Re: two kinds of music

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

Feh!


>From: bloom (at) gis(dot)net (Bloom)
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Israeli Music Today
>Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 23:06:45 -0400 (EDT)
>
> >From: "Robert Cohen" <rlcm17 (at) hotmail(dot)com>
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Subject: Re: Israeli Music Today
> >Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 16:59:56 PDT
> >
> >Oh, dear--I hope the "freedom to be mediocre" is not one we value highly.
> >As Pete Seeger and, maybe, many others often say, there are (perhaps, 
>even
> >for this list?) only two kinds of music:  good and bad!  Probably most 
>music
> >in _any_ genre, even those dear to me, is mediocre, but I try to keep my
> >ears, heart, and mind (and neshama) open for the jewels.
>
>The "only two kinds of music" quote has been brought up again.  I'm glad -
>because I heard a great response to it last week, and I've been looking for
>an opportunity to share it.
>
>Dave Palmeter, disk jockey with Boston folk music station WUMB, was
>conducting an interview on the air on the Friday before last, July 23rd.
>He said:
>
>"Duke Ellington said, 'There are only two kinds of music - good music and
>bad music.'  As I get older, I realize that there are only two kinds of
>music - music I understand, and music I don't understand yet."
>
>
>


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