Re: Well done, Sum1!

Date: 18 Jul 2003 17:45:54 -0700
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ric <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
> Zee Dodo wrote:
>
> > I think that even Kenny G's detractors would agree that given a
> > choice, all normal people would settle for G-music over "avant garde
> > jazz" and "free jazz".
>
> Wrong again, Amos. Many would rather listen to fingernails on a
> blackboard rather than "G-music."
That's unlikely. To most people, smooth jazz is, at worst, bland and
innocuous. Avant garde jazz, on the other hand, is downright grating.
If the average person was locked in a room and told he had to listen
non-stop to music that is either bland/innocuous or downright grating,
I think he'd choose the former.
Notice I did say *average* person, which I think is what Zee Dodo
means by "normal people." And I'm talking about the *sound* of smooth
jazz, not the *idea* of it which I realize is downright grating to
some.