dutch and all ... [PS It WAS a great concert, last night in Amsterdam]. In all friendship. John
