This is a test
Soho the dog has posted a questionnaire about musical taste, opinion and such
There are 10 questions plus some extra credit stuff
I, being a purely intellectual being, have no opinions or any taste to
speak of. Therefore I don't participate in such things. Even my own
music is of intellectual interest only. I could in no way tell you what it "means" or what you're supposed to feel about it. Nobody's buying it is all I know.
Also, I am too lazy.
However,
the Omniscient (except for opera) Mussel did provide the following
answer to #7 which ought to resonate with all the unsung (or un-performed) composers of the world.
It awarded myself with a satisfying snort of derision; John Williams? pfui!
- What’s the best use of a classical warhorse in a Hollywood movie?
Everything John Williams ever wrote is just a rearrangement of Mars from The Planets or the finale of Tchaik 6.
Oh no! It’s the Apocalypse.
Again.
Yawn.
Actually, my answer, if I were not too proud to participate in this sort of thing, would be, (who was it) Kubric's? use of the ride of the Valkyries in "Apocalypse now".
It's not so much the music as it is the comparison between "fearless women
warriors on noble steeds collecting the fallen heroes and bringing them
to their reward" and "lunatic surfer dudes riding flapping helicopters
to drop flaming gasoline on hapless villagers".
It's the sense of humor involved.
There are 10 questions plus some extra credit stuff
I, being a purely intellectual being, have no opinions or any taste to
speak of. Therefore I don't participate in such things. Even my own
music is of intellectual interest only. I could in no way tell you what it "means" or what you're supposed to feel about it. Nobody's buying it is all I know.
Also, I am too lazy.
However,
the Omniscient (except for opera) Mussel did provide the following
answer to #7 which ought to resonate with all the unsung (or un-performed) composers of the world.
It awarded myself with a satisfying snort of derision; John Williams? pfui!
- What’s the best use of a classical warhorse in a Hollywood movie?
Everything John Williams ever wrote is just a rearrangement of Mars from The Planets or the finale of Tchaik 6.
Oh no! It’s the Apocalypse.
Again.
Yawn.
Actually, my answer, if I were not too proud to participate in this sort of thing, would be, (who was it) Kubric's? use of the ride of the Valkyries in "Apocalypse now".
It's not so much the music as it is the comparison between "fearless women
warriors on noble steeds collecting the fallen heroes and bringing them
to their reward" and "lunatic surfer dudes riding flapping helicopters
to drop flaming gasoline on hapless villagers".
It's the sense of humor involved.
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