From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Mon Jun 03 2002 - 08:11:49 MDT
At 08:40 AM 6/3/02 +0200, "Giu1i0 Prisc0" <g2002@prisco.info> wrote astutely:
>I do not think the analogy is correct. If you don't like Mozart, you can
>still consider yourself a musician for the reason you say, that he had an
>important effect on musical history. But I doubt you would choose to
>consider yourself a member of a particular musical school that explicitely
>regards Mozart as a model.
Yes, except that here we're talking about Guy Lombardo or Kenny G. Ayn
Rand, wonderfully and aptly enough, insisted on listening to sub-musical
drivel she called (IIRC) `tiddly-winks' music.
It's a metaphor, folks. A hasty one, but life is short (currently).
Damien Broderick
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