Lest anyone get the wrong impression, to this day I am enthralled by Suite: Judy Blue Eyes and Teach Your Children with Marrakesh Express and Lady of the Island close behind. I just think that Nash should stick to pontificating about what he knows and does best...music! -----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis P Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:14 PM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: ADV: Re: Mr. Nash's arrogance In any case Crosby Stills and Nash.. and Young were not pop artists. A pop artist is one that makes new work from what is already popular because it will also be popular. When CSN came out they broke a lot of new ground. Dennis On Oct 20, 2012, at 2:02 PM, Fred Rosenberg wrote: > Well said. > > > On 20/10/2012 1:04 PM, Helge Nareid wrote: >> On 20/10/2012 20:27, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> >> [... big snip ...] >>> Bach has lived for centuries and will continue to. I doubt anyone will >>> even remember the popsters of the 20th century a hundred years from now. >>> But ... like I said ... I'm kind of a snob about that :) >>> >> Slightly tongue in cheek here, but .... >> >> I will disagree with you to some extent here - while I don't have much >> good to say about most pop music, the 20th century has brought us some >> truly excellent music in the "popular" categories, such as jazz, blues, >> folk and even rock. I would not be as quick to dismiss performers like >> Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan or even the Beatles. I will even >> go as far as to say that the 20th century has been a golden age of music >> - but let's all remember Sturgeon's law: "98% of everything is rubbish!" >> >> I fully accept and respect your opinion of 20th century music (even >> though I disagree), and I have no quarrel with your dislike of it. But >> dismissing any possible worth in music you don't like sounds remarkably >> similar to "film is dead, live with it!" >> >> I don't agree with Nash regarding film, but I also don't agree with you >> regarding music. The point where I think Nash has gone too far is to >> dismiss the opposing view as worthless. I hope and trust you won't make >> the same mistake. >> >> - The Horrible But Slightly Dissenting Helge >> >> >> >> ============================================================================ ================================= >> To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. >> > > ============================================================================ ================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > ====================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 7609 (20121020) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.