agreed
bach is bach is bach
but a different category, :-)
otis redding
j.j. cale
On 3/20/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Bach uber alles! But that's not a fair contest. Nor would it be fair
> to throw in Machaut or Mozart or Shoenberg, or Ives or Carter.
> Different category.
>
> In my crowd we sometimes called "Satisfaction" the national anthem.
> But I prefer the Otis Redding version. I spent a lot of afternoons
> fishing on the dock of the bay. And given my druthers I'll dance to
> Motown any time.
>
> Mark
>
> At 07:06 PM 3/19/2007, you wrote:
> >The choir and orchestra of the London Bach Society.
> >
> >joanna
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "andrew burke" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 11:00 PM
> >Subject: Re: Stones V. Beatles
> >
> >
> >>It is such a complicated question! I am a swinging voter - at 20,
> definitely
> >>early Stones beat early Beatles (oh yeah). But then Sgt Pepper came out
> and
> >>kicked me back to Rovolver, and I was deep in the heart of jazz coz* *
> was
> >>managing a 'cool' jazz joint, with a side salad of blues. I played Sgt
> >>Pepper's to the members and they freaked - 'Get that pop music off!' -
> but
> >>George Martin and Paul had done so much there. But it was always Dylan
> above
> >>them all for me ... and when the Band kicked in with him, more than
> ever.
> >>But then Zappa ... and Tom Waits ...
> >>
> >>Blind Boy Burke
> >>
> >>
> >>On 20/03/07, Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>The Pixies.
> >>>
> >>>Dominic
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Andrew
> >>http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> >>http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits
> >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
>
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