Jazz?
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Jazz?
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I'm afraid I don't like jazz.
I'm afraid I don't like jazz.
Last edited by Primula Baggins on Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:51 am, edited 1 time in total.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
Of all the various kinds of music humankind has created, I confess that Jazz is my least favourite. I always assumed it's because I'm too ordinary to like it, it seems to me you have to be a cool city dweller who has five degrees in Political Science, a spouse of a different colour than you, and the owner of a dog of a breed no one else on earth has ever heard of.
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Me, too, Holby. If it's got a melody, I usually like it. It's the "weedly-deedly SQUEAK!" stuff that I can't enjoy.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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[nods in agreement]vison wrote:Of all the various kinds of music humankind has created, I confess that Jazz is my least favourite. I always assumed it's because I'm too ordinary to like it, it seems to me you have to be a cool city dweller who has five degrees in Political Science, a spouse of a different colour than you, and the owner of a dog of a breed no one else on earth has ever heard of.
Except I would also add a few other kinds of music, namely, most opera music [sorry, if that makes me a Philistine, so be it!] rap, hip-hop, and any form of 'music' that consists of the 'singer' screaming incomprehensible lyrics consisting mostly of swear words.
Okay, some jazz is pretty good. Lou Armstrong. Ella Fitzgerald. Della Reese...I think some of her stuff counts as jazz. Ray Charles. Stuff where you can hear the lyrics, sing along, and maybe dance to it, if you're so inclined.
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Osgiliation at its finest!
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You DON'T like JAZZ!!!
Miles Davies, Dave Brubeck, Charlie Parker, John Coltrain, MJQ, Monk, Billie Holiday ...
and that's just a tip of the iceberg.
Genius. Every single one of 'em.
Oh, and Sunny, I agree (exepting opera, which I love) 'gangsta rap' is not music. It's mindless, mostly misogynist, not-even-particularly-rythmic noise.
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Osgiliation at its finest!
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You DON'T like JAZZ!!!
Miles Davies, Dave Brubeck, Charlie Parker, John Coltrain, MJQ, Monk, Billie Holiday ...
and that's just a tip of the iceberg.
Genius. Every single one of 'em.
Oh, and Sunny, I agree (exepting opera, which I love) 'gangsta rap' is not music. It's mindless, mostly misogynist, not-even-particularly-rythmic noise.
Ever mindful of the maxim that brevity is the soul of wit, axordil sums up the Sil:
"Too many Fingolfins, not enough Sams."
Yes.
Hey, Sassy, I did list some jazz artists that I DO like. Lou Armstrong got the honour of doing both the first AND last numbers at our wedding: "Be My Life's Companion", and "Moon River." Okay, can't really call "Moon River' 'jazz', but I think the other title would qualify!
And yup, osgiliatin' away here!
And yup, osgiliatin' away here!
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Tito Puente!
Sass, I agree with you about gangsta rap, but there is some (just a little bit) of very excellent, innovative hip hop music out there.
Sass, I agree with you about gangsta rap, but there is some (just a little bit) of very excellent, innovative hip hop music out there.
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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
Like so many other things in life (art and religion come to mind) I am willing to allow people their own beliefs. So, if someone believes that gangsta rap is music, that’s fine with me.
For myself, it’s largely a matter of timing and mood with rap and hip-hop. If I’m in the mood for it (which, I admit, I am at times) than I do like some of it. When I’m not in the mood I find it to be terribly annoying.
Personal tastes in music don’t seem to follow any rational logic though. For instance, my least favorite type of music is country, but my (second) favorite is Bluegrass.
My favorite is Led Zeppelin. (Yes, that is a “type” of music, in my opinion).
Go figure.
For myself, it’s largely a matter of timing and mood with rap and hip-hop. If I’m in the mood for it (which, I admit, I am at times) than I do like some of it. When I’m not in the mood I find it to be terribly annoying.
Personal tastes in music don’t seem to follow any rational logic though. For instance, my least favorite type of music is country, but my (second) favorite is Bluegrass.
My favorite is Led Zeppelin. (Yes, that is a “type” of music, in my opinion).
Go figure.
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textbooks undergo frequent revision, Eru, and furthermore do not supplant my opinion on the matter which is LAW!
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There, there, dear <conciliatory pat> don't take on so.
It's all in the mind, you know.
Edit: Yes, 'tis Voronwë. Wanna do the honours?
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There, there, dear <conciliatory pat> don't take on so.
It's all in the mind, you know.
Edit: Yes, 'tis Voronwë. Wanna do the honours?
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"Too many Fingolfins, not enough Sams."
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I don't know about cool (or kewl! ), but I'm a city dweller who gets all itchy if I spend too much time away from the noise and hustle - but I don't got political science, a spouse of yellow or gree, nor ever owned a dawggie....but I do love jazz, in just about all of its manifestations, including all those 'fusions': jazz/rock, jazz/blues, jazz/world, jazz swing, classical jazz, jazz guitar, jazz piano, jazz, jazz, jazz...Vison wrote:t seems to me you have to be a cool city dweller who has five degrees in Political Science, a spouse of a different colour than you, and the owner of a dog of a breed no one else on earth has ever heard of.
In fact, we've nicknamed our son Jazz!
Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.