[Dixielandjazz] Gould / Beatles

[Nancy Giffin]

Charlie wrote:
>>> Wow!  Let's see here--resourceless, amateur, indifferent, and myopic!  No
>>> kidding!  I seldom see argument so well reasoned as this! Have you ever
>>> tried simple ad hominem?
 
Cary Hobbs <slgtjb@earthlink.net> replied:
> You're a great word smith Charlie...  the point goes back to Ellington's (?)
> remark "if it sounds good it is good" or something like that.  To my ears
> (and I love all kinds of music) the Beatles did some wonderful work.  So did
> Bach.  So did Hank Williams.  I don't compare Hank Williams and Bach.  I
> think both wrote wonderful music.  For a musician like Glenn Gould to say
> that the Beatles were resourceless, amateur, and indifferent only tells me
> that Gould lived in a very small musical world.   Gould probably meant well,
> but he was clearly limited in his ability to appreciate the wonderful
> varieties of music that the world finds entertaining and inspirational.

Ellington's quote: "Just call it music; if it's good, it's good."

Perhaps Beethoven or Bach would've looked at Gould's favorite music and
called it "resourceless, amateur, indifferent, and myopic." Who knows. Not
that I would know, but I like to think W.A. Mozart might've liked jazz. :)