>>> So while he may have been (at times) entertaining, he was also absolutely *clueless* about most everything outside music, too. <<<
Okay, Dan. Here’s a challenge for us all. Let’s make a two-column list – the left (how apropos) side entitled ‘modern professional musicians who have no clue about anything outside of music,’ and the right side entitled ‘modern professional musicians who know at least a little about non-musical things.’
I won’t bore you with my list, except to tell you that the left side has maybe 2,793 entries (give or take a Springsteen or two) -- dominated by rockers and folk musicians, and the right side contains Ted Nugent, Toby Keith, and Lee Greenwood. (If you can think of any more entries for the paltry right side, please let me know. Maybe we can bring that side’s total up to five or more, if we think real hard.)
~ joanie
P.S. The titles of the two sides of the list are admittedly a bit misleading, since the majority of modern American musicians know little or nothing about music either. But entitling that left column ‘modern professional (purported) musicians who have no clue about anything outside of cacophony/dissonance/noise/decadence/vulgarity/conformity’ kinda smacked of overkill. :)
HA!!
Some challenge.
Ya like shooting fish in a barrel, don'tcha. {g}
"Let’s make a two-column list – the left (how apropos) side entitled ‘modern professional musicians who have no clue about anything outside of music,’ and the right side entitled ‘modern professional musicians who know at least a little about non-musical things.’"
I do believe you've proposed doing something called a "Ben Franklin," joanie.
Yup, used for those who can't make up their minds.
Means you're misapplying the technique (in this instance), y'know.
"I won’t bore you with my list, except to tell you that the left side has maybe 2,793 entries (give or take a Springsteen or two) -- dominated by rockers and folk musicians, and the right side contains Ted Nugent, Toby Keith, and Lee Greenwood. (If you can think of any more entries for the paltry right side, please let me know. Maybe we can bring that side’s total up to five or more, if we think real hard.)"
Why is that.
Why has it become an American "tradition" for morons to wax poetic ad nauseum on matters they know absolutely nothing whatsoever about which for some damned reason appeals to the angst of the nation's youth who'll promptly make millionaires outa the dolts.
Go figure, because this (tired old) phenomenon goes wayyyyy beyond the usual explaination of, "That's Entertainment!"
"P.S. The titles of the two sides of the list are admittedly a bit misleading, since the majority of modern American musicians know little or nothing about music either. But entitling that left column ‘modern professional (purported) musicians who have no clue about anything outside of cacophony/dissonance/noise/decadence/vulgarity/conformity’ kinda smacked of overkill."
HA, ya think?!?!
...why you ol' misleader, you. :o)